Kyle Rittenhouse speaking with attendees at the 2021 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)
Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two protesters during a social rights demonstration in 2020, was hospitalized on Wednesday after a venomous spider bite.
He shared a photo of himself in a hospital and where the apparent bite was located on his body.
"The communists couldn't take me out and i'll be damned if I let a brown recluse take me out," Rittenhouse wrote in a post on X.
In August 2020, Rittenhouse drove to Kenosha, Wisconsin, during protests following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, armed with an AR-15 style rifle. In November 2021, he was acquitted of all charges, including homicide, in connection with shooting three men during those protests, two of whom died.
The communists couldn't take me out and i'll be damned if I let a brown recluse take me out. pic.twitter.com/75xSoshhdv
— Kyle Rittenhouse 🇺🇸 (@rittenhouse2a) May 6, 2026
