U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., is facing a defamation lawsuit over comments she made to the press and on social media about a January incident on the National Mall involving teenagers from a Catholic school in Kentucky and a Native American demonstrator.
The parents of eight students from Covington Catholic High School filed suit on behalf of their sons last week in Kenton County Circuit Court in Kentucky against Haaland and 11 other defendants, including U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., CNN political analyst Ana Navarro, New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman and comedian Kathy Griffin, over comments they made after the encounter between Covington Catholic students and Native American veteran Nathan Phillips on Jan. 18.
The lawsuit claimed the defendants “used their large social media platforms, perceived higher credibility and public followings to lie and libel minors they never met, based on an event they never witnessed.”
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“I feel like some of that has truly been lost and that’s all condoned by our president,” Haaland told The Hill in an interview Jan. 19... “You could tell that by the hats they were wearing.” Haaland told The Hill she hoped the school and their parents “look deep into themselves” and teach their children “some manners and respect.”
Among Haaland’s Twitter posts about the incident:
• “A Native American Vietnam War veteran was seen being harassed and mocked by a group of MAGA hat-wearing teens.” The post linked to a Huffington Post story.
• “This Veteran put his life on the line for our country. The students’ display of blatant hate, disrespect, and intolerance is a signal of how common decency has decayed under this administration. Heartbreaking.”
A comprehensive examination of several videos seemed to back up the students’ claims that they did not instigate the incident involving Phillips.
(Excerpt) Read more at abqjournal.com ...
Nothing like a defamation lawsuit to take the WIND out of a DemonRAT windbag! Native American DemonRAT lawmakers are exactly like black thug DemonRAT lawmakers...and just as ugly....inside and out!
The parents of eight students from Covington Catholic High School filed suit on behalf of their sons last week in Kenton County Circuit Court in Kentucky against Haaland and 11 other defendants, including U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., CNN political analyst Ana Navarro, New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman and comedian Kathy Griffin, over comments they made after the encounter between Covington Catholic students and Native American veteran Nathan Phillips on Jan. 18.
The lawsuit claimed the defendants “used their large social media platforms, perceived higher credibility and public followings to lie and libel minors they never met, based on an event they never witnessed.”
~~SNIP~~
“I feel like some of that has truly been lost and that’s all condoned by our president,” Haaland told The Hill in an interview Jan. 19... “You could tell that by the hats they were wearing.” Haaland told The Hill she hoped the school and their parents “look deep into themselves” and teach their children “some manners and respect.”
Among Haaland’s Twitter posts about the incident:
• “A Native American Vietnam War veteran was seen being harassed and mocked by a group of MAGA hat-wearing teens.” The post linked to a Huffington Post story.
• “This Veteran put his life on the line for our country. The students’ display of blatant hate, disrespect, and intolerance is a signal of how common decency has decayed under this administration. Heartbreaking.”
A comprehensive examination of several videos seemed to back up the students’ claims that they did not instigate the incident involving Phillips.
(Excerpt) Read more at abqjournal.com ...
Nothing like a defamation lawsuit to take the WIND out of a DemonRAT windbag! Native American DemonRAT lawmakers are exactly like black thug DemonRAT lawmakers...and just as ugly....inside and out!
