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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

The Truth with Lisa Boothe: An Interview with Kyle Rittenhouse

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

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Politics, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary, Daily News

4.511.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Kyle Rittenhouse, who gained national attention following a shooting incident during the Kenosha protests in 2020, joins Lisa. He discusses his challenging upbringing, his perspective on the media, and his experiences during and after the incident.

Transcript

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0:00.0

So I've got an interesting one for you today.

0:02.6

Some on the left have called him a white supremacist.

0:05.6

Some on the right have called him a hero,

0:07.5

but he's neither.

0:08.5

Kyle Rittenhouse was just 17 years old

0:11.0

when he went to Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 25, 2020.

0:15.4

His goal was to protect local businesses to potentially provide aid to those around him.

0:20.5

And instead, he ended up in a scenario where he was fighting for his life where he had to exercise his right to self-defense.

0:27.0

He is innocent in the eyes of the law.

0:30.0

Take yourself back to when you were 17.

0:32.0

How many stupid situations did you get yourself in?

0:35.3

Look, I don't think Kyle Rittenhouse should have gone out that day, but he was also 17 years old.

0:40.4

I think he went out truly with the intention to protect his community. I also believe in the right to self-defense and I believe that's what he was doing and so does the law. What does Kyle Rittenhouse have to say about all of this? We're going to hear from him in his own words talking about his book

0:55.2

acquitted where he tells his life story and he explains exactly what happened on both

1:00.8

August 25, 2020 and in the days after.

1:04.8

Stay tuned for Kyle Rittenhouse.

1:06.5

Well, Kyle, it's nice to meet you. I appreciate you making the time. I imagine this is a busy time for you.

1:17.0

Absolutely, Lisa. Thank you for having me on.

1:20.0

You know, obviously you wrote this book to give people better insight into who you are because, you know, you've been misrepresented in the media.

1:27.5

But who was Kyle Rittenhouse before August 25th, 2020.

1:33.1

Well, I talk about that quite a bit in my book, Lisa.

1:36.7

I talk about growing up with a drug addict dad, growing up homeless as a child,

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