Kyle Rittenhouse teased a future congressional run in a Thursday tweet.
The 19-year-old, who made headlines as he faced murder charges, posted a photograph of himself dressed in a suit, tie and glasses standing in front of the U.S. Capitol.
“T-minus 5 years until I call this place my office?” he wrote.
T-minus 5 years until I call this place my office?
💪🇺🇸💼 pic.twitter.com/s8ghHzf477— Kyle Rittenhouse (@ThisIsKyleR) November 18, 2022
Rittenhouse was acquitted of five criminal charges for committing the fatal shootings of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and the gun-related injury of Gaige Grosskreutz at a Black Lives Matter riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 25, 2020. He was just 17-years-old at the time of the shootings.
His criminal trial aired on major television networks across the U.S., in which he pleaded not guilty on all charges. The state of Wisconsin charged him with first-degree reckless homicide, first-degree intentional homicide, use of a dangerous weapon and first-degree recklessly endangering safety, use of a dangerous weapon.
Judge Bruce Schroeder dismissed the charge of possession with a dangerous weapon by a minor shortly before the verdict. The charge only applied to an individual who possessed a short-barreled rifle or shotgun or if they did not comply with hunting regulations. Rittenhouse carried an AR-15 with him at the time that did not contain a short-barrel.
Media and liberals ridiculed Rittenhouse with accusations that he is a “white supremacist” and a “murderer,” though he previously affirmed that he is “not a racist person” and supports the Black Lives Matter movement. (RELATED: Nicholas Sandmann’s Lawyer Joins Kyle Rittenhouse’s Legal Team To Begin Filing Defamation Lawsuits)
The teen announced the launching of The Media Accountability Project to fundraise and bring forth legal action against political and media figures that spread “lies” and misinformation about him. Figures he intends to sue are “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg and NBA basketball player LeBron James.
Despite the ridicule, Rittenhouse has since become somewhat a conservative icon for his vocal support of the Second Amendment and right to self-defense. He has been interviewed by Fox News host and Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson and was previously nominated for a gold medal by Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Before his acquittal, Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz told Newsmax in a Nov. 18, 2021, interview that his office considered offering Rittenhouse an intern position in his office.