Kyle Rittenhouse reflects on Charlie Kirk friendship in exclusive interview
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SPECIAL: Kyle Rittenhouse spoke for the conservative activist about his friendship with Fox News Digital Sunday and his friendship with Charlie Kirk, a bond that began in 2021, because he attended the great commemoration ceremony in the State Farm Arena in Glendale.
Rittenhouse, who made the first connection with Kirk while encountering murder charges that made a political lightning bar, said that the turning point was immediately leaving work to upset the loss of the US founder.
“When Charlie was assassinated, I was in my lunch.” He said. “I just came home to take my dog out. And I went to X, and my first video of my first video friend was being killed.”
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Kyle Rittenhouse, Right, was introduced to a crowd cheering by Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turn Point Usa, because Jack Posobiec joins the stage on December 20, 2021 at Jack Posobiec, the host of the American News Network. (Ross D. Franklin/The Associated Press)
“I dismissed the rest of the day. I dismissed the rest of the week because Charlie meant a lot to me.”
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Kirk was one of Rittenhouse’s most vocal supporters. He has repeatedly brought Rittenhouse to “The Charlie Kirk Show” and brought it to the fore in multiple events organized by Turning Point Usa.
In December 2021, Kirk told Rittenhouse that he was “millions of heroes” during the American American conference in Phoenix. Washington Post.
On 19 November 2021, Kyle Rittenhouse enters the courtroom to hear the decisions at the hearing before being guilty of all numbers in Kenosha, Wisconsin, District Courthouse, Wisconsin. (Sean Krajacic – Pool/Getty Images)
In 2024, Kirk threatened legal procedures after confronting Rittenhouse during a view at the University of Memphis. Newsweek reported.
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Since Kenosha was acquitted of all the charges in Wisconsin, Rittenhouse, leaving two dead in the 2020 Black Lives Matter rebellion, kept a largely low profile.
On September 21, 2025, the Color Guards performed during the commemoration service for political activist Charlie Kirk in Arizona. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Rittenhouse is one of the thousands of people who participated in the great commemoration ceremony on Sunday for Kirk, who was struck at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah Valley University in Orem.
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The public commemoration service included the speeches of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
