Rittenhouse On If He’s Been ‘Watched Over’: ‘I Believe God’s Been On My Side From The Beginning’

Kyle Rittenhouse told Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Monday night that he plans to “lay low” and enjoy his life as much as possible after being acquitted of all charges in his murder trial last week.

Rittenhouse said that he does not plan to stay in the Midwest and is potentially considering moving to Florida.

Rittenhouse said that while he projects calmness on the outside, on the inside, he was “freaking out” over the events of the last year.

When asked by Carlson if he feels like he’s been “watched over” as his case progressed over the last year, Rittenhouse responded, “I believe God’s been on my side from the beginning.”

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CARLSON: Do you feel like you’ve been watched over?

RITTENHOUSE: I believe God has been on my side from the beginning pic.twitter.com/NXQONBG1r4

— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) November 23, 2021

A jury found Rittenhouse not guilty of murder on Friday afternoon for fatally shooting two men and injuring a third during riots last year in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

The Daily Wire reported:

Rittenhouse, who is now 18, lives in Antioch, a northern suburb of Chicago about 15 miles from Kenosha. On August 25 of last year when he was 17, Rittenhouse decided to patrol the downtown Kenosha area alongside other armed men in order to protect a used car dealership from looting and vandalism. The city had devolved into rioting over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man, by a white Kenosha police officer.

Rittenhouse took a medical kit and armed himself with a Smith & Wesson M&P15, which is an AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle that police say his friend illegally bought for him.

While guarding the used car dealership, he was chased by protesters and ended up fatally shooting two people, Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and injuring a third, Gaige Grosskreutz. The defendant and the three men he shot are all white.

He was arrested and charged with five felony charges and one misdemeanor charge. The most serious charge was intentional homicide, Wisconsin’s top murder charge, which carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison. The others were reckless homicide, attempted homicide, two counts of reckless endangerment, and being a minor illegally in possession of a firearm.

On Monday, the judge dismissed the misdemeanor firearm charge, which was considered the easiest charge for the state to prove. Previously, Rittenhouse was also charged with violating curfew, but that charge was dismissed last week by the judge as well.

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TUCKER CARLSON, FOX NEWS HOST: Yes. I mean, looking

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