What about two guy in the middle?
As soonas he realized how unpopular his moronic support of comradehamberders was
You live. You learn.
Nick Sandmann looks & sounds like he is on the spectrum. The kid should not have so proudly worn that smirk or the MAGA hat. Sandmann’s smirk will never be forgotten. Neither will he. Sad. DefendAmeticaDefeatTrump
Yes, the nation does too!
As do many in the media.
I do too!
How about the rest of your pack?
leftist democrats are threatening he and his family with death.because of a story the media made up.
Nope. Doesn't look disrespectful. Not at all. Someone needs to help that kid prep for job interviews because his non-verbals are a train wreck.
The issue is that the school don't have a dress code since it let their students use accessories with political message. The separation of state and church should be clear. Now with the social media actions can impact future University entrances and employers.
No he didn’t!! This kid, his parents and school should all do community service for native Americans and veterans for the disrespect they have shown. Bad Americans!
The hat says it all it tells he’s a racist and that’s how he was brought up so all that talk isn’t necessary
You all seem to ignore the fact that the Black Israelites, instigated verbal attack 1st upon the Students. They are the cause with their Rasist, bigotry and hatred towards these Christian kids. Unfortunately the kids took the Indian’s actions as a further attack. Truth hurts
I hope someone has corrected his grammar as well as his attitude
I wish the Washington Post actually reported news. It was obvious from early on that Nathan Phillips is a liar. He is such a bitch that he never said a word as the scumbags from black Hebrew Israelites savaged him and his people. Instead, he tries to start trouble with a child.
Yesterday is gone. Focus on today.
That stupid smirk...
I'm glad he didn't. He made a fool out of all of you in the media, and will go down in history as a Patriot. I also hope he has a GREAT attorney who will sue the MOCKING BIRDS and SHILLS.
Thanks for sharing WaPo. 😐
His reasoning lacks any justification. Why stand so close? W h y are his school mates laughing and jeering? How do we as a country see this behavior so opposite? Why would Trumpb invite these kids to the Whitehouse? How does that unify a country?
These teens need to be held responsible, this was totally unacceptable behavior.
But he doesn't wish he showed some respect or spoke up against racism or hate. He doesn't wish he could meet Nathan and apologize.
Someone get another shovel. They have worn several out and apparently wish to keep digging.
What would Jesus do
To be simple: A native Indian veteran harassed a teenager, only because he wore a MAGA hat. White, catholic, pro-life, brave, is not sin, you should be proud of it.
You did right thing, son. No better behavior than you did. Good boy.
It’s funny how the liberal media like gets triggered by a hat
kinsellawarren Ah teens and respect. Lessons taught and sometimes learned. Some things never change.
Of course, but I hold the chaperones partly responsible. They should have moved the students away from the demonstrators to diffuse the situation. Experienced tourists know to not engage with the myriad groups of protestors at famous sites around the world. All of us can learn...
Still waiting for Phillips to say he wishes he had not confronted teens. Then all sides will have learned.
Really just goin' out of your way to frame this in a way that doesn't challenge your narrative, huh. If it were Trump supporters getting in the face of a Native American, would you think the Native American should have walked away?
Their chaperones and the pre-trip briefers totally failed. Have you seen the video of the same boys harassing young girls on the same day, taunting them and calling them 'sluts?'
To late boy this will follow you perhaps it’s time to rethink the whole MAGA thing I personally resent The idea that America wasn’t great before Trump realDonaldTrump
They want to shame us for standing our ground in the face of their inappropriate behavior in an effort to train us to walk away so they can easily control us in the future to get whatever it is they want. Enough. Stand up, speak truth & defend those who are maligned in this way
you were true to who your are
That young man said he doesn’t owe Mr Phillips an apology. Sounds just like Trump! His behavior does not make America great again! Our children need to learn to treat all humanity in the same way they would like to be treated!
Don’t fall for the reverse victimization.
Yeah, I bet you do... But you didn't and people are justifiably upset.
Actually, what he said is 'I wish I 'could have' walked away.' There is a difference
2/ And the diocese of Covington needs to start paying taxes, since they're engaged in political action (those MAGA hats).
Only because he got caught. It's easy to see from other videos of that day and from the pictures/stories about CovingtonCatholic that he comes from a toxic culture. He needs to be called out, as do his classmates and the adults that encourage this type of behavior.
Thank you Washington Post for helping to spread this lie and endangering an entire school of children.
I’m waiting for the “I wish I had not decided it was my place to cast judgement on women’s personal health decisions” 🤷🏼♂️
CleveWootson White Privilege allows him to do what he likes. BTW: Saw their school's racist blackface sports video.
He did the right thing. You Democrat filth are making him regret his strength and integrity. You will not like where you are forcing us.
Wow, some of these comments. Kid did nothing wrong...nothing at all. Even the NYT has a piece now saying the drummer lied. Kid wore a hat and people condem him regardless of truth. And then they accuse others of hate and intolerance.
The Washington Post- we didn't have all the information but now we blame trumpers for figuring it out before us because they watched the actual video and din't listen to idiot outrage on twitter. apparently we should employ them because our reporters cant do their job
I see this kids arrogant, smug look and am so glad he's not my kid.
You think
Poor kid...harassed by this old man.. this is wrong.
No shit, Sherlock
Democrats are bullies. It’s what they do
Know the thing about corprate media, he can't live in their world. They can say sorry all day. He will have to live in the real world and face the consequences of his actions. He tried to impress his buddies and he will pay for that.
Young people wearing MAGA hats are disconnected from human decent values.
Native american guy would have just gotten in another kids face
I think Jesus' teachings are pretty clear 'Though shalt smirk and stare whilst thy disciples taunt and jeer'
Good, this is what shame and regret feel like.
Thats what america will say about trump.
The sick left will still find a way to vilify and target white people. Don't be shocked when they fight back and come for you and your family like you went after these kids.
Ya 🤔
PR team is good, but this kid needs acting lessons. His “remorse” look needs work.
Yeah but then he wouldn’t be headed to the Oval for some hamberders and a Diet Coke.
Too late. Classic case of “I’m not sorry I did it, I’m sorry I got caught.”
We wish he would have, too. What a little arsehat. 🙄😡
This is one Catholic teenager who needs some urgent lessons in Catholic social values, dear US bishops. I do hope that Pontifex will make certain that is arranged, prontissimo!
This teenie looks very arrogant and disrespectful to me. I don't think, it is the way a Catholic school would educate their students.
Go live with the White House psychophat in his room of Sado Maso...
Because standing and smirking has caused him trouble when it shouldn't have
How about extended your hand?
A lack of respect for elders is the real crime here. Arrogance of rich white boyz
CleveWootson ADULTS THERE SHOULD HAVE DONE THEIR JOBS WATCHING THE KIDS! Catholic school SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED AND PARENTS
More propaganda taking a statement out of context. Yes that was stated but like the rest of your so called reporting not the main message in the interview to make the headline. You are shaping the message not reporting
Next time do that. And without the MAGA hat/Klan cap
Ya should have.
. Yuge PoliticalCorrectness News Hope Mr. NathanPhillips really is a USMC Veteran. Falsification of USMiliitary Service = FederalCrime & known as StolenValor CovingtonBoys USMarineCorps MarineCorps SemperFI USMC BreitbartNews WhiteHouse DanScavino
Nothing like repressing free speech thanks media just like the prez
So a person connected to Turtle senatemajldr is handling damage control/PR for lil dickwad from CovCathColonels WH goes hard defending him, PressSec fronting FoxNews Wow! Bigotry is high on the agenda whilst 800,000 workers are facing financial ruin.😳
He wouldn’t be in this position in the first place if your organization didn’t spread lies and misinformation about these kids.
The right must understand that the left holds white people to a higher standards because they believe they are more civilized. They are ok with racism from the Black Israelites because they think they are animals and can’t be civilized.
“One cannot cry over spilled milk” .. in other words, had this one not taken the decision, to take the action in the first place! .. 🤔 An Elder Veteran would not have been made to cry over the thoughtlessness! 😔USA Canada
Yeah so do we asswipe.
Wish the Media would stop exploiting this encounter, report constructive news.
Does anyone here even bother to read the whole article before leaving a comment? “In hindsight, I’d like to have walked away from him and avoided the whole thing,” “But I can’t say I’m disrespectful standing there and listening to him.
Yeah, well hindsight.... too bad the adults in his wirld couldn't step in and be proactive. whereweretheadults
Impressing his friends was really important...
The chaperones the adults need to be held accountable they didn't protect these kids now opportunists are using the kids for a political agenda it's sad and pathetic maybe if enrollment drops the adults will see the error of their ways NoCovCath
WHEN ARE GOING TO GIVE UP WITH THEIR ATTEMPTS TO JUSTIFY THEIR FAKENEWS ABOUT Covington this headline is trying to insinuate the boys are saying they did wrong. NO IT DOES NOT!!! The boys are victims of the bigotry of the left wing MSM
Sure after being painted as a racist for standing up to himself- I’m sure he does. But I’m glad he didn’t. He exposed the liberal shills in the media for what they are: dishonest liberal advocates
Washingtonpost, so where is your regret to jump into conclusion too fast without seeing the whole picture? An article of a picture might not tell the whole story doesn’t count as an apology.
If kids are not allowed to cultivate and learn then the suburbs will become the gangs of urban communities.
We do too.
Kid makes my blood cold. He's the guy who squirms through every abuse. The gaslighter. The faux victim. The guy who is so sincere everyone thinks you're a crazy bitch. He's SO good at it. His big brown eyes and smile just scream 'INNOCENT.' He'll never need a calendar. 🍺 🍺 🍺
Don’t ever give the media ammunition like this. Now it’s all we will hear for hours: “Covington teen takes responsibility for confrontation.”
He didn’t say “would have”...he said he wished he “could have”. No one was stopping him. Playing the victim.
Funny how y’all are making a big deal of a kid smirking. But I have yet to see and news media reporting about the racist black Israelites. Calling these kids dirty ass crackers and also referringto them as future school shooters.. StandWithCovington
'Oh, if only I hadn't been so confident in my white privilege.'
This kid is a fuckin christian fundamentalist anyway. What was the purpose of his ride to DC? Offending women. His face reminds me of Andrew Cunanan and I see a similar 'career'.
Every picture tells a story.
He wishes he would’ve walked away because he didn’t seek this attention. He still did absolutely nothing wrong.
Do NOT believe you
yea well... i think the oxfam report re 26 people hold the same amount of wealth as bottom 1/2 of the GLOBAL POPULATION... MIGHT BE WHAT YOU SHOULD BE REPORTING... enough of this crap Phillips rally attempted to disrupt Mass at DC’s National Shrine
You could have stood up for him. That’s what an American would do. Not that he would know any of those.
His PR team gave him good talking points
Hope he has a substantial trust fund. No company will hire this kid.
Stupid kid stuff. But I wonder if he was black?
Forced attrition and buyer's remorse don't impress me at all.
WRONG! He said “could have walked away” not “would have”. Big difference.
That’s exactly what you should have done.
the smirk on his face says it all, I've seen that before with teenage boys
You have a group of teenage boys, lacking supervised, in a political hot bed. They ar not use to the nutty “ Israel” group, as I sure they are exposed to that in their hometown. They are dressed in highly politicized clothing. They are use to a world parting for them.
“would have”? Does Covington teach anything?
there are those things called feet that are used to do that. Looks like he is able-bodied enough to dance around and could have just used them.
Hind sight.
Act innapropriately, hire a PR firm, spin everything around and get invited to the White House. This is so representative of the state of our country.
Well of course he wishes that now, because you, Washington Post, and the rest of the media slandered and vilified him and his life is now ruined. But you're framing this as if he is admitting guilt, he's not, he's saying you thugs ruined his life and wish you hadn't.
Did you get a lesson from trump on how to spin this. Pictures speak louder than words. You knew exactly what you were doing. You, your parents and this so called Catholic school should be ashamed!
The red MAGA hat is the new Klan Hood. I already know everything I need to know about anyone wearing one.
The smirk says different framed under a MAGA hat. C'mon lets be real, they felt empowered with the MAGA hats..they see adults acting like animals at Trump rallies and figure why can't I do that too?
Now you wish you haven’t worn that baby-face witch empowered by that hat boy! 🤬
I wish the fake Indian would have hassled Black Hebrews instead
He’ll prob look back on this with a tinge of awe while eating dinner at an Ivy League school in a few years.
Instead of thirsting for blood, everyone’s focus should be placed on any attempts to heal from the situation. These events are unfortunate, but they do happen. What matters most is how they are resolved.
So still no remorse or accountability. His parents and his PR firm are really failing him.
High school kid vs. professional victim and protester. Of course the professional victim and protester knows how to manipulate the media better than the 16/17 year old kid. Mr. Phillips is a despicable human being.
So let me get this straight. Some people who think themselves sane believe it's perfectly okay to taunt/challenge/block a member of group 1 because of what members of group 2 are doing? If someone taunts me, I somehow get to taunt/challenge/block someone else? Really? SMH
Or not worn that stupid hat.Whatver happened to the glasses and nose gag gifts?
Too late. But don’t worry, your entire family and peer group at CovingtonCatholicHighSchool will lie for you and blame the media, even though you all know the truth. Hypocritical religious school creating monsters. Hope you and he’ll whole of a town rot in hell,
Lesson learned.
But you WERE disrespectful. Big time. The fact that you can't (refuse to) see it only highlights your privilege.
Is that why he went to a hot political gathering spot?!? Just like how he was waiting for a bus where there’s no bus stop. 🤔🤔
Is that all your newspaper have to say? The video shows clearly who the aggressor was! Same on your reporting.
Why is this old man beating students?
The parents of these boys aren't paying a lot of money for education in these private schools, if he didn't know to walk away, they are buying their privileged sons the right to wield power without repercussions, as they've always done. Pointing it out sure does make them mad.
Regardless of who did what the fact.that this kid feels like he can stand down a man who is his senior shows his disrespect and belief system. Again..he look learned this behavior at home.
DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH... pretty much what *we’re all* saying too. So tell us the truth: the black guys freaked you out so you vented by bullying a little old man. Now say you’re sorry. We (I) forgive *you* BUT WE DONT FORGIVE THE GOP FOR TURNING YOU INTO POLITICAL PAWNS. Do you?
If only your parents had hired a PR firm *before* you went on that field trip. If only!
Why aren't you reporting this? Navy SEAL Don Shipley who calls out stolen valor obtained Nathan Phillips DD-214. Phillips was a USMC Reservist who never left the U.S., and went AWOL numerous times.
Hindsight is 20/20. Now they say the kid's getting death threats and people are looking up his address on Google Earth and cruising by his house. World sucks right now. FOR ALL OF US. For instance, I have a TERRIBLE hangnail. Hurts. Do I pull it? Do I not? UGH I feel ya kid
He wished he would have spoken to him and he wished he had walked away. Instead he took a “stand your ground” position and smirked in his face while his gang made fun of him. nogaslighting
His 15 minutes of fame need to be over & the media should stop whitewashing these racist creeps bullying. It's sickening.
nurseylu In hindsight I imagine your classmates would have walked away also after being called out on every social media site.. now what about the tool classmate that yelled 'it's NOT RAPE IF YOU ENJOYED IT!' AwfulPeopleSuck
Geez his PR firm is working hard! Does he/the school have anything to say about this other video? has made an effort to find out how he came to have a PR firm representing him-connected to a CNN commentator who worked for senatemajldr ?
Ok America you damn well know, 'most' of Kentucky is not user friendly to other races...So lets not fool ourselves. 🤕🤕🤕
Duh! That is finally the correct response. I know this is a immature kid, but defending the mocking behavior was stupid. Adults chaperones should not have allowed that behavior. Wearing MAGA hats is divisive and inappropriate too.
If only a fundamental principle of his religion was to turn the other cheek...
A group of grown men were screaming profanities at these kids and the media says NOTHING! Kids stands silently and smiles while a man bangs drum in his face and the media loses their minds at the kid! Ridiculous Biased!
He was trying to be clever in front of his peers, frankly his teachers, school and parents should be the ones gettin hung over the coals, they taught this level of ignorance to him.
He's used to catholic priests telling him to just smile and don't move.
I wish he’d paid more attention during English classes.
No shit
Bless his heart. The pressure on that kid must be horrible. I hope all the VerifiedBullies are happy they made that kid feel bad about standing his ground instead of bowing to an antagonist drumming in his face. A charlatan as well...smh
Religion is the root of all ignorance. Keep em stupid and they will vote their own death. Fools
These kids were waiting for a bus after attending mass only to be “greeted” by Black Hebrew Israelites taunting them and a guy beating a drum. I guarantee if this boy’s hat had Obama on it his standing of silence would be hailed as Ghandi-esque.
This is what it looks like when the media creates a false narrative
Amazing what media harassment can accomplish!!
liberals rethinking this incident shows theyre more reflective but in reality the original video stands on its own and says it all - these are simply the spawn of bigots from kentucky
Says the kid who had a Republican linked 'Crisis Management' firm helping him prep for his national interview...
Or maybe just move like the rest of your classmates did as Mr. Phillips was slowly walking towards the steps. It was your decision to make this about you.
To be fair, they were told to wait in that spot for their chaperones. He didn't apologize for existing and standing, which he had no reason to... But many want him to apologize for.
Can the WP walk away from this story now?
No more on this kid, pls. He needs detention not attention. Let’s focus on youth like M. Stoneman Douglas kids—they are the future. Not this brat. By publishing you’re the problem.
A bully gets called on his cruelty. Does not happen often —with or without red hats.
Not “would”. “Could”. And he could have done so. He just chose not to. And the only reason he wishes it now is because the world has seen him as a bully and a coward. A tough lesson for any teen to learn in front of so global an audience. Hopefully it’ll help him grow up.
Next year’s OED will this picture included in the definition for arrogance
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