By now, we’ve all heard about the incident that took place between the group of Covington Catholic High School students and the Native American elder Nathan Phillips, all who attended the March for Life rally in Washington, D.C., this past week.
A variation of the story was originally published by numerous liberal media sources, essentially blaming the students for the altercation. Further video footage and eye-witness accounts soon came out, proving that the narrative was a bit different than how the media reported it. Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar seemed to ignore the rest of the story and only focused on the original reports.
She tweeted:
-The boys were protesting a woman’s right to choose & yelled “it’s not rape if you enjoy it”
-They were taunting 5 Black men before they surrounded Phillips and led racist chants
-Sandmann’s family hired a right wing PR firm to write his non-apology
Diamond and Silk explain:
First, the boys were there to protect children in the March for Life. Then there is no evidence that any of the Covington Catholic boys yelled that, but was just an attempt to tar the Covington kids. Certainly there is no evidence that Nick Sandmann said it, yet she names him specifically.
Then, of course, it was the “five black men” or more accurately the Black Israelites group who was screaming racial and homophobic insults at the students, as well as at everyone else who went by, including other black men. They called the boys “crackers” and “fa**ots,” as video shows.
No evidence exists proving that the students made any racist comments towards either the Black Israelites or the Native American group.
“The Black Israelites also called a black Covington student the n-word and warned him that his white friends were going to steal his organs,” Diamond and Silk explain.
The Democratic Representative was reamed out for her tweet.
Diamond and Silk explain, “It’s very troubling that a sitting member of Congress would target teenagers, particularly without getting all the facts. But what’s also troubling is that Omar has just been appointed to the critical House Foreign Affairs Committee by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca).” The duo question, “Is this going to be how she operates, evaluates evidence and makes decisions? This is extremely concerning. Where is the condemnation from Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats for comments like these? Where are the consequences for using one’s power like this?”