HE LIED: Activist Who Harassed Catholic Teens Did Not Serve In Vietnam War
Nathan Phillips, the Native American activist who harassed the Catholic teens at the Lincoln Memorial, did serve his country.
He was a Marine.
For that, he is owed a debt of gratitude.
However, Phillips clearly claimed in a CNN interview that he served in Vietnam.
He lied.
Washington Post corrects: Native American Nathan Phillips, center of viral video incident on Mall, served in US Marines but did not serve in Vietnam. https://t.co/H9flOJKGyk pic.twitter.com/DJrokRosc2
— Byron York (@ByronYork) January 22, 2019
From CNN, (bold mine)…
CNN: “Let me ask you about what happened to you. These boys in the middle of this group and you find yourself surrounded. How did that happen and what did that feel like as a person standing there face to face with a young man who seems to be staring at you or glaring at you? How would you describe that moment?“
Phillips: “When I was there and I was standing there and I seen that group of people in front of me and I seen the angry faces and all of that, I realized I had put myself in a really dangerous situation. Here’s a group of people who were angry at somebody else and I put myself in front of that, and all of a sudden, I’m the one whose all that anger and all that wanting to have the freedom to just rip me apart, that was scary. And I’m a Vietnam veteran and I know that mentality of “There’s enough of us. We can do this.”
WATCH:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvbsqk0HOWw#action=share
More from Washington Times:
According to multiple news accounts, the activist is 64 years old, which means he would have been 18 years old in 1973, the last year any U.S. combat units were stationed in Vietnam. Mr. Phillips also claims to be a Marine veteran, although the last Marine combat units left Vietnam in 1971.
A careful reading of Mr. Phillips‘ own descriptions does not make clear if he ever set foot in Vietnam. Instead, he has used much more careful language claiming he is a “Vietnam times veteran,” an ambiguous phrasing that led many media accounts to conclude he was a combat veteran.
Phillips stormed a Catholic Church and disrupted mass AFTER the shenanigans at the Lincoln Memorial.
While chanting and playing ceremonial drums, a group of Native American rights activists reportedly led by Nathan Phillips attempted Jan. 19 to enter Washington, D.C.’s Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception during a Saturday evening Mass.
The group of 20 demonstrators was stopped by shrine security as it tried to enter the church during its 5:15 pm Vigil Mass, according to a shrine security guard on duty during the Mass.
“It was really upsetting,” the guard said.
He added, “There were about twenty people trying to get in, we had to lock the doors and everything.”
“We had hundreds and hundreds of people from all over the country come here to celebrate life, to celebrate each other together. That a protest tried to come inside during Mass was really the worst.“
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1087712697880403968?%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1087712697880403968&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftherightscoop.com%2Fbreaking-covington-catholic-high-school-closes-says-students-are-not-to-be-on-campus-for-any-reason%2F
Here’s a preview of an interview with one of the teens:
"Do you feel from this experience that you owe anybody an apology? Do you see your own fault in any way?”
Tune in to @NBCNightlyNews for a preview of @SavannahGuthrie's interview with Nick Sandmann. Full interview tomorrow on TODAY. pic.twitter.com/7Croh0Toyj
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) January 22, 2019