Human Events Daily with Jack Posobiec - January 04, 2022


KYLE RITTENHOUSE LIVE


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Join us in Phoenix, Arizona at the Turning Point USA Human Events Summit as we celebrate the life of former Marine Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the Kenosha, Wisconsin case.

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00:00:00.000 So first I want to introduce our panel for this important conversation. We want to start this
00:00:15.600 way for a reason because citizen journalism is changing the country and has changed lives
00:00:21.640 and the reason that the verdict happened the way it did in Kenosha is largely thanks to these three
00:00:28.560 men on stage with me right now. And I want to start with properly introducing them. Elijah Schaefer
00:00:37.280 from The Blaze. He's a great job. Drew Hernandez who testified in the trial and Jack Posobiec
00:00:49.020 from Turning Point USA Human Events. Let's start really quick. Elijah, talk about the importance
00:00:56.380 of citizen journalism when it came to what happened in Kenosha that one night.
00:01:01.100 Well, the importance is and the fact that all of you guys here have a phone in your hand
00:01:05.000 and while the media had billions of dollars of funding, they couldn't do what a millennial
00:01:10.180 could do or Gen Z with a phone in their hand. My screen is cracked. I have a fat Italian guy 1.00
00:01:14.960 shirtless on the front screen, my friend eating chicken strips in Las Vegas, using that phone,
00:01:19.960 that device, that communist device of the company that hates us and taking it out there and doing 0.93
00:01:24.660 what the media won't do, which is to risk your life because you have to take a risk to get value
00:01:30.900 and you have to just be there because the media will never be in the right place at the right time
00:01:36.200 because they're intentionally not telling the whole story. They're liars, they're sick, they're
00:01:40.980 demented, but you are the truth tellers and that's why independent media is so important. It's because
00:01:46.580 we're the only ones still willing to tell the truth and that's what it takes.
00:01:51.480 True.
00:01:54.060 How's it going, Phoenix?
00:01:57.680 I just want to say this, is this is a room that should not be filled with fear whatsoever.
00:02:05.400 Whatsoever.
00:02:06.580 Because what's happening in the United States of America is a disgrace.
00:02:10.340 This is a psyop on the American people and they're using fear to do it across the entire board
00:02:15.360 and we are not going to put up with it any longer.
00:02:21.620 You guys are the next generation. Don't fall for all of these buzzwords that they put out there.
00:02:28.520 Everything's a phobia. Everything's a phobia. Be scared of this. Be scared of that.
00:02:32.680 Now is the time where the American people who still care and love of this country stand up and say,
00:02:38.560 I will not be afraid.
00:02:47.200 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard. Do we have any patriots out there in the audience
00:02:52.820 here at Turning Point USA?
00:02:55.960 I've been here a couple days and I see this crowd.
00:03:00.120 I see people, they're in their 30s, they're in their 20s, they're in their teens.
00:03:04.420 The mainstream media does not want this to exist.
00:03:09.020 The ruling class does not want this to exist.
00:03:11.720 And they do not want citizen, patriot, independent journalists to be getting in on their scam,
00:03:18.940 to be getting in on their influence operations,
00:03:21.760 of telling us the truth of what's going on in our world.
00:03:24.580 That is why they are trying to shut you down on social media.
00:03:27.600 That's why they are trying to disrupt our networks.
00:03:29.840 That's why they don't want us to talk to each other
00:03:31.660 because they don't want us to be making human connections and human agency
00:03:35.440 and having spirituality and God at our core
00:03:38.500 where we can come together and say,
00:03:40.420 no, we know the truth and we're not going to listen to your lies anymore.
00:03:45.440 Amen.
00:03:46.560 And Jack, you were covering the trial so amazingly.
00:03:50.800 Drew, your testimony moved millions of people.
00:03:53.500 And Elijah, without your footage, I don't know if this young man would be walking free today.
00:04:01.000 I really believe that.
00:04:02.580 And it is something that we must all take a step back and say,
00:04:07.180 if they can indict a young boy at the time, now a young man,
00:04:12.300 for simply defending himself when his life was in danger,
00:04:15.720 they can come after every single one of you.
00:04:18.120 So, ladies and gentlemen, please, let's get loud for Kyle Rittenhouse.
00:04:23.240 I just want to be the hero like Kyle Rittenhouse.
00:04:27.700 We'll be right back.
00:04:57.700 Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, Kyle.
00:05:13.800 Four doors more whores. 1.00
00:05:15.980 What's up, bro?
00:05:16.920 This is the most famous TikToker in America.
00:05:19.580 Four doors more whores. 1.00
00:05:20.960 He's in the house.
00:05:22.140 Four doors more whores. 1.00
00:05:26.180 Kyle, welcome to Phoenix.
00:05:30.140 Thank you for having me, Charlie.
00:05:31.380 How's it going?
00:05:36.580 Kyle, I just got to say that what you went through,
00:05:40.820 where they tried to destroy your life,
00:05:42.220 the media tried to destroy you,
00:05:43.240 the current president right now called you a white supremacist.
00:05:47.080 No facts or face to us.
00:05:51.220 And Kyle, the way that you held it all together,
00:05:54.700 you're a hero to millions.
00:05:56.540 And it's an honor to be able to have you here.
00:06:00.220 People have some very creative signs for you, Kyle.
00:06:05.740 So, Kyle, I guess the most obvious question is,
00:06:08.140 how are you hanging in there?
00:06:09.740 I'm doing good, Charlie.
00:06:11.660 Ready to go on the mountain and get some snowboarding in.
00:06:18.480 That's the most important thing.
00:06:20.720 Can I ask, is there anybody out there
00:06:23.100 who wants to go snowboarding with Kyle?
00:06:24.480 So, Elijah, you covered this trial really closely.
00:06:31.520 What do you think are some of the big takeaways
00:06:32.780 as we kind of look back at the overreaction when it came to Kyle
00:06:38.260 and kind of some of the wisdom that we should probably try to derive from that?
00:06:41.900 What do we think about the prosecutor, Binger?
00:06:44.900 Huh?
00:06:45.940 He pointed a gun at people in the courtroom.
00:06:52.260 He's lecturing a young man about misuse of a firearm
00:06:55.200 while misusing a firearm.
00:06:57.620 What an idiot!
00:06:58.160 Seriously, seriously.
00:07:00.240 And, you know, what's interesting about this is they were hoping to get the same thing
00:07:04.340 that a lot of trials have been getting,
00:07:05.880 was that mob justice by lies in the media would force the jury
00:07:10.800 to convict an innocent young man who was defending his life,
00:07:15.020 exercising a Second Amendment that did nothing wrong.
00:07:18.060 Hey, you're my boy.
00:07:22.480 Thank you, Elijah.
00:07:23.500 Listen, listen, listen.
00:07:25.020 I'm going to say this publicly.
00:07:27.180 Kyle Rittenhouse didn't shoot black people.
00:07:32.460 We just have to say that
00:07:34.200 because the fake news media cartel is still saying that right now to this hour.
00:07:39.200 People after the trial are calling me,
00:07:42.640 calling my phone up after the testimony saying,
00:07:45.060 I had no idea that this kid didn't shoot a single black person. 1.00
00:07:49.040 I'm like, I know because he's not a crazy white supremacist active shooter
00:07:53.060 that decided to show up to Kenosha to kill a bunch of black people 0.97
00:07:55.980 and commit a hate crime.
00:07:57.760 Listen, this is why this is important.
00:08:00.100 Listen, this is a moment.
00:08:01.760 What happened with Kyle is a disgrace.
00:08:04.260 Total defamation.
00:08:06.000 Lies. 0.99
00:08:06.780 Coming from the devil himself.
00:08:08.040 This is what these people do.
00:08:10.400 They lie to millions of people
00:08:12.080 and they use a sacrificial lamb
00:08:14.140 in order to get their political point across.
00:08:16.480 It was never a peaceful protest in Kenosha.
00:08:18.920 It was not even a riot.
00:08:20.640 It was a crime scene.
00:08:22.280 What happened in Kenosha for three consecutive nights was a crime.
00:08:26.660 It's terrorism.
00:08:27.920 Bloody, violent terrorism.
00:08:29.260 I just want to add something to this.
00:08:30.780 A lot of people don't know this.
00:08:33.160 They focus on Kyle to cover up a domestic terrorist attack
00:08:37.900 that took place over three days
00:08:39.180 that was sanctioned by the local and state and federal governments.
00:08:42.020 The deep state.
00:08:43.120 They burned down buildings.
00:08:44.660 People don't know this.
00:08:45.440 With children inside.
00:08:46.740 They had to put signs out reminding people
00:08:48.580 that there were babies living in buildings.
00:08:50.260 They took a brick to a man's head. 0.89
00:08:52.160 An old man, a senior citizen, 0.99
00:08:54.000 who asked him not to burn down his building.
00:08:56.140 Guess what they did?
00:08:57.260 They took a brick, split his head open,
00:08:59.340 nearly killed him,
00:09:00.240 then lit his business that had been in his family for decades on fire.
00:09:03.320 And instead, they chose to focus on this man
00:09:05.680 to sidestep the truth of what happened that night,
00:09:08.260 which was an attack on the American people.
00:09:10.800 And thank God for people like Kyle Rittenhouse being there.
00:09:13.300 And what gets me is, to this day,
00:09:23.920 and Charlie mentioned it as well,
00:09:26.180 the president of the United States, the current president,
00:09:28.280 and they will call him a white supremacist,
00:09:30.340 but what did he do?
00:09:31.400 He went out and defended a car dealership
00:09:34.940 that was owned by a couple of Indian immigrants to this country
00:09:38.520 working out there, defending it from crazy white Antifa nutjobs
00:09:44.460 who were trying to burn it down in the middle of the night,
00:09:48.060 was asked to be there, and they'll lie about him,
00:09:50.540 and that they could do it to him,
00:09:51.760 they could do it to all of your families.
00:09:53.360 And by the way, and the one thing that Elijah just said,
00:09:55.600 not only was it sanctioned,
00:09:57.100 but over at Human Events, what we did,
00:09:58.960 we were able to uncover that the FBI that night,
00:10:03.320 and this was unbeknownst to you,
00:10:04.700 unbeknownst to anybody who was there that evening,
00:10:06.420 they had an eye in the sky that very evening,
00:10:12.260 watching and surveilling Kyle
00:10:14.680 and every single piece of it in high-definition video.
00:10:19.420 And when we got the low-definition video,
00:10:21.740 we made a request, and we said,
00:10:24.060 could the FBI please give us the high-definition video?
00:10:26.940 And they told us it was lost.
00:10:29.560 They told us they couldn't find it.
00:10:31.520 They knew for 14 months.
00:10:35.080 They knew for 14 months that this was an attack on a young man,
00:10:40.380 and they kept it hidden
00:10:41.920 because they didn't want that narrative to come out
00:10:45.360 until Turning Point USA and Human Events Daily
00:10:50.220 uncovered the video, and we showed the world the truth.
00:10:54.320 So, Kyle, you have any plans to sue some media companies soon?
00:11:06.540 I don't know, Charlie.
00:11:08.400 I don't know, but some accountability's coming.
00:11:10.620 I'd be on the lookout.
00:11:12.740 Accountability may be coming.
00:11:14.200 Now, you had some conversations with Nicholas Sandman, didn't you?
00:11:20.940 Yeah, me and Nick talked for a little bit a couple weeks ago.
00:11:24.460 He would know a thing or two about suing a media company, that's for sure.
00:11:27.840 My turn may be next.
00:11:29.180 We don't know.
00:11:31.100 And so, Kyle, we have a whole audience and group of young people,
00:11:36.320 and so many students looked at what you had to go through,
00:11:40.000 going to trial every single day,
00:11:41.420 having your whole life really kind of put into jeopardy.
00:11:45.880 What people don't know about Kyle Rittenhouse is,
00:11:48.480 Kyle, you dropped out of high school
00:11:50.220 to actually go support your family with an extra income,
00:11:53.940 is that Kyle Rittenhouse was always looking to try to help people,
00:11:57.120 is that nowhere in any intent could they have found in Kyle Rittenhouse
00:12:01.460 anything but trying to always be the better person and the bigger person.
00:12:06.160 And, Kyle, what was so amazing is throughout this entire process,
00:12:10.160 you know, despite everything they threw at you,
00:12:12.180 you know, you trusted it, and you came out on top.
00:12:15.280 Talk a little bit about kind of just how that has developed you as a person
00:12:19.160 over the last, you know, year, year and a half.
00:12:22.560 Well, it's helped me grow a lot.
00:12:25.400 It's helped me mature.
00:12:29.160 It's helped me mature.
00:12:30.240 Sorry, I'm new to this, if you can't tell.
00:12:33.500 But it's helped me mature.
00:12:34.260 We love you, Kyle.
00:12:35.040 Don't worry.
00:12:35.500 Give it up for Kyle Rittenhouse.
00:12:44.280 So it's helped me grow as a person,
00:12:46.780 and my mentors that have been in my life who's helped me through this,
00:12:50.140 such as Dave, LT, Kenny, TC,
00:12:52.740 you guys who are here with me today protecting me,
00:12:55.560 they've helped guide me and make me the person I am today,
00:12:58.260 and I'm so thankful for them.
00:13:03.920 And Kyle, you know, being able to hang out with you and spend time with you,
00:13:08.340 I'm always most fascinated by the stories of people that become well-known
00:13:15.240 that don't want to be well-known.
00:13:16.840 That's always a very interesting thing,
00:13:18.900 and how you handle that and how you manage that.
00:13:21.700 And so for so many people in this room,
00:13:24.660 you know, they want to be social media influencers or whatever,
00:13:27.080 you just wanted to do the right thing.
00:13:29.700 And by wanting to do the right thing,
00:13:31.400 you got thrown into the midst of all of this.
00:13:34.780 And while the case was proceeding and unfolding,
00:13:39.820 talk about kind of what happened off camera a little bit.
00:13:43.940 Talk about the nights.
00:13:45.820 Talk about the meetings.
00:13:46.780 I mean, it was going through your head that the other side has the power
00:13:52.340 that if they convince 12 human beings,
00:13:54.900 I could spend the rest of my life in jail for doing nothing wrong
00:13:58.300 and defending myself.
00:13:59.600 How did you get through all of that?
00:14:01.560 I mean, that's enough to break most people.
00:14:05.120 Well, Charlie, those were really long days,
00:14:07.680 especially during trial,
00:14:08.820 and there was a lot of prep that went into this,
00:14:11.700 spending three, four hours at Mark Richards
00:14:14.360 in a phenomenal attorney's office,
00:14:17.140 going through prep and preparing for trial
00:14:19.820 and going home.
00:14:21.580 And during trial, I got maybe like six hours of sleep,
00:14:24.100 the entire thing, what it felt like.
00:14:26.100 But just trying to find something to decompress,
00:14:28.800 if that's playing video games like Call of Duty Vanguard or...
00:14:33.460 Now, Kyle, they tried to hold that against you.
00:14:36.280 How dare you play Call of Duty?
00:14:37.560 Yeah, they tried to use that.
00:14:39.120 Now, who here plays Call of Duty?
00:14:40.740 See, they're going to try to indict all of you.
00:14:43.700 Yeah, right.
00:14:44.720 So you're not alone, Kyle.
00:14:45.620 How dare you?
00:14:46.620 So who plays Modern Warfare
00:14:48.180 and who plays Cold War or Vanguard?
00:14:54.400 I think it's about 50-50.
00:14:55.780 50-50?
00:14:56.480 I haven't played Call of Duty in like 10 years,
00:14:58.160 so it's like...
00:14:59.060 Well, I know what we're doing today, Elijah.
00:15:01.280 Charlie.
00:15:01.900 I want to say this real quick.
00:15:03.140 Charlie is calling you out.
00:15:04.180 He said he wants to go one-on-one.
00:15:05.580 He would beat me, trust me.
00:15:06.700 They were...
00:15:07.460 It's like...
00:15:08.260 But this is what these people do.
00:15:10.600 These hard, authoritarian psychopaths,
00:15:13.360 they themselves are void of humanity.
00:15:16.600 They don't have a conscience.
00:15:18.340 So when they attack people like Kyle,
00:15:20.260 they try to rob him of his humanity as well.
00:15:22.920 Whenever they target anybody,
00:15:24.980 because they hate themselves,
00:15:26.560 they pour that hatred on other people
00:15:28.080 and they try and suck the life out of another human being 0.94
00:15:30.840 in order to prove a political point.
00:15:33.140 And Kyle's a human.
00:15:35.460 This guy's a normal American,
00:15:38.580 like, growing up in the United States of America.
00:15:40.640 This has to be said.
00:15:41.600 He's not this crazy monster
00:15:43.220 that's been painted in the media
00:15:45.060 that is just bloodthirsty for, like,
00:15:47.160 black and brown people.
00:15:48.320 Like, we got to keep saying this
00:15:49.940 because they keep saying this over and over again.
00:15:52.460 But I just wanted to make that point.
00:15:54.380 He's real.
00:15:54.980 He's not a hologram.
00:15:56.140 He's an actual person with a real heart
00:15:57.760 and a real conscience.
00:15:58.960 So please support Kyle.
00:16:00.040 Yeah, you know, Kyle,
00:16:01.200 I find it funny.
00:16:03.600 You and I have had a lot of conversations.
00:16:05.340 People don't know this,
00:16:06.540 but you're a bit of, like, a meme lord yourself.
00:16:08.700 A lot of the memes we've shared,
00:16:10.440 we can't put them on the screen.
00:16:11.100 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
00:16:12.680 They're so, no, they're so funny.
00:16:14.520 They're so, no, they're so funny.
00:16:16.000 And I love it.
00:16:16.560 And I love the humor in you.
00:16:18.100 And I love that about you.
00:16:19.300 And I find it just so interesting
00:16:20.620 that this is, when we talked with each other,
00:16:22.680 you know what the media was mad about?
00:16:23.900 Check this out.
00:16:25.380 I was contacted by journalists, by people,
00:16:27.280 and they were mad that we humanized him.
00:16:30.840 That he looked like a human.
00:16:32.380 That he couldn't control the narrative
00:16:34.480 to make him look like a monster.
00:16:36.200 That, oh, he's an 18-year-old?
00:16:37.660 How dare he like pretty girls? 1.00
00:16:39.200 Any pretty girls in here that would date Kyle? 1.00
00:16:41.560 All right, see, there you go, there you go.
00:16:43.960 Someone's got a kiss me sign over there.
00:16:45.600 I don't know.
00:16:46.840 He's around.
00:16:47.680 But I meant, you know, it's crazy
00:16:49.040 because they're going,
00:16:50.020 how dare you in the media
00:16:51.280 make this look like he's a regular 18-year-old guy?
00:16:54.460 And it's like, yeah, because all the lies,
00:16:58.140 all of the slander,
00:16:59.620 and all of the media coordination
00:17:01.160 could not hide the truth
00:17:03.420 that Kyle's an innocent young man,
00:17:05.460 that he did not do anything wrong,
00:17:07.660 and that he is just a normal person.
00:17:10.400 We took away that power from them.
00:17:12.140 And Kyle took it away
00:17:13.120 by showing the world who he really was.
00:17:15.940 Well, and it's even a step further.
00:17:18.000 It's not that he didn't do anything wrong.
00:17:19.780 He did everything right.
00:17:21.540 That if, and we must say that,
00:17:24.380 he did everything right that night,
00:17:27.220 is that Kyle acted properly
00:17:29.100 and morally and lawfully
00:17:30.780 when someone tried to kill him.
00:17:33.340 Kyle did the right thing.
00:17:35.200 And he should be applauded for them.
00:17:36.900 They love you so much,
00:17:56.520 they don't even know what to chant, dude.
00:17:57.580 There's just chants everywhere.
00:17:58.480 You know, we got Let's Go Brandon over here,
00:18:00.680 we love Kyle over here,
00:18:02.140 and USA, we're all over the place.
00:18:03.420 There's actually one thing,
00:18:03.860 so I'll spill,
00:18:07.100 Kyle, I hope you don't mind
00:18:07.920 if I spill a little bit of tea,
00:18:09.440 if it's okay, if it's okay.
00:18:11.060 No, no, no.
00:18:12.000 Because, so people knew
00:18:13.420 that when I was covering the trial,
00:18:15.180 day in, day out,
00:18:16.280 minute in, minute out,
00:18:17.780 the whole thing,
00:18:19.040 you know, following on Twitter,
00:18:20.700 doing epic day-long Twitter threads,
00:18:22.800 well, you're up there
00:18:23.640 obviously experiencing it.
00:18:24.960 I hope you know how many people
00:18:26.500 you had supporting you
00:18:27.520 during all of that.
00:18:29.320 And thank you to everybody out here.
00:18:31.200 Thank you guys so much.
00:18:32.660 But, but,
00:18:34.040 and I haven't ever actually
00:18:37.620 had the opportunity
00:18:38.700 to say this publicly yet to anybody,
00:18:40.080 but I did actually get
00:18:41.140 a very brief phone call with you.
00:18:45.320 I wouldn't say it was that brief.
00:18:46.920 It was about a two-hour conversation, Jack.
00:18:48.900 It's like 30 minutes, right?
00:18:50.340 No, but it was the Saturday, right?
00:18:52.700 It was the Saturday before the trial closed.
00:18:55.880 And I'm sitting there
00:18:57.020 and it's Saturday night,
00:18:58.080 it's late.
00:18:59.420 And I'm thinking, man,
00:19:00.980 this is, this is the night,
00:19:02.820 the Saturday night
00:19:03.620 before you are going to be put
00:19:04.960 before a jury of 12
00:19:06.900 and they are going to judge you.
00:19:09.260 They are going to stand and judge you.
00:19:11.700 And, and we were talking
00:19:13.120 and, you know, we build up,
00:19:14.880 you know, we actually shared a love of,
00:19:16.760 when I was up in Kenosha,
00:19:17.680 I got really involved in
00:19:18.960 the local cuisine.
00:19:20.740 I don't know if you guys know,
00:19:21.880 the best food in all of Wisconsin
00:19:24.080 is Wisconsin cheese curds.
00:19:26.340 I kid you not.
00:19:27.420 If there's anyone out here who knows,
00:19:28.980 no, you know what I'm talking about.
00:19:30.240 You know exactly what I'm talking about, right?
00:19:31.980 And I'm a Philly guy,
00:19:32.740 but I'm telling you, man,
00:19:33.340 I'm cheese curds.
00:19:34.080 Oof, Mars Cheese Castle, am I right?
00:19:36.020 Mars Cheese Castle all the way.
00:19:38.340 But then, but then Kyle asked me,
00:19:40.300 asked me a question.
00:19:41.960 All right, I'm going to learn.
00:19:42.460 What do you, what do you ask me?
00:19:43.300 He goes, Jack, I know you're working
00:19:45.340 with, with, with Turning Point USA.
00:19:47.800 I said, yeah, yeah, I'm doing,
00:19:48.820 we're doing the podcast.
00:19:49.540 We're doing the show.
00:19:50.380 We got your back.
00:19:51.000 We're covering everything.
00:19:51.460 He said, well,
00:19:52.760 I know you're doing an event
00:19:53.880 in Phoenix, Arizona,
00:19:56.060 down right around Christmas time.
00:19:59.480 And he said,
00:19:59.860 and I think I want to be
00:20:00.960 down in Phoenix at that time.
00:20:03.280 And I'm thinking,
00:20:03.800 but Kyle, but they're about to judge.
00:20:04.880 He said, no,
00:20:05.360 he's not even thinking about that.
00:20:06.560 You know what he asked me?
00:20:07.260 He said, Jack,
00:20:07.900 I would love to come to America Fest
00:20:10.340 and be with all the people there.
00:20:14.900 He was thinking of you.
00:20:16.180 He was thinking of all of you.
00:20:19.600 That's a true story about it.
00:20:21.340 So Kyle, one of the most moving moments,
00:20:23.780 and I'll be honest,
00:20:25.040 one of the most surprising moments
00:20:26.400 for so many people
00:20:27.420 is when you waived
00:20:28.700 your Fifth Amendment rights
00:20:29.860 and you decided to take the stand.
00:20:32.440 And this is an unusual thing
00:20:34.040 in court proceedings.
00:20:35.620 Many lawyers advise against it.
00:20:38.060 And however, in your case,
00:20:39.900 it seemed like the trial
00:20:41.060 was going so well
00:20:42.300 and this seemed to be a big risk.
00:20:44.180 Why did you decide to take the stand?
00:20:46.240 Because it was your decision in the end
00:20:48.060 to wake up that day and say,
00:20:50.100 I'm going to go
00:20:50.740 and have this scumbag binger 1.00
00:20:53.200 and lunchbox, right?
00:20:56.760 Try to destroy my life.
00:20:59.200 Talk about that.
00:21:00.600 Well, I wanted to tell my story.
00:21:02.980 I wanted to tell the world
00:21:04.220 what happened in Kenosha,
00:21:06.880 the truth,
00:21:07.980 unlike what the prosecution tried to do.
00:21:10.480 That's why I took the stand.
00:21:11.980 And Kyle, talk about, you know,
00:21:16.000 the prep that goes into that.
00:21:17.520 But, I mean, I can't imagine
00:21:19.260 what's going through your mind
00:21:20.600 that if I say one misstatement,
00:21:22.160 they're going to capitalize
00:21:23.140 on it immediately.
00:21:25.840 Just knowing what binger's
00:21:28.200 going to ask me,
00:21:29.260 just being three steps ahead
00:21:31.180 of him at all times.
00:21:34.160 And also, though, he was,
00:21:36.520 the thing that shocked us,
00:21:37.900 Elijah and Drew as well,
00:21:38.940 and you guys can get in on this,
00:21:40.380 he was attacking you
00:21:42.240 for trying to say
00:21:44.520 that you're waiving your rights.
00:21:46.460 I mean, what's going
00:21:47.120 through your head at this point?
00:21:48.160 You're like, I know law
00:21:49.200 better than you,
00:21:49.800 and I didn't even finish
00:21:50.360 high school at the time.
00:21:51.660 So I'm sitting there
00:21:52.940 on the stand,
00:21:53.920 and then he starts asking
00:21:55.180 about my post-arrest silence,
00:21:56.880 and I'm like,
00:21:58.000 I'm not an attorney,
00:21:58.980 but I don't think
00:21:59.600 you could go down there.
00:22:00.860 I don't think you could
00:22:01.680 ask somebody that.
00:22:03.040 And the judge came in,
00:22:04.520 and by the way,
00:22:04.960 I wish we had more judges
00:22:06.220 like that judge, by the way.
00:22:06.700 Don't get brazen with me.
00:22:07.940 Schrader?
00:22:12.560 Schrader?
00:22:13.040 Judge Schrader?
00:22:13.800 And by the way,
00:22:14.220 it's not even a right
00:22:14.840 versus left thing.
00:22:15.640 He just loved the law
00:22:17.040 and the Constitution.
00:22:18.560 In fact, he was appointed
00:22:19.440 by a left-wing governor,
00:22:20.680 if I'm not mistaken.
00:22:21.500 He was appointed
00:22:21.700 by a Democrat.
00:22:22.280 Yeah, and he just,
00:22:23.220 he appreciated the law,
00:22:24.980 he appreciated the process,
00:22:26.160 and then he went after Binger
00:22:27.840 for like two minutes,
00:22:28.940 saying, I don't think you are.
00:22:30.280 Kyle, do you think
00:22:31.020 they were trying
00:22:31.520 to throw your case?
00:22:33.440 Absolutely, I think so.
00:22:34.860 I thought they knew
00:22:35.760 they were losing,
00:22:36.480 and they wanted a mistrial.
00:22:38.260 My favorite part of it,
00:22:39.240 though, was,
00:22:40.000 don't get brazen with me.
00:22:43.240 Kyle, an interesting thing,
00:22:44.620 so you guys know this,
00:22:45.940 Kyle, we were talking
00:22:47.240 one time,
00:22:48.260 and I was nervous,
00:22:49.320 I was nervous for you,
00:22:50.080 genuinely, you know I was.
00:22:51.460 And I told you,
00:22:52.060 I was like,
00:22:52.240 I don't trust the justice system.
00:22:53.420 Do we really trust
00:22:53.980 the justice system
00:22:54.640 right now in this country?
00:22:55.880 No.
00:22:56.400 What about accountability
00:22:57.060 for 2020?
00:22:57.920 What about accountability
00:22:58.560 for the rioters
00:22:59.360 at Kenosha, right?
00:23:00.260 Am I right?
00:23:01.020 We gotta hold
00:23:01.700 those people accountable.
00:23:02.560 There was another
00:23:02.960 young teenage guy,
00:23:04.180 you asked me this,
00:23:04.740 you're like,
00:23:04.920 didn't a guy in Kenosha
00:23:06.240 point a gun at you
00:23:07.780 and pull the trigger?
00:23:08.880 And I was like,
00:23:09.320 yeah.
00:23:09.480 And I was like,
00:23:10.220 where's the justice
00:23:10.940 for that guy?
00:23:11.960 He still hasn't been charged,
00:23:13.160 has he, Elijah?
00:23:14.160 No, he has not.
00:23:15.200 And I asked you,
00:23:16.320 I go,
00:23:16.940 I go,
00:23:17.240 Kyle, I'm nervous.
00:23:18.640 I've seen what's happened here.
00:23:20.240 And I was like,
00:23:21.440 I don't know
00:23:22.340 if you're gonna win,
00:23:23.080 even if all the evidence
00:23:24.320 is there,
00:23:24.780 I'm just nervous for you.
00:23:26.280 Do you think
00:23:26.820 you're gonna win?
00:23:27.300 What'd you tell me?
00:23:29.440 I don't remember, Elijah.
00:23:30.480 Oh, you told me
00:23:31.000 you were gonna win.
00:23:32.020 You said we're gonna win?
00:23:33.480 We're gonna have
00:23:33.900 all the charges dropped
00:23:35.020 and I'm gonna walk free
00:23:35.980 and you promised me that.
00:23:37.360 And guys,
00:23:37.980 he is walking free.
00:23:39.260 Can we just give it up
00:23:40.180 for Kyle Rittenhouse,
00:23:41.740 a free man
00:23:42.780 walking,
00:23:43.720 sitting right here
00:23:44.720 in front of us,
00:23:45.780 showing us
00:23:46.340 that justice
00:23:47.100 is still alive
00:23:48.440 in the great country
00:23:49.460 of the United States
00:23:50.340 of America.
00:23:51.560 So Drew,
00:23:52.500 you testified.
00:23:54.000 And so Kyle's team
00:23:57.220 reached out to you,
00:23:57.960 if I'm not mistaken,
00:23:58.500 to the prosecution.
00:23:59.980 Walk us through all of that
00:24:00.820 and then also just tell the audience,
00:24:02.040 what were you doing
00:24:02.560 that night in Kenosha?
00:24:04.260 So Drew,
00:24:05.100 did you get our little message
00:24:06.900 from your website
00:24:07.680 we sent you
00:24:08.320 trying to get in contact
00:24:09.200 with you?
00:24:09.800 We got a lot of messages
00:24:10.660 from a lot of people.
00:24:12.120 From Kyle's side,
00:24:13.800 the prosecutors,
00:24:15.300 everyone wanted to talk.
00:24:16.740 But here's the thing,
00:24:18.100 the truth had to be testified to.
00:24:20.720 Binger's an idiot.
00:24:21.680 Let's just say that publicly,
00:24:23.080 okay?
00:24:24.380 I don't think he had any idea
00:24:25.760 who he was dealing with.
00:24:27.580 But when you're dealing
00:24:28.540 with someone
00:24:29.040 that has the absolute truth
00:24:30.460 on their side,
00:24:31.360 they're unbeatable.
00:24:32.020 The only thing you can do
00:24:32.820 is lie, right?
00:24:34.880 So the reason why
00:24:36.780 I decided to testify
00:24:37.980 is not because I have
00:24:39.500 some political bias.
00:24:40.800 It's because I was
00:24:41.500 obviously there
00:24:42.420 watching everything
00:24:43.540 unfold in the trial,
00:24:45.060 watching the mainstream media
00:24:46.240 lie about Kyle,
00:24:48.040 watching the prosecution
00:24:49.180 peddle those lies 0.78
00:24:50.860 in a so-called trial
00:24:52.420 in the so-called
00:24:53.240 justice system.
00:24:54.860 I knew that I not only
00:24:55.940 had the eyewitness testimony,
00:24:57.780 but I also had
00:24:58.940 a lot of body cam footage.
00:25:01.320 Okay?
00:25:01.560 There was body cam footage
00:25:02.700 that the entire world
00:25:04.640 didn't know existed
00:25:05.500 of Kyle Rittenhouse
00:25:07.380 de-escalating a situation
00:25:09.060 with rioters
00:25:10.020 outside of CarSource 2.
00:25:12.160 Remember that?
00:25:13.600 I do.
00:25:14.120 And by the way,
00:25:15.880 she was black. 1.00
00:25:18.080 And thank God
00:25:19.640 for all these
00:25:20.160 independent journalists
00:25:21.300 such as Elijah and Drew.
00:25:23.440 So give a round of applause
00:25:24.540 to them
00:25:25.100 for helping set me free
00:25:27.040 because without
00:25:27.680 these independent journalists,
00:25:29.240 we would not be here today.
00:25:31.040 And Julio Rojas as well.
00:25:33.080 And I just wanted to
00:25:34.380 end with this is
00:25:35.860 this is what needs
00:25:37.240 to be done
00:25:37.900 because obviously
00:25:39.060 thinking about this decision,
00:25:40.740 thinking about
00:25:41.620 should I do this,
00:25:42.300 should I go forward.
00:25:43.320 Obviously,
00:25:43.660 I'm a born-again Christian.
00:25:44.900 Jesus Christ receives 0.74
00:25:46.040 all glory and honor
00:25:47.300 to God for all of this.
00:25:50.400 But watching all this unfold,
00:25:52.240 I mean,
00:25:52.760 this is what I keep hearing,
00:25:54.140 Charlie,
00:25:54.580 in this particular
00:25:55.620 conference,
00:25:57.200 event,
00:25:57.520 whatever you want
00:25:57.940 to call it is.
00:25:58.500 It's no longer
00:25:59.000 left or right.
00:26:00.360 It's good versus evil now.
00:26:01.800 Okay?
00:26:02.280 And so this is what
00:26:03.280 people need to understand.
00:26:04.380 And I want to talk
00:26:05.280 to people that identify
00:26:06.340 on the left right now.
00:26:07.600 You may think
00:26:08.180 you're on the right side
00:26:08.880 of history,
00:26:09.380 but that day is going
00:26:10.040 to come where it's about,
00:26:11.040 no,
00:26:11.240 you either just obey
00:26:12.200 or not.
00:26:13.760 And that's where
00:26:14.220 we're heading.
00:26:14.680 So I want to just say this.
00:26:16.640 I hope what happened
00:26:17.600 in this trial,
00:26:18.740 the part that I was able
00:26:20.040 to play and testify
00:26:21.380 to the truth,
00:26:22.740 I hope that inspires
00:26:23.860 every single one of you
00:26:25.000 out here right now
00:26:25.760 because listen,
00:26:26.220 there's so many people
00:26:26.960 out here that are afraid
00:26:28.340 to get canceled,
00:26:29.600 afraid to get called
00:26:30.360 a white supremacist,
00:26:31.480 a racist,
00:26:32.200 afraid to do the right thing.
00:26:34.260 But that's exactly
00:26:35.220 what we need to do.
00:26:36.480 If you get put
00:26:37.060 in a position
00:26:37.720 where nothing but fear
00:26:39.380 fills your heart,
00:26:40.400 know that the opposite
00:26:42.040 of that is to just
00:26:43.500 do what is right
00:26:44.680 and let God take care
00:26:45.780 of the rest
00:26:46.300 and look where we are
00:26:47.220 right now.
00:26:49.960 Hey, Kyle,
00:26:50.940 I just wanted to say
00:26:51.860 this though.
00:26:52.720 So that's pretty good
00:26:53.840 advice.
00:26:54.440 Here's also some good
00:26:55.300 advice too.
00:26:56.340 You and I met before
00:26:57.160 in Kenosha
00:26:57.640 before all this happened
00:26:58.680 and I was talking
00:27:00.700 to you.
00:27:01.320 You didn't know
00:27:01.760 I had a gas mask on.
00:27:02.840 I was in disguise.
00:27:04.420 But while I was there,
00:27:06.600 I was trying to talk
00:27:07.280 to you and there was
00:27:07.920 rioters trying to get
00:27:08.700 onto the property.
00:27:09.880 What was our first
00:27:10.500 interaction?
00:27:11.020 What did you say to me?
00:27:13.280 I just got pepper
00:27:14.280 sprayed.
00:27:15.380 Can you now leave?
00:27:16.680 Yeah, he's like,
00:27:17.080 can you now leave?
00:27:17.500 And when a guy
00:27:18.040 with an AR-15
00:27:19.200 in a riot asks you
00:27:20.520 to leave,
00:27:21.360 you probably should.
00:27:22.440 That's the other advice.
00:27:23.820 And guess what?
00:27:24.920 I didn't go for his gun
00:27:25.960 so I'm still here.
00:27:26.760 That's good advice
00:27:27.300 as well too.
00:27:28.100 That's good advice.
00:27:29.540 Don't try to steal
00:27:30.460 a man's gun.
00:27:32.140 It's a true story
00:27:32.660 but I'm going to say
00:27:33.100 this.
00:27:33.320 I met this man,
00:27:35.440 this young guy.
00:27:36.180 I met him
00:27:37.420 and his concern was
00:27:38.880 please leave
00:27:39.380 because he needed
00:27:39.760 to go administer aid
00:27:40.880 to people who had
00:27:41.580 pepper sprayed him.
00:27:42.560 People who were
00:27:43.680 tearing down the city.
00:27:45.020 He went out
00:27:45.720 and told me,
00:27:46.400 you need to go
00:27:47.100 because I need to go
00:27:48.220 help other people.
00:27:49.600 And that shows character.
00:27:51.380 That shows restraint.
00:27:52.460 He didn't point a gun
00:27:53.200 at me.
00:27:53.620 He didn't threaten me.
00:27:54.560 He didn't say anything.
00:27:55.460 Hey, I have a gun.
00:27:56.600 You need to leave
00:27:57.020 because of that.
00:27:57.500 He just said,
00:27:57.860 hey, I have a mission
00:27:59.020 and I'm going to
00:28:00.280 accomplish that mission.
00:28:01.040 I'm going to do that.
00:28:01.700 And that's what I saw
00:28:02.600 that night.
00:28:03.080 That's what I saw
00:28:03.580 the rest of the night.
00:28:04.380 That's what I saw
00:28:04.880 through the trial
00:28:05.440 is a man who
00:28:06.440 accomplished his mission.
00:28:07.400 That he stood up
00:28:07.940 to the challenges
00:28:08.440 that were before him.
00:28:09.680 You stood up
00:28:10.380 to people, Kyle.
00:28:11.460 You stood up
00:28:11.960 to evil.
00:28:12.720 You stood up
00:28:13.400 and defended yourself
00:28:14.600 and you did what was right
00:28:15.620 like you said.
00:28:17.200 All of us in this room know.
00:28:19.400 I know you didn't want
00:28:20.440 to be in that situation.
00:28:21.820 You told me that.
00:28:23.380 Right?
00:28:24.060 You said,
00:28:24.400 I didn't.
00:28:25.580 Now looking back on it,
00:28:26.600 you said on the show,
00:28:27.220 you're like,
00:28:28.280 hindsight being 2020.
00:28:30.120 Yeah.
00:28:30.820 I know,
00:28:31.380 but I'm saying,
00:28:31.800 I'm looking at it
00:28:32.400 and I'm going,
00:28:33.880 but right now,
00:28:34.480 guys,
00:28:34.620 we're in a tough spot
00:28:35.520 in this country,
00:28:36.060 are we not?
00:28:36.960 In a very tough spot.
00:28:38.260 The most fair and free election
00:28:39.360 in American history,
00:28:41.020 COVID,
00:28:41.800 the BLM rights,
00:28:42.840 lots of stuff going on
00:28:43.960 that went out there.
00:28:45.320 And we have challenges,
00:28:46.480 censorship,
00:28:47.040 everything.
00:28:48.760 But let Kyle be an example
00:28:50.140 that even if you're young,
00:28:51.260 even if you're 17,
00:28:52.240 even if all the odds
00:28:53.040 are against you,
00:28:53.700 that every institution
00:28:54.780 is against you,
00:28:55.900 that the truth
00:28:57.900 will set you free
00:28:58.780 and that Kyle stood
00:28:59.760 on the truth,
00:29:00.420 he lives by the truth,
00:29:01.620 he accomplished his mission
00:29:02.740 and he's here today
00:29:03.580 because he was brave enough
00:29:04.780 to stand up
00:29:05.820 to so many evil people
00:29:07.040 and Kyle,
00:29:07.680 I respect you,
00:29:08.900 I've come to appreciate you
00:29:10.180 and love you as a friend,
00:29:11.560 but most importantly,
00:29:12.440 I look up to you,
00:29:13.140 honestly and genuinely,
00:29:14.920 as a man
00:29:15.500 who would do something
00:29:16.600 and would step up
00:29:17.300 to the plate
00:29:17.800 when very few would.
00:29:19.220 I want to tell you that here.
00:29:21.060 Thank you, Elijah.
00:29:21.920 I believe Kyle firmly,
00:29:27.140 God had his hand
00:29:28.140 all over you that night
00:29:29.960 and also throughout the trial.
00:29:31.360 I really believe that.
00:29:32.660 Kyle, talk a little bit
00:29:33.540 about that
00:29:34.440 and has faith played a role
00:29:36.000 in this journey for you?
00:29:37.700 Absolutely, God.
00:29:39.140 I believe God's been with me
00:29:40.400 every day through the trial
00:29:41.700 and every day since August 25th.
00:29:43.660 He's helped me get through this.
00:29:45.540 I pray to him every single night.
00:29:47.780 I pray for strength.
00:29:49.220 I never prayed for an acquittal.
00:29:50.580 I just prayed for the strength
00:29:51.860 to get through
00:29:52.360 whatever happens to me.
00:29:54.200 It's beautiful.
00:29:57.060 And I would,
00:29:58.920 you know,
00:29:59.360 and Kyle,
00:30:00.340 when you came over
00:30:01.500 and we sat down with Charlie,
00:30:03.280 we did the interview before,
00:30:05.320 you know,
00:30:05.660 and I said this to you that,
00:30:07.220 I don't know if people realize this,
00:30:08.760 but, you know,
00:30:09.980 I was in the military.
00:30:11.800 I've had some weapons training.
00:30:13.220 I've worked with, you know,
00:30:14.300 SEALs and everything else
00:30:15.280 and I had guys reaching out to me
00:30:16.560 saying they watched that video
00:30:18.520 and they said,
00:30:19.680 I don't know if I could do that.
00:30:21.760 I don't know if I could do what he did.
00:30:23.680 And I said,
00:30:24.580 and I said,
00:30:24.980 well, Kyle,
00:30:25.520 what kind of training
00:30:26.780 did you have on that AR-15?
00:30:29.420 Had you been through courses?
00:30:30.640 Were you certified?
00:30:31.360 So Kyle, tell us,
00:30:32.060 what kind of training
00:30:32.980 did you have with the AR-15
00:30:34.100 prior to that evening?
00:30:35.200 I didn't have much training
00:30:36.740 with that rifle.
00:30:37.860 I probably put maybe
00:30:38.880 like 500 rounds through it,
00:30:41.560 but I'm not like a rifle expert
00:30:44.120 or something.
00:30:44.600 I just knew how to like
00:30:45.900 the basics of it.
00:30:47.360 No advanced training
00:30:48.300 whatsoever prior
00:30:50.180 to that evening.
00:30:51.800 And when I heard that,
00:30:52.760 I said,
00:30:53.340 that was divine providence
00:30:55.180 that kept you alive
00:30:56.740 through that night.
00:31:00.520 And I firmly believe,
00:31:02.180 I do firmly believe
00:31:03.520 that it was also
00:31:04.500 divine providence
00:31:05.640 that brought people
00:31:07.700 like Drew
00:31:08.560 and Elijah,
00:31:10.380 BG on the scene,
00:31:11.680 Julio,
00:31:12.140 everyone who was there
00:31:13.180 that night
00:31:13.740 to be there
00:31:14.740 to get that footage
00:31:16.840 of what happened out.
00:31:18.940 Because then
00:31:19.600 that carried forward
00:31:20.940 so that God
00:31:21.900 could be with you
00:31:22.600 in the courthouse
00:31:24.000 and then in that jury room
00:31:26.420 where those 12,
00:31:28.160 they were touched
00:31:28.780 by that truth
00:31:29.520 and they were touched
00:31:30.280 by your actions
00:31:31.180 and touched by the words
00:31:32.420 that you gave
00:31:33.020 on that stand
00:31:34.000 that you walked up there
00:31:35.260 and said,
00:31:35.760 I was not attacking people.
00:31:38.180 I was defending my home.
00:31:43.600 Just wanted to give
00:31:44.380 a quick shout out
00:31:44.980 to Richie McGinnis
00:31:45.800 as well
00:31:46.480 from Daily Caller
00:31:47.380 and Jorge Ventura
00:31:48.200 and the work that they did.
00:31:49.620 I know they're not up here,
00:31:50.580 but Richie, man,
00:31:52.120 with the testimony.
00:31:52.640 Of Richie, of course.
00:31:53.660 Yeah, and just being there.
00:31:55.740 I mean,
00:31:56.260 I'm telling you,
00:31:57.480 if God had not intervened,
00:31:59.140 I swear,
00:32:01.180 the only other person
00:32:01.840 who has as many cameras
00:32:02.780 chasing them in a moment
00:32:03.720 is Kim Kardashian.
00:32:04.800 Okay, this guy had,
00:32:06.020 this guy had,
00:32:07.020 he had the FBI and 4K.
00:32:08.700 I mean, I'm jealous, right?
00:32:10.180 So it's like,
00:32:10.820 I mean, he had every angle,
00:32:11.920 every sidestep,
00:32:13.200 people from all different
00:32:14.180 political leanings.
00:32:15.460 I've never seen any event
00:32:16.680 in history
00:32:18.040 that was getting
00:32:18.920 that little
00:32:19.760 mainstream media coverage
00:32:21.180 that had that many angles
00:32:22.420 and that many pieces
00:32:23.680 of evidence.
00:32:24.720 God's got your back, Kyle,
00:32:26.240 and he's got you destined
00:32:27.460 for mighty things
00:32:28.740 in this world.
00:32:29.460 This is just the beginning.
00:32:30.400 Thank you.
00:32:37.020 Now,
00:32:38.220 so many people ask Kyle,
00:32:40.280 and we touched on this
00:32:41.240 a little bit earlier,
00:32:42.140 so you won,
00:32:43.540 you're free,
00:32:44.780 and to the great disgust
00:32:46.560 of so many different people,
00:32:48.000 give you an idea
00:32:48.500 of what Kyle
00:32:49.180 still has to go through.
00:32:50.700 Is that the chairman
00:32:51.580 of the House Judiciary Committee,
00:32:53.680 Congressman Jerry Nadler,
00:32:55.540 you want to talk
00:32:57.500 about this, Kyle?
00:32:58.360 The one that's calling
00:32:59.520 for a DOJ investigation
00:33:01.120 against me
00:33:01.980 and completely lied
00:33:03.500 on that Twitter post?
00:33:05.220 Yeah, that guy.
00:33:06.280 Oh, God.
00:33:07.680 So what are your thoughts
00:33:08.560 on that, Kyle?
00:33:09.120 You get free
00:33:09.640 by a jury of your peers?
00:33:10.800 I would urge him
00:33:11.780 to go back,
00:33:13.060 watch the trial,
00:33:14.180 and look at the facts
00:33:15.520 before he tweets.
00:33:21.120 That's the same
00:33:21.900 Jerry Nadler
00:33:22.640 that told Fleckus
00:33:23.800 that Antifa doesn't exist.
00:33:26.180 The Penguin.
00:33:26.840 It's a myth.
00:33:27.320 That's what he is.
00:33:27.860 Penguin.
00:33:28.840 So Jerry Nadler
00:33:29.700 is calling into a DOJ
00:33:31.020 for a DOJ investigation.
00:33:33.860 And the DOJ
00:33:34.580 already investigated me.
00:33:36.640 I'm sure they did.
00:33:38.060 And you got exonerated.
00:33:40.100 But what is more important,
00:33:42.460 and Kyle,
00:33:42.820 you can comment on this
00:33:43.780 at your choosing.
00:33:45.580 The rest of the panel
00:33:46.180 I know will love
00:33:47.320 to talk about this,
00:33:48.520 is that they keep
00:33:49.220 on mentioning this
00:33:50.140 on TV
00:33:50.580 in a really bizarre way.
00:33:52.180 It's almost like
00:33:52.620 an incantation.
00:33:53.560 Kyle Rittenhouse,
00:33:54.500 who brought a gun
00:33:55.280 across state lines,
00:33:56.920 it's like,
00:33:57.220 wait a second,
00:33:57.640 why are they saying that?
00:33:59.400 Why are they saying that, Kyle?
00:34:00.660 You know,
00:34:01.000 that's a good question.
00:34:01.980 I have no idea,
00:34:02.880 but it's just false.
00:34:04.380 That gun was in Wisconsin,
00:34:05.780 and it never left Wisconsin.
00:34:07.800 So I don't know
00:34:08.660 what they're saying by that.
00:34:10.340 Well, and,
00:34:11.120 so,
00:34:13.640 it's not,
00:34:14.140 obviously it's a lie,
00:34:15.180 but the more important point
00:34:16.700 is that
00:34:17.200 we know, everybody,
00:34:19.120 that they want to come
00:34:19.860 for our guns.
00:34:21.220 And we know that they're going
00:34:22.120 to try to pass
00:34:23.020 federal legislation
00:34:24.020 and try to build consensus
00:34:25.780 saying,
00:34:26.540 you know what the real problem is?
00:34:28.200 This is what they say
00:34:28.800 in Chicago all the time.
00:34:30.020 Anyone from Chicago,
00:34:30.840 by the way?
00:34:31.980 All 14 of you.
00:34:33.280 Welcome.
00:34:34.520 So,
00:34:35.040 I grew up in the suburbs
00:34:35.900 of Chicago.
00:34:36.800 They say,
00:34:37.140 all of Chicago gun violence,
00:34:38.540 825 homicides a year,
00:34:39.880 is because of state lines
00:34:40.840 from Indiana gun laws.
00:34:42.300 What they're trying to do,
00:34:43.080 everybody,
00:34:43.500 is destroy states
00:34:45.500 that have allowed themselves
00:34:46.980 to have better gun laws
00:34:48.060 and then be able to have
00:34:49.840 federal gun registration.
00:34:51.140 Kyle,
00:34:51.340 do you think the Second Amendment
00:34:52.880 plays any role into this?
00:34:54.460 Do you think that there was
00:34:55.200 broader things at play?
00:34:57.200 Well,
00:34:57.740 I think my trial
00:34:58.800 was an example of them
00:35:00.040 trying to come after
00:35:01.080 our Second Amendment rights,
00:35:04.280 a right to defend ourselves,
00:35:06.460 and trying to take our weapons.
00:35:08.720 And Drew or Elijah
00:35:09.980 comment on this.
00:35:11.360 Talk about how
00:35:12.300 they wanted this
00:35:13.480 to try to be a reference point
00:35:14.820 to try to build a consensus
00:35:16.400 for federal gun laws.
00:35:18.760 Well,
00:35:18.920 first I'd like to say this.
00:35:20.260 We were only happened
00:35:21.580 to be able to cover
00:35:22.460 Kenosha,
00:35:23.240 the riots,
00:35:23.620 so quickly,
00:35:24.080 because we were in Chicago
00:35:25.200 covering another riot
00:35:26.960 as the other riot broke out.
00:35:29.360 And I have a confession.
00:35:30.440 I want to make this to you here.
00:35:32.220 I had to cross state lines
00:35:33.620 to get to Kenosha as well.
00:35:35.500 Yeah,
00:35:35.700 I know.
00:35:36.100 It's crazy.
00:35:36.600 People do that.
00:35:37.600 People do it, guys.
00:35:38.760 How many people
00:35:39.340 crossed state lines
00:35:40.060 to come to America Fest?
00:35:41.300 How dare you?
00:35:41.880 Oh, wow.
00:35:42.700 Oh, no.
00:35:43.540 We're all on the list now.
00:35:45.060 How many of you
00:35:45.500 carried weapons
00:35:46.440 across state lines?
00:35:48.180 A lot of hands went up.
00:35:49.000 And to show you really
00:35:49.880 what that even means,
00:35:50.740 guys,
00:35:51.040 Kenosha,
00:35:51.580 it's like a 45-minute car ride
00:35:52.780 out of central Chicago,
00:35:53.780 right?
00:35:54.140 We're not talking
00:35:54.860 about anything crazy
00:35:56.220 out there.
00:35:57.000 But honestly,
00:35:58.120 what I knew about this,
00:35:59.300 and people might not know this,
00:36:00.780 but I've told you,
00:36:02.340 is, you know,
00:36:03.760 I had just saw my mom
00:36:04.960 pass away right before
00:36:06.060 this had happened.
00:36:07.060 And when I saw
00:36:07.900 Joseph Rosenbaum,
00:36:08.920 you know,
00:36:09.340 dying,
00:36:10.340 I knew he was dying.
00:36:11.100 People were trying
00:36:11.480 to save his life.
00:36:12.800 And, you know,
00:36:13.340 and I looked at the situation,
00:36:15.440 and I saw the people
00:36:16.220 that were shot.
00:36:16.900 I interviewed Kyle before.
00:36:18.380 I knew what was happening.
00:36:19.300 I knew it was clear-cut
00:36:20.320 self-defense.
00:36:20.920 I didn't know
00:36:21.280 if Kyle was a Democrat
00:36:22.060 or a Republican,
00:36:23.280 what his politics were,
00:36:24.560 anything.
00:36:24.940 I just,
00:36:25.380 I saw someone
00:36:26.280 use self-defense.
00:36:28.380 But I called the CEO
00:36:29.500 of my company,
00:36:30.140 Tyler Carden,
00:36:30.760 and I said,
00:36:31.200 hey, man,
00:36:31.560 I'm walking back.
00:36:33.440 And I said,
00:36:33.920 I said,
00:36:34.220 dude,
00:36:34.420 hey,
00:36:34.640 something bad
00:36:35.080 just happened.
00:36:36.560 And I'm going to let you know
00:36:37.660 that they're going
00:36:38.960 to try to paint this
00:36:40.320 as a lie.
00:36:41.880 They're going to say
00:36:42.320 he was a white supremacist,
00:36:43.400 but he shot white people.
00:36:44.860 And I knew
00:36:45.440 what the narrative
00:36:45.940 was going to be.
00:36:46.480 Can we not predict
00:36:47.180 the narratives already?
00:36:48.280 Like,
00:36:48.420 do we not know?
00:36:49.840 It's basically
00:36:50.420 what the truth is.
00:36:51.340 Just do the opposite.
00:36:52.460 So if the truth is red,
00:36:53.760 then they go blue.
00:36:54.800 And that says something.
00:36:56.080 Listen,
00:36:56.500 I just,
00:36:57.120 I want to say this is,
00:36:59.240 you know,
00:36:59.540 it wasn't just
00:37:00.080 Kyle Rittenhouse on trial.
00:37:01.720 It was every single
00:37:02.640 one of you.
00:37:03.380 Right.
00:37:03.740 You agree with that,
00:37:04.340 Kyle?
00:37:05.060 100%.
00:37:05.460 It wasn't just
00:37:06.260 Kyle on trial.
00:37:07.040 It's every single
00:37:07.560 one of you.
00:37:08.020 Listen,
00:37:08.220 if they can do this
00:37:09.540 to Kyle,
00:37:12.420 you're an adult now.
00:37:13.900 But at the time,
00:37:14.580 a kid that's just
00:37:15.760 trying to live his life,
00:37:16.680 protecting his community,
00:37:18.640 look at all the
00:37:19.600 constitutional rights
00:37:21.480 and freedoms
00:37:21.940 that we get to
00:37:22.940 live with
00:37:24.080 here in the United States.
00:37:25.000 They're all being subverted.
00:37:26.120 Free speech,
00:37:26.920 second amendment,
00:37:27.600 you go down the list.
00:37:29.760 Today it's Kyle Rittenhouse,
00:37:30.880 tomorrow it's you.
00:37:31.720 This is why it's important
00:37:32.740 for you guys to engage
00:37:33.800 in your own communities,
00:37:35.100 wherever you are,
00:37:35.820 respectively.
00:37:36.820 This is why it's important
00:37:37.900 to not be asleep.
00:37:39.000 This is why it's important
00:37:39.840 to not just
00:37:40.500 even rely on
00:37:42.140 me,
00:37:42.760 Elijah,
00:37:43.160 Charlie Kirk
00:37:44.380 or Jack Paso,
00:37:45.120 but this is you.
00:37:46.540 This is why we're here
00:37:47.620 to get you guys engaged
00:37:49.520 because today,
00:37:50.260 to yesterday it's Kyle,
00:37:51.460 today it's you
00:37:52.060 and every single one of you.
00:37:53.020 So I hope you guys
00:37:53.680 are emboldened
00:37:54.440 by what we've been able
00:37:55.640 to do
00:37:56.120 and you guys can take this,
00:37:57.860 be inspired
00:37:58.460 and go to your own communities
00:37:59.540 and do what needs to be done
00:38:00.700 in the power of Christ.
00:38:03.440 So Kyle,
00:38:05.340 closing thoughts,
00:38:08.380 you reflect back
00:38:09.180 on this year,
00:38:10.880 lessons you want to share
00:38:11.740 with this audience,
00:38:12.760 lessons for fellow
00:38:13.700 18-year-olds,
00:38:14.640 19-year-olds here.
00:38:16.120 You have lived a lifetime
00:38:17.340 of pressure,
00:38:19.460 stress,
00:38:20.960 backlash,
00:38:22.260 intimidation.
00:38:23.740 What do you have to share
00:38:24.720 especially for the fellow members
00:38:26.060 of your generation?
00:38:28.580 Always be humble
00:38:29.620 and look at the positive
00:38:30.680 in life
00:38:31.160 and focus on
00:38:32.360 today,
00:38:33.420 not tomorrow.
00:38:35.020 You can only live
00:38:35.820 one day at a time.
00:38:36.800 Amen.
00:38:39.920 And I'll just say
00:38:41.020 one thing.
00:38:44.660 To the mainstream media
00:38:46.260 that doesn't want us
00:38:47.780 to have this panel,
00:38:49.000 that doesn't want
00:38:49.640 America Fest
00:38:50.340 to exist,
00:38:51.520 guess what?
00:38:52.520 We do exist.
00:38:53.880 We are going to be here
00:38:55.380 and the next time
00:38:56.700 that you try to turn
00:38:58.280 another situation
00:38:59.700 like Kyle Rittenhouse
00:39:01.320 or someone else,
00:39:02.740 you are going to have
00:39:03.660 to go through
00:39:04.240 Turning Point USA
00:39:05.300 and Human Events
00:39:06.700 and Drew Hernandez
00:39:07.740 and Elijah Schaefer
00:39:08.800 and Charlie Kirk
00:39:09.720 and The Blaze
00:39:10.540 and tens
00:39:11.320 and thousands
00:39:12.360 of patriots.
00:39:13.920 Every single
00:39:15.020 one of us
00:39:16.020 is going to be
00:39:17.100 standing in your way.