'You've killed two human beings': Piers Morgan corners Kyle Rittenhouse in interview
British commentator Piers Morgan interviewed right-wing self defense celebrity Kyle Rittenhouse on his Uncensored show — and cornered him about what he has done.
Rittenhouse crossed state lines from Illinois to Wisconsin with a firearm in order to defend stores from looting during protests against the Kenosha Police for the shooting of Jacob Blake, and ultimately ended up in a confrontation that led to him shooting three people, killing two. A jury acquitted him of all charges in the matter, finding that he acted in lawful self-defense and propelling him to stardom on the far right.
"You killed two people and wounded a third," said Morgan. "How do you feel about that?"
"Well, Piers, they attacked me," said Rittenhouse. "They left me with no choice. I have nightmares every night of being attacked and being ambushed and them trying to steal my gun and pointing guns in my face. It's not an easy thing to do. But I did what I had to do to stay alive and if I didn't, I would be dead."
"Yeah, listen," said Morgan. "You were acquitted, and many in America believe that you had the absolute right to defend yourself. I'm just curious on a human level, you know, you're very young even now. What are you, 20 years old now? And you've killed two human beings and wounded a third, I just wonder how that feels?"
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"I don't think that's an appropriate question to ask how it feels," said Rittenhouse. "It's not an easy thing to do, it's something I live with every single day, it's nightmares I have. It's something I have to deal with, I have to deal with the PTSD and the trauma from having to do that."
"Right," said Morgan. "But it seems to me your emotions are more about you, and your trauma because your life was being threatened and that side of it, rather than the question I'm asking, which is simply, on a human level, how do you feel about being so young, and yet having on the record, for the rest of your life now, that you took the lives of two people, regardless of the circumstances?"
"And like I just said, it's something that I deal with every day," said Rittenhouse. "I deal with the PTSD and the trauma and the nightmares. It's not easy to deal with it."
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"On a human level... you've killed two human beings and wounded a third, I just wondered how that feels?"\n\nPiers Morgan interviews Kyle Rittenhouse a year after he was acquitted of homicide charges.\n\n@ThisIsKyleR | @piersmorgan | @TalkTV | #PMU— (@)