Digital Social Hour
Kyle Rittenhouse on Facing Life in Prison at 17: “It Was Insane” | DSH #1778
26 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What was it like for Kyle Rittenhouse to face life in prison at 17?
I was charged with five felony counts, one of the highest counting, first degree intentional homicide, reckless homicide, attempted homicide, reckless endangerment. You add all the charges up, life in prison without parole plus 300 years. Insane.
Chapter 2: Why did Kyle Rittenhouse decide to take a hiatus from social media?
And I feel like when it's such a public case like that, they want to make an example out of you.
Chapter 3: How did Kyle Rittenhouse rebuild his life after the trial?
Oh, absolutely.
Chapter 4: Why does Kyle Rittenhouse trust alternative media over traditional news?
And thank God there were people out there fighting for me in the public eye such as Charlie Kirk. And then what happened on September 10th motivated me to get back into the fight for Charlie Kirk because his voice was silenced and I never want to see that happen to another person ever again.
Chapter 5: What role did mentors play in Kyle Rittenhouse's journey?
Wow. So you were done with social media. If that Charlie Kirk thing didn't happen, you were ready to just quit? Okay guys, you're at AmFest day two with Kyle Rittenhouse.
Chapter 6: What are Kyle Rittenhouse's views on campus security and concealed carry?
Let's go, man. How's it going, Sean? Thank you for having me on the digital social hour. Absolutely, man. Is this your first time at AmFest or have you been to some in the past?
No, I've been to a few AmFests in the past. I spoke in 21 right after my acquittal. Charlie had me on stage with him and it was an honor to be able to speak beside him, Jack Bosevic, and a few other people. Let's go. How's life been lately?
Chapter 7: How does Kyle Rittenhouse feel about ongoing civil lawsuits after his acquittal?
I'm sure it's been a lot of ups and downs since that incident.
Chapter 8: What final thoughts does Kyle Rittenhouse share about his experiences?
Yeah, absolutely. Over the past couple years, I've been a strong advocate for the Second Amendment. I recently took a hiatus, but after what happened on September 10th, it's motivated me to get back into the fight stronger than ever because we are all Charlie and we need to do it for him. We should not be silenced. You said you took a hiatus.
How long was that? What went on with that? Why did that happen?
Yeah, so in January, I moved to Florida. I originally lived in Texas for a while, moved to Florida, and started dissolving my social medias a little bit and just living a little bit more private life out of the spotlight, not getting involved in politics as much, and eventually moving to Colorado to receive some mentorship from Victor Marks.
And then what happened on September 10th motivated me to get back into the fight for Charlie Kirk because...
his voice was silenced and i never want to see that happen to another person ever again wow so you you were done with social media you were if that charlie kirk didn't didn't happen you were ready to just quit absolutely i was i was done with social media but then i saw his voice get silenced and it wasn't okay with me wow that's crazy
Cause you were like, so like in the media every day you were blowing up and then it go from that to just quitting.
Absolutely. And then recently, cause it's been a long battle of getting back into the fight. Cause I want to do it correctly and I want to do it as strong as possible to carry my voice stronger, to get people to go out and vote. to be more politically active. So it's taken me a couple months to get there.
I created a new X account and it jumped up to 64,000 followers in 24 hours and over 21 million views on my first post in under 12 hours. And I was, I made that decision right then and there that I'm going to fight for Charlie. So you deleted everything. I deleted everything and I'm at 270 on Instagram, 270K on Instagram and 64,000 on X. And you're not scared of the hate anymore?
i trust in the lord during my little hiatus i met my wife my beautiful wife who's sitting right behind you um and i'm just one of the best things that could have ever happened to me and she's been by my side through it all let's go did you meet the dog too otis right or milo milo no i've had milo for the last five years um i got him after um while i was still on trial for my ptsd and a couple other issues
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