Editor’s note: This post has been updated. See below.
As we told you earlier, the Washington Post issued a correction after falsely claiming that Native American activist Nathan Phillips served in the Vietnam War. Here it is again ICYMI:
Round 2 of legacy media, blue checkmark tweet delete spree starts now! pic.twitter.com/5IZSCpDlIo
— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) January 22, 2019
However, National Review’s Kyle Smith points out that Phillips also claimed he was a Vietnam veteran in an interview with CNN:
Here's where Nathan Phillips falsely claimed to be a Vietnam veteranhttps://t.co/N7HvPjG6Hx pic.twitter.com/7b8pk49CNZ
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) January 22, 2019
Here’s the exchange:
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.”
As Smith notes, Phillips “actually linked his supposed service in the Vietnam War to what happened on Friday”:
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Hilarious that he actually linked his supposed service in the Vietnam War to what happened Friday: "I"m a Vietnam veteran and I know that mentality of 'There's enough of us. We can do this.'"
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) January 22, 2019
Update:
Apparently CNN’s transcript of its interview with Phillips is incorrect:
Correction: the CNN transcript quoted above (just watched video) is incorrect. He says he is a "Vietnam-times veteran." I still think he is being intentionally misleading because of the sentence that follows in which he links his supposed service in Vietnam to what happened Fri.
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) January 22, 2019
More from NRO’s Smith on all of this:
Detroit Free Press interview says this: "Phillips said he grew up in an abusive home, started working on construction and lumber jobs, and then joined the Marines, serving in the Vietnam War."https://t.co/UbwWltzCkR
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) January 22, 2019
This story contains the assertion "'All that anger and wanting to have the freedom to rip me apart, that was scary,' Omaha elder and Vietnam veteran Nathan Phillips said." https://t.co/qcSpmUD43p
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) January 22, 2019
It is possible multiple reporters got it wrong when writing about what Phillips told them about his military service. I suppose the reporters who spoke to him should weigh in to clarify.
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) January 22, 2019
Another paraphrase, this one from Vogue: "until he was 17, when he joined the Marines and served as an infantryman in the Vietnam War."https://t.co/xk5qzzSmOp
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) January 22, 2019
Editor’s note: We’ve updated our headline from, “TRANSCRIPT: Nathan Phillips claimed to be a Vietnam veteran in CNN interview”
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Related:
Washington Post issues correction on Nathan Phillips and the Vietnam War; Over to you Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Powers, Soledad O'Brien, Andrew Gillum, etc., etc., etc. https://t.co/17RMD46fhI
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 22, 2019
‘The B*LLS on this guy’! Nathan Phillips has SOME NERVE even THINKING of asking THIS of Covington Catholic High School https://t.co/JksaU5A5B7
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 22, 2019
‘REALLY doesn't add up’: Fascinating thread on Nathan Phillips’ claims of Vietnam service will make you go HRMMMMM https://t.co/5CGJmkqIGG
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 21, 2019
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