Kyle Rittenhouse Calls Out Biden, Leftists For Defamatory Rhetoric, In Interview With Tucker Carlson

In first interview since his acquittal, Rittenhouse told Fox News' Tucker Carlson Monday, that coverage of his case -- and comments by left-wing media talking heads and politicians are hysterical and defamatory.

The 18-year-old was acquitted in the shooting deaths of two men and ex-convicts, Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum, as well as the wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz, whom he shot through the right bicep after the far-left activist pointed a pistol at him, amid last year's BLM/Antifa riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Carlson asked the Illinois resident what he made of President Joe Biden calling him a white supremacist.

"Mr. President, if I could say one thing to you, I would urge you to go back and watch the trial, and understand the facts before you make a statement," Rittenhouse said. He added: "It’s actual malice; defaming my character for him to say something like that."

Many far-left talking heads at outlets like MSNBC and CNN, viciously smeared the 18-year-old, and deliberately got basic facts about the case wrong.

Far-left Marxists like MSNBC's Joy Reid, Tiffany Cross and Elie Mystal, called Rittenhouse and his supporters, white supremacists.

Mystal, an attorney and writer for "The Nation" and a frequent MSNBC guest, wrote a column claiming the teen "has gotten away with murder, as predicted" in a "White justice system working as intended."

In fact the vitriol spewed against the 18-year-old by talking heads like Joy Reid, were so charged and divisive that many critics started wondering why executives at their outlets are allowing such divisive rhetoric on their airwaves, knowing that Rittenhouse may likely sue them for defamation.

"It's actually quite hysterical how nobody can go back and look at the facts of the case -- 'he crossed state lines,' false; 'he is a white supremacist,' false -- none of that is true," Rittenhouse said of left-wing media outlets. "And the lies that they can just get away with spreading, is just sickening, and is a disgrace to this country."

The Tucker Carlson Tonight host asked Rittenhouse if he's surprised about how left-wing media outlets framed his case in racial terms.

“I’m not a racist person," the 18-year-old said. "I support the BLM movement. I support peacefully demonstrating. And I believe there needs to be change. I believe there’s a lot of prosecutorial misconduct, not just in my case, but in other cases. And it’s just amazing to see how much a prosecutor can take advantage of somebody. Like, if they did this to me, imagine what they could have done to a person of color who doesn’t maybe have the resources I do or it’s not widely publicized like my case.”

Carlson also asked Rittenhouse if he plans to hold the media outlets accountable. "I have really good lawyers who are taking care of that right now," the 18-year-old responded. "So I'm hoping one day, there'll be accountability for their actions that they did."

The 18-year-old said the trial was not just about him. "It was the right to self-defense on trial," he said. "If I was convicted, no one would ever be privileged to defend their life against attackers. Apparently to many people on the left, it is criminal to protect your community."

During the interview, Rittenhouse also recounted the events that led to him shooting the three ex-convicts, including Huber, who smacked him in the head with a skateboard.

The 18-year-old said he was staying at the home of a friend during the Kenosha riots last year, and was mystified and troubled by the lack of resources provided to the police force in trying to quell the violence after the shooting of Jacob Blake.

"I'm not really sure [where the police presence was], because they have a hard job – but I didn't really think they got the support they needed," Rittenhouse said. "The governor, Tony Evers, failed the community and there should have been a lot more resources to help with that."

Evers, a Democrat, was critiqued at the time by several observers including then-President Trump, for that perceived inaction as the Wisconsin city was engulfed in violence.

Rittenhouse also described how, after the shootings, he unsuccessfully attempted to surrender to Kenosha police officers stationed at a barricade down the street from where the incidents occurred.

WATCH the full Kyle Rittenhouse interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight.