Kyle Rittenhouse doesn’t believe he was on trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin, he said.
Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges in the homicide trial against him Friday, and he said his actions, which led to his trial, were necessary.
“It wasn’t Kyle Rittenhouse on trial in Wisconsin,” the 18-year-old said in clips released of an interview set to air Monday night. “It was the right to self-defense on trial, and if I was convicted … no one would ever be privileged to defend their life against attackers.”
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“It wasn’t Kyle Rittenhouse on trial in Wisconsin. It was the right to self-defense on trial.”
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— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) November 22, 2021
“I had to do it,” he said. “I was just attacked. I was dizzy. I was vomiting. I couldn’t breathe.”
Both during the trial and after its verdict, many on the Left have sought to make race the driving component behind Rittenhouse’s actions.
Rittenhouse shot and killed two rioters during protests two days after the August 2020 shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man, by police.
Kyle Rittenhouse: “This case has nothing to do with race.”
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— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) November 22, 2021
Rittenhouse dismissed any notions that race affected his actions.
“This case has nothing to do with race. It never had anything to do with race,” he said. “It had to do with the right to self-defense. I’m not a racist person. I support the BLM movement. I support peacefully demonstrating.”
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— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) November 21, 2021
The Illinoisan teenager also addressed the role and actions of the prosecution during his trial.
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“I believe there needs to be change,” Rittenhouse said. “I believe there’s a lot of prosecutorial misconduct, not just in my case, but in other cases, and it is just amazing to see how much a prosecutor can take advantage of somebody.”
