BOOMERANG: Woman behind new viral video has an old tweet problem of her own [screenshots]

Here we go again…

There’s a new viral video flying around Twitter — 60,000+ retweets, 150,000+ likes — that allegedly shows a group of Covington Catholic HS students harassing two women as they walk past. The video, however, offers no proof that these are actually Covington Catholic students or what happened before the video starts:

The Covington Catholic boys harrassed my friends and I before the incident with Nathan Phillips even happened. I'm tired of reading things saying they were provoked by anyone else other than their own egos and ignorance ??‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/utdPFii92D

— linds (@roflinds) January 21, 2019

More from the woman who posted the video:

This video is short because we walked by and were surprised to be yelled at. I took my phone out to send it to my friends back home for a laugh. I simply could not ignore the media saying they were provoked so I posted it ??‍♀️

— linds (@roflinds) January 22, 2019

Also for those asking the full details, the interaction wasnt very complicated. We walked by, they started yelling, we asked them how old they were, they replied "old enough", kept yelling, and we rolled our eyes and kept walking. ??‍♀️

— linds (@roflinds) January 22, 2019

Last thing, for people wondering what they yelled, all we specifically heard was "MAGA", "Build the Wall", and some people say they hear "slut" at the end of the video ??‍♀️ ok it's past my bedtime goodnight twitter

— linds (@roflinds) January 22, 2019

The clip was quickly picked up by verified media accounts, like this one from Vincent Schilling, associate editor of @IndianCountry, who helped push the other Covington videos:

She hurling the first abuses at the boys, but only recording the boys' response to her abuses perhaps. She has a written record of racism and homophobia.

She deleted her tweet below, but you can find the proof on internet archive.https://t.co/d2PVDyM1kn pic.twitter.com/xgICACJxZr

— Dequan Shawrence (@DShawrence) January 22, 2019

She didn’t even delete this one on Mitt Romney yet. Screenshot:

The proper reaction to the video, even without knowing about her problematic tweets, is to question it and ask for more information:

Something worth noting:

This viral video was taken by an activist who participated in the Women's March on the same weekend and she conveniently does not have footage of what led the Covington Catholic students to make any remarks towards her in the first place. https://t.co/cF5K0SF7PX

— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) January 22, 2019

All right, let's do this again.

Extremely short out of context clip where we have no idea what's going on.

55,000 retweets https://t.co/ZpazTnJRGj

— Tim Pool (@Timcast) January 22, 2019

For those sharing the video of the girl who claims the Covington boys harassed her:

1. Did you get a good look at the boys? Who are they?

2. Do you know what happened between them and her before the video started?

If you don't know, stop sharing the video uncritically.

— Mo Mo (@molratty) January 22, 2019

And this is a great thread from AG Conservative on it:

So let’s get this out of the way since the left is throwing everything at the wall hoping something sticks to smear these kids. Now some random teenage girl shared a 6 second snap video of kids who might be from Covington Catholic yelling at her and her friend as they walk by. 1/

— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) January 22, 2019

We know nothing about what she said to them or context. We can’t even be sure they are CC student. Only seems relevant bc she suggested it somehow shows the CC kids were bad. Now people have dug up her history of racist and homophobic tweets. 3/

— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) January 22, 2019

Her tweets are only relevant to the extent that smear merchants on the left are now citing her video and word to advance their smears against the character of the CovCat kids. I won’t bother linking to either, but shows how desperate these people are to smear these kids. 3/3

— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) January 22, 2019

And it’s just embarsssing that these adults think they’ve discovered some breaking news with a 6 second snap video of teenage boys hollering at teenage girls walking by. Yes, alert Jake Tapper right away. pic.twitter.com/rl3F7naGub

— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) January 22, 2019

“It’s important the American people know the truth” about this 30 seconds of some teenage boys billeting at teenage girls walking by. This might be bigger than Watergate. pic.twitter.com/EIBNv6zO6D

— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) January 22, 2019

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Un-FREAKIN-believable! How the Covington Catholic High School kids story got started and went viral will INFURIATE you https://t.co/gk9pEZhywe

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 22, 2019

Can’t EVEN! NY Daily News tells social media mob to hold their beer with new RIDICULOUS smear on Covington kids (hint: racist!) https://t.co/Wz2eGXlgUm

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 22, 2019

Hooray for feminism! SNL writer offers oral sex to anyone who punches Covington student in the face https://t.co/nWRWoVtNt3

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 22, 2019

‘Unbelievable’! NBC News report about what Covington students will see at school earns media a super-sarcastic round of applause https://t.co/x0fttNz3uK

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 22, 2019