bewildered at points thinking over the last year and what happened to him that s probably why. a lot of things he assumed to be true about this country turned out to not be true at all. in that way he speaks for many of us. here s rittenhouse. tell me, kyle, how you wound up in kenosha that day. well, it actually started on august 24. i was working my job as a lifeguard at the rec plex in kenosha county and the riots were still going on and a curfew was applied so i went to dominic black s house and i stayed the night over there, and saw the videos of the riots and the arson going on. what did you think of it? it was upsetting because kenosha is my community. and i just was upset seeing my community up in flames. tucker: yes. i guess you were. so you re at your friend s house
bewildered at points thinking over the last year and what happened to him that s probably why. a lot of things he assumed to be true about this country turned out to not be true at all. in that way he speaks for many of us. here s rittenhouse. tell me, kyle, how you wound up in kenosha that day. well, it actually started on august 24. i was working my job as a lifeguard at the rec plex in kenosha county and the riots were still going on and a curfew was applied so i went to dominic black s house and i stayed the night over there, and saw the videos of the riots and the arson going on. what did you think of it? it was upsetting because kenosha is my community. and i just was upset seeing my community up in flames. tucker: yes. i guess you were. so you re at your friend s house
and i just was upset seeing my community up in flames. reporter: rittenhouse is being hailed as a hero in other corners of the far right with republican congress members matt gaetz, lauren boebert, and madison hawthorne competing with each other to offer rittenhouse internships on capitol hill. kyle rittenhouse would make a good intern. madison hawthorne, he said he would arm wrestle me for this kyle rittenhouse intern shift. but madison hawthorne has some pretty big guns. so i would like to challenge him to a sprint instead. reporter: congressman hawthorne uses a wheelchair. republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene is also jumping in pushing a bill to award rittenhouse a congressional gold medal which has been bestowed on people like george washington, nelson mandela, winston churchill, and the wright brothers. he stands as an icon on the far right as someone who pushed back against the black lives matter movement, and he stands as someone who s sort of stands
first interview since his acquittal. kyle rittenhouse struck us as bright, decent, sincere, dutiful and hard working. exactly the kind of person you d want many more of in your country. reporter: for his part rittenhouse said he was simply trying to protect businesses from rioters. kenosha is my community, um, and i just was upset seeing my community up in flames. reporter: rittenhouse is being hailed as a hero in other corners of the far-right with republican congress members matt gates, laurenne boebert and madison cawthorn competing offering kyle rittenhouse internship on capitol hill. he said he would wrestle me for the kyle rittenhouse internship. but madison cawthorn has some pretty big guns, and so i would like to challenge him to a sprint instead. reporter: congressman cawthorn uses a wheelchair. republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene is also jumping in, pushing a bill to award rittenhouse a
presenting rittenhouse s views of the charges against him, and his acquittal at trial. rittenhouse sat down for an interview with fox s top rated host. cnn s brian stelter has the details. what a sweet kid. tucker carlson ravishing praise on kyle rittenhouse, given the 18-year-old his first interview. to be honest, this case has nothing to do with race. it never had anything to do with race. it had the right to do with self-defense. reporter: rittenhouse saying he supports the black lives matter movement, but that he wanted to protect businesses from rioters. kenosha is my community. and i just was upset seeing my community up in flames. reporter: and conveying the chaos of the night he killed two people in self-defense. did you think he was going to shoot you? i did. he had it pointed directly at my head. that s when i shot him one time.