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Kyle Rittenhouse hospitalized following bite from venomous spider
NBC News ^ | May 7, 2026 | David K. Li

Posted on 05/08/2026 12:39:15 PM PDT by Twotone

Kyle Rittenhouse, who gained fame for opening fire at a 2020 civil rights rally in Wisconsin, was hospitalized after a venomous spider bit him, the noted firearms enthusiast said Wednesday.

Rittenhouse, 23, told his 100,000 followers on X that he fell victim to a brown recluse, posting pictures of himself in a hospital bed strapped to monitors with one close-up shot of the bite mark.

“The spider, like the commies, also thought it was a good idea to come after me while I was armed,” Rittenhouse posted. “He did not survive.”

Rittenhouse appeared to be in good spirits, joking that his only disappointment was that “I’m not Spider-Man now.”

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"Opened fire," not "defended himself." No bias here...
1 posted on 05/08/2026 12:39:15 PM PDT by Twotone
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"Opened fire," not "defended himself." No bias here...

If he was only black.

2 posted on 05/08/2026 12:41:05 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: unixfox

The people he shot were all white.


3 posted on 05/08/2026 12:41:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Twotone
“The spider, like the commies, also thought it was a good idea to come after me while I was armed,” Rittenhouse posted. “He did not survive.”

Nice bit of trolling! Couldn’t have said it better myself.
4 posted on 05/08/2026 12:43:28 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: unixfox

The people he shot were all white.


5 posted on 05/08/2026 12:43:38 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Twotone
Kyle Rittenhouse, who gained fame for opening fire at a 2020 civil rights rally in Wisconsin,

"Civil rights" my skinny a$$.

6 posted on 05/08/2026 12:44:32 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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“Opened fire”

Try the truth NBC, he was defending himself.


7 posted on 05/08/2026 12:45:54 PM PDT by Vision (“Our Democracy” means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
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“The spider, like the commies, also thought it was a good idea to come after me while I was armed,” Rittenhouse posted. “He did not survive.”

Damn!


8 posted on 05/08/2026 12:46:17 PM PDT by Vision (“Our Democracy” means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
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To: Carry_Okie

NBC is disgusting.


9 posted on 05/08/2026 12:46:55 PM PDT by Vision (“Our Democracy” means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
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To: Vision

” David K Li “ ??????


10 posted on 05/08/2026 12:47:29 PM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: Jan_Sobieski

The spider did not survive,lol


11 posted on 05/08/2026 12:57:05 PM PDT by Striperman (Striperman)
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To: Twotone

Damn NBC, you are so good at dimocrating, “Kyle Rittenhouse, who gained fame for opening fire at a 2020 civil rights rally in Wisconsin...”


12 posted on 05/08/2026 12:57:28 PM PDT by Texas_Jarhead
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The spider never had a chance.


13 posted on 05/08/2026 12:58:51 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Dear Kyle,
Save this article and sue NBC for slander.


14 posted on 05/08/2026 1:00:29 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
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To: Twotone

I’ve been bitten by a brown recluse twice. If I recall, I was treated by an antibiotic one time. The other time I didn’t require treatment. I had a home health patient once, who had been bitten under,her arm. It swelled up very large, so when she went to the ER for something else, she asked the doctor if he would lance it. He obliged her. She ended up up on a ventilator and nearly died. Lancing it spread the toxin throughout her body. (This happened before she was a home health patient. Not on my watch).


15 posted on 05/08/2026 1:03:06 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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I’m surprised that NBC didn’t say it was racist for Kyle to kill “a brown recluse”.


16 posted on 05/08/2026 1:07:28 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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brown recluse,

That's a seriously nasty spider bite.

17 posted on 05/08/2026 1:08:37 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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They are nasty beasts. My sister got out of her car one night and walked under the tree near the driveway. She felt something very light brush her face —must have been a spider’s web? Anyway, she was bitten on her forehead by a brown recluse. She tried to ignore it but the skin became necrotic. It ended up a plastic surgeon had to cut a silver dollar-sized hole in her forehead to remove the bad flesh and do a skin graft from her underarm. Still bears the scars.


18 posted on 05/08/2026 1:09:16 PM PDT by duckbutt (I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery - T. Jefferson)
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To: nickcarraway

...with splotches of red.


19 posted on 05/08/2026 1:14:30 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Twotone

What 2020 civil rights rally?

Or is that what they’re calling the BLM riots.


20 posted on 05/08/2026 1:19:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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