{"id":114408,"date":"2019-01-23T14:16:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T18:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=114408"},"modified":"2019-01-23T14:17:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T18:17:48","slug":"agent-provocateur-nathan-phillips-changes-his-story-after-caught-in-the-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=114408","title":{"rendered":"Agent Provocateur Nathan Phillips Changes His Story Again After Caught in the Lie(s)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>NATHAN PHILLIPS KEEPS CHANGING HIS STORY, STILL KEEPS GETTING IT WRONG<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Nathan-Phillips-Changing-Story-e1548206208819.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-114409\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Nathan-Phillips-Changing-Story-e1548206208819-1024x440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Nathan-Phillips-Changing-Story-e1548206208819-1024x440.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Nathan-Phillips-Changing-Story-e1548206208819-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Nathan-Phillips-Changing-Story-e1548206208819-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Nathan-Phillips-Changing-Story-e1548206208819.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPeter Hasson | Reporter<br \/>\nThe Daily Caller<\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Native American activist Nathan Phillips has changed his story repeatedly about a viral incident between himself and Covington Catholic high school students.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Phillips\u2019s initial explanation was disproven by video, but he has continued to misrepresent the facts while changing his story.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Phillips on Tuesday lashed out at high school student Nick Sandmann and suggested he be expelled from school.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Native American activist Nathan Phillips has repeatedly misrepresented several facts about a viral incident between himself and a group of boys from Kentucky high school Covington Catholic that took place after Friday\u2019s March for Life.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips has continued to misrepresent the incident, even as he has changed his version of events in the face of video\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/20\/viral-video-context-smear-catholic-boys-maga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/20\/viral-video-context-smear-catholic-boys-maga\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548296599003000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHHzhYwcMMKXe8qlFqO31CtIzavSA\">debunking his earlier accounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips originally told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190120191803\/https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2019\/01\/20\/it-was-getting-ugly-native-american-drummer-speaks-maga-hat-wearing-teens-who-surrounded-him\/?utm_term=.edc3ce20210c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190120191803\/https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2019\/01\/20\/it-was-getting-ugly-native-american-drummer-speaks-maga-hat-wearing-teens-who-surrounded-him\/?utm_term%3D.edc3ce20210c&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548296599003000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGzqZHrTYNi_2SYXjq_qgyAmbvm-A\">The Washington Post<\/a>\u00a0the students swarmed him while he was preparing to leave the Indigenous People\u2019s March scheduled for the same day. Phillips originally said one student, who has since identified himself as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/20\/maga-hat-kid-speaks-nathan-phillips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/20\/maga-hat-kid-speaks-nathan-phillips\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548296599003000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEkTRCVc-kOt9dUXhjxX2PkUSQDFA\">high school junior Nick Sandmann<\/a>, blocked his path from leaving as he tried to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips\u2019s original account was uncritically accepted by national media outlets and quickly exploded online, in combination with a selectively edited video that showed Phillips beating his drum in front of Sandmann and a group of boisterous high school boys.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/21\/kathy-griffin-doxxed-twitter-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/21\/kathy-griffin-doxxed-twitter-ban\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548296599003000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFeb8XhDO_ERrs5QOfYmBPVYd58Gw\">(RELATED: Kathy Griffin Called For People To Dox The Covington Catholic Kids. Twitter Won\u2019t Do Anything About It)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The extended video shows that wasn\u2019t the case: Phillips approached the high school boys during their cheers, not the other way around. Some of the people with Phillips were directing racially charged language at the students, not the other way around.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips told a second variation of his story\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2019\/01\/20\/native-american-leader-nathan-phillips-recounts-incident-video\/2630256002\/?utm_source=feedblitz&amp;utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&amp;utm_campaign=indystar\/todaystopstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2019\/01\/20\/native-american-leader-nathan-phillips-recounts-incident-video\/2630256002\/?utm_source%3Dfeedblitz%26utm_medium%3DFeedBlitzRss%26utm_campaign%3Dindystar\/todaystopstories&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548296599003000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEGn2mXQ59WB6zhnACT42RIeMFIqQ\">to the Detroit Free Press<\/a>. Phillips claimed he was playing the role of peacemaker by getting between the students and four \u201cold black individuals,\u201d whom he claimed the students were attacking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were in the process of attacking these four black individuals,\u201d Phillip told the Michigan paper. \u201cI was there and I was witnessing all of this \u2026 As this kept on going on and escalating, it just got to a point where you do something or you walk away, you know? You see something that is wrong and you\u2019re faced with that choice of right or wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese young men were beastly and these old black individuals was their prey, and I stood in between them and so they needed their pounds of flesh and they were looking at me for that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Extended video shows that account also isn\u2019t accurate. The four individuals Phillips referenced were members of the Black Hebrew Israelites and they launched racist and anti-gay slurs at the high school students, not the other way around.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rpoTGUSRTwA?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe protesters said hateful things. They called us \u2018racists,\u2019 \u2018bigots,\u2019 \u2018white crackers,\u2019 \u2018faggots,\u2019 and \u2018incest kids.\u2019 They also taunted an African-American student from my school by telling him that they would \u2018harvest his organs,\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/20\/maga-hat-kid-speaks-nathan-phillips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/20\/maga-hat-kid-speaks-nathan-phillips\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548296599003000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEkTRCVc-kOt9dUXhjxX2PkUSQDFA\">Sandmann, the high school junior, said in his statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Several minutes of video supports Sandmann\u2019s statement precisely.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2019\/01\/20\/native-american-leader-nathan-phillips-recounts-incident-video\/2630256002\/?utm_source=feedblitz&amp;utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&amp;utm_campaign=indystar\/todaystopstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2019\/01\/20\/native-american-leader-nathan-phillips-recounts-incident-video\/2630256002\/?utm_source%3Dfeedblitz%26utm_medium%3DFeedBlitzRss%26utm_campaign%3Dindystar\/todaystopstories&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548296599003000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEGn2mXQ59WB6zhnACT42RIeMFIqQ\">repeatedly<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/01\/21\/us\/nathan-phillips-maga-teens-interview\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/01\/21\/us\/nathan-phillips-maga-teens-interview\/index.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548296599003000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGUGjDj1of9NvuyeDI2G1XPbDNPPA\">claimed<\/a>\u00a0in his interviews Sunday and Monday that some of the students he claimed had surrounded him had also chanted \u201cbuild the wall.\u201d None of the videos to emerge of the incident so far have shown any chants to that effect.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than acknowledging the errors in his original stories, Phillips deflected by attacking Sandmann on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe needs to put out a different statement,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/22\/nathan-phillips-expel-covington-catholic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/22\/nathan-phillips-expel-covington-catholic\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548296599003000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAJykf0r4ZvQ_EfT15RH5G-0269g\">Phillips said<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m disappointed with his statement. He didn\u2019t accept any responsibility. That lack of responsibility, I don\u2019t accept it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Phillips also suggested students should be expelled over the incident he misrepresented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first, I wanted the teachers and chaperones to be reprimanded \u2014 some fired \u2014 for letting this happen. For the students, I was against any expulsions, but now I have to revisit that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Media outlets also reported for days that Phillips was a veteran of the Vietnam war, a portrayal based in large part off of Phillips\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/01\/21\/us\/nathan-phillips-maga-teens-interview\/index.html\">description of himself<\/a>\u00a0as a \u201cVietnam-times veteran.\u201d Phillips, it was revealed on Tuesday,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/22\/wapo-backtracks-nathan-phillips-vietnam-service\/\">never deployed to Vietnam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/22\/nathan-phillips-story-covington\/\">https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/22\/nathan-phillips-story-covington\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATHAN PHILLIPS KEEPS CHANGING HIS STORY, STILL KEEPS GETTING IT WRONG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}