Overview
- Rittenhouse posted hospital and injury photos on X, saying a brown recluse spider bit him.
- He joked about Spider-Man in the post and later said he killed the spider.
- Coverage noted his status as the acquitted Kenosha shooter from 2020, which framed how people reacted online.
- Responses on X ranged from mocking to claims of karma, with commentators making political digs.
- NCBI says brown recluse bites can cause tissue death and advises elevation, ice, wound cleaning, pain control, and antibiotics only for cellulitis.