Kyle Rittenhouse clarifies Texas A&M claim after it’s called into question

Teen gunman Kyle Rittenhouse claimed he would be attending Texas A&M University — then had to clarify when that was quickly called into question.

Proudly donning a Texas A&M baseball cap during a visit with podcaster Charlie Kirk, the 19-year-old Illinois man who famously killed two unarmed protesters at a 2020 Black Lives Matter event in Kenosha, Wis., announced on Friday, “I’m going to be going there — it’s going to be awesome.”

But the Dallas Morning News quickly reported that a Texas A&M representative said, “He has not been admitted as a student this summer or fall.”

The university, located in College Station, Texas, did not immediately respond to a Daily News inquiry as to whether Rittenhouse might be enrolled at a later date or under a different name. The spring 2023 application window for freshman at the school runs from Aug. 1 through Oct. 15.

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The Media Accountability Project — an organization started by Rittenhouse to hold “activist media accountable,” according to its website — also did not respond for clarification on Rittenhouse’s claim.

Finally dealing with the blowback from his claim, Rittenhouse went on Twitter to clarify he would be attending “a feeder school” in the Blinn College District and hopes to attend Texas A&M next year.

“I am looking forward to making the move to Texas at the end of the month,” he added.

Rittenhouse also complained in that tweet he had been “robbed” of the end of his “high school career” and didn’t have time to plan for his future.

The Chicago Tribune reported in August 2020 that Rittenhouse briefly attended Lakes Community High School during the 2017-18 school year, but was no longer enrolled in the district. His mom reportedly sought an order of protection in 2017, claiming one of Rittenhouse’s classmates was bullying the teen for allegedly being “dumb.” Rittenhouse testified that he graduated from high school online.

While making the declaration Friday that he was headed to college, Rittenhouse said he was looking forward to being around a “beautiful campus, amazing people, amazing food.”

Kyle Rittenhouse looks back as attorneys discuss items in the motion for mistrial presented by his defense at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. (Sean Krajacic/)

Rittenhouse told Kirk he’s already checked out the school and even plugged an eatery he said he’d visited. He didn’t say when he plans to begin his studies.

A spokesperson for Blinn, a two-year college, told the Texas Tribune Rittenhouse had applied, but not yet enrolled in the school, which has an open admissions policy.

During his 2021 homicide trial in Wisconsin, Rittenhouse told jurors he was “studying nursing” at Arizona State University. Officials at that Tempe school clarified after that remark in November that he was not enrolled at the school, nor had he even applied, though he was at one point enrolled in a non-degree seeking course online. That was followed by objections from some ASU students who didn’t want Rittenhouse to be a part of the student body.

He hinted on social media in May that Arizona State might not be a fit, and, referencing the Texas A&M team name, said “becoming an Aggie might be better.”

In this Aug. 25, 2020, file photo, Kyle Rittenhouse, left, with backwards cap, walks along Sheridan Road in Kenosha, Wis., with another armed civilian. (Adam Rogan/The Journal Times/)

A Wisconsin jury acquitted Rittenhouse on the grounds of self defense following the 2020 violence there that left two men dead and a third injured. The shooter has since become a celebrity on the conservative media circuit, including Fox News, where network star Tucker Carlson filmed a docuseries about Rittenhouse for that company’s streaming platform.

Rittenhouse used a semiautomatic Smith & Wesson M&P 15 to fatally shoot Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26. He also wounded 27-year-old Gaige Grosskreutz.