{"id":1047780,"date":"2021-11-23T09:59:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T14:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1047780"},"modified":"2021-11-23T09:59:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T14:59:20","slug":"kyle-rittenhouse-demonized-by-press-worked-as-janitor-fry-cook-to-help-support-mom-sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyle-rittenhouse-demonized-by-press-worked-as-janitor-fry-cook-to-help-support-mom-sisters\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Rittenhouse, Demonized By Press, Worked As Janitor, Fry Cook To Help Support Mom, Sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkyle-rittenhouse-demonized-by-press-worked-as-janitor-fry-cook-to-help-support-mom-sisters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1047780&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Kyle Rittenhouse, who has been smeared by the media as a \u201cmurderer,\u201d \u201cvigilante,\u201d and a \u201cwhite supremacist,\u201d worked multiple jobs as a kid, including serving as a janitor and fry cook, to help support his mother Wendy Rittenhouse and two sisters.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Monday night, before his exclusive sit-down interview with Rittenhouse, emphasized the class divide between the 18-year-old\u2019s media elite critics and the boy\u2019s upbringing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to ignore the yawning class divide between Kyle Rittenhouse and his many critics in the media,\u201d Carlson told his views. \u201cRittenhouse comes from the least privileged sector of our society; during high school he worked as a janitor and a fry cook to help support his family. Last year, he got into college at Arizona State, and he\u2019s very proud of it. In the world Kyle Rittenhouse grew up in, it\u2019s not a given that kids go to college \u2014 not even close.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2021\/07\/05\/kyle-rittenhouse-american-vigilante\">profile<\/a> in The New Yorker, Rittenhouse\u2019s parents are separated. His mother Wendy Rittenhouse works as a nurse\u2019s assistant to support her three children. The teen\u2019s father, who lives in Kenosha, has struggled with addiction and has not always employed.<\/p>\n<p>Things were so tough, Rittenhouse and his family reportedly spent time in a homeless shelter. As a boy, Rittenhouse helped to support the family by working multiple jobs, which, according to Carlson, included working as a janitor and fry cook. Notably, the teen was working as a lifeguard back in August 2020. Heavy.com <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/news\/wendy-rittenhouse-kyle-mother-mom\/\">reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2021\/07\/05\/kyle-rittenhouse-american-vigilante\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">A profile in the New Yorker<\/a> reported that Wendy is divorced from Kyle\u2019s father, Mike Rittenhouse, whom she married in 2000. They had three children, including Faith and McKenzie.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mike was a machine operator who struggled with alcohol and drugs and unemployment and was accused of domestic battery against Wendy, but he denied the charges, which were later dismissed, according to The New Yorker, which said Wendy and her kids lived in a homeless shelter for a time.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2021\/07\/05\/kyle-rittenhouse-american-vigilante\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">According to The New Yorker<\/a>, Mike is now sober and wants to be more connected to his family, but Wendy continued to struggle financially, even being evicted. She is dyslexic and has had health issues, The New Yorker reported, so Kyle, as a teen, worked jobs to help support the family.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rittenhouse was acquitted Friday by a jury on all charges against him related to a deadly riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing in a teaser clip for a documentary from Carlson, Rittenhouse said after the acquittal that the jury \u201creached the right verdict.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSelf-defense is not illegal, and I believe they came to the correct verdict, and I\u2019m glad that everything went well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a rough journey, but we made it through it,\u201d the 18-year-old said. \u201cWe made it through the hard part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The special follows the teenager through the last year after he fatally shot two rioters and injured a third while defending himself against attackers during a Black Lives Matter protest that devolved into a riot. The teen was facing life in prison with no chance at parole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the stuff that keeps you up at night, like once you do get to sleep, your dreams are about what happened and you\u2019re waking up in a dark cold sweat,\u201d the teenager revealed to Carlson\u2019s crew.<\/p>\n<p>Rittenhouse said he has dreams about the deadly night \u201cevery single night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s quite scary actually, because the dreams feel so real. And they\u2019re not the same at all, they\u2019re all different. They\u2019re the different scenarios that run through your heard during the day, like, what <em>could<\/em> have happened,\u201d he detailed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m alive, but what could have happened, like what if I wasn\u2019t alive, or what if I did let Mr. Rosenbaum steal my gun? It\u2019s those types of dreams \u2026 almost every outcome is either me getting seriously injured or hurt or dead. Those are just the dreams I have on a daily basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was revealed during the trial by Rittenhouse\u2019s defense attorney Mark Richards that the teenager is in therapy for the PTSD he suffers from, stemming from the night of August 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kyle Rittenhouse speaks to Tucker Carlson in first TV interview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/do7sbWaZstQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kyle-rittenhouse-describes-his-time-in-jail-a-month-longer-i-probably-would-have-been-in-a-hospital\">Kyle Rittenhouse Describes His Time In Jail: \u2018A Month Longer I Probably Would Have Been In A&nbsp;Hospital\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/wendy-rittenhouse-interview-family-reveals-new-legal-action-theyre-exploring-mom-talks-kyles-new-chapter\">Wendy Rittenhouse Interview: Family Reveals New \u2018Legal Action\u2019 They\u2019re Exploring, Mom Talks Kyle\u2019s New&nbsp;\u2018Chapter\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Rittenhouse, who has been smeared by the media as a \u201cmurderer,\u201d \u201cvigilante,\u201d and a \u201cwhite supremacist,\u201d worked multiple jobs as a kid, including serving as a janitor and fry cook, to help support his mother Wendy Rittenhouse and two sisters.Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Monday night, before his exclusive sit-down interview with Rittenhouse, emphasized the class divide between the 18-year-old\u2019s media elite critics and the boy\u2019s upbringing.\u201cIt\u2019s hard to ignore the yawning class divide between Kyle Rittenhouse and his many critics in the media,\u201d Carlson told his views. \u201cRittenhouse comes from the least privileged sector of our society; during high school he worked as a janitor and a fry cook to help support his family. Last year, he got into college at Arizona State, and he\u2019s very proud of it. In the world Kyle Rittenhouse grew up in, it\u2019s not a given that kids go to college \u2014 not even close.\u201dAccording to a profile in The New Yorker, Rittenhouse\u2019s parents are separated. His mother Wendy Rittenhouse works as a nurse\u2019s assistant to support her three children. The teen\u2019s father, who lives in Kenosha, has struggled with addiction and has not always employed.Things were so tough, Rittenhouse and his family reportedly spent time in a homeless shelter. As a boy, Rittenhouse helped to support the family by working multiple jobs, which, according to Carlson, included working as a janitor and fry cook. Notably, the teen was working as a lifeguard back in August 2020. Heavy.com reports:A profile in the New Yorker reported that Wendy is divorced from Kyle\u2019s father, Mike Rittenhouse, whom she married in 2000. They had three children, including Faith and McKenzie.Mike was a machine operator who struggled with alcohol and drugs and unemployment and was accused of domestic battery against Wendy, but he denied the charges, which were later dismissed, according to The New Yorker, which said Wendy and her kids lived in a homeless shelter for a time.According to The New Yorker, Mike is now sober and wants to be more connected to his family, but Wendy continued to struggle financially, even being evicted. She is dyslexic and has had health issues, The New Yorker reported, so Kyle, as a teen, worked jobs to help support the family.Rittenhouse was acquitted Friday by a jury on all charges against him related to a deadly riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year.Appearing in a teaser clip for a documentary from Carlson, Rittenhouse said after the acquittal that the jury \u201creached the right verdict.\u201d\u201cSelf-defense is not illegal, and I believe they came to the correct verdict, and I\u2019m glad that everything went well.\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s been a rough journey, but we made it through it,\u201d the 18-year-old said. \u201cWe made it through the hard part.\u201dThe special follows the teenager through the last year after he fatally shot two rioters and injured a third while defending himself against attackers during a Black Lives Matter protest that devolved into a riot. The teen was facing life in prison with no chance at parole.\u201cIt\u2019s the stuff that keeps you up at night, like once you do get to sleep, your dreams are about what happened and you\u2019re waking up in a dark cold sweat,\u201d the teenager revealed to Carlson\u2019s crew.Rittenhouse said he has dreams about the deadly night \u201cevery single night.\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s quite scary actually, because the dreams feel so real. And they\u2019re not the same at all, they\u2019re all different. They\u2019re the different scenarios that run through your heard during the day, like, what could have happened,\u201d he detailed.\u201cI\u2019m alive, but what could have happened, like what if I wasn\u2019t alive, or what if I did let Mr. Rosenbaum steal my gun? It\u2019s those types of dreams \u2026 almost every outcome is either me getting seriously injured or hurt or dead. Those are just the dreams I have on a daily basis.\u201dIt was revealed during the trial by Rittenhouse\u2019s defense attorney Mark Richards that the teenager is in therapy for the PTSD he suffers from, stemming from the night of August 25, 2020.WATCH:[embedded content]Related:\u00a0Kyle Rittenhouse Describes His Time In Jail: \u2018A Month Longer I Probably Would Have Been In A\u00a0Hospital\u2019Related:\u00a0Wendy Rittenhouse Interview: Family Reveals New \u2018Legal Action\u2019 They\u2019re Exploring, Mom Talks Kyle\u2019s New\u00a0\u2018Chapter\u2019The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1047780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1047780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1047780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1047780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1047780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}