Kyle Rittenhouse, who gained notoriety in 2020 for shooting three people at a civil rights rally in Wisconsin, said he was hospitalized on May 6 after a venomous spider bit him.
In a post on X, the 23-year-old said a brown recluse, a spider commonly found in the south-central and midwestern United States, was the culprit for his injury. Rittenhouse also posted pictures of himself in a hospital bed as well as a close-up shot of the spider's bite mark.
“The communists couldn't take me out and I'll be damned if I let a brown recluse take me out,” he posted. "Disappointed I’m not Spider-Man now…"
Now recovering, Rittenhouse did not say when the spider attack happened. The post drew thousands of responses full of both support and mockery.
Among the thousands who responded was Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, who was one of the first to wish Rittenhouse well, saying, “you got this.”
