Nick Sandman is a young man who was the victim of a major phony and defamatory attack by the media. As a high school student, Nick was in Washington for the Right to Life March and then went with his class to visit the Lincoln Memorial. The students were approached by a Native American professional protester who marched up to Sandman and beat a drum in his face. Sandman just stood there with a nervous smile on his face. That Sandman did nothing didn't matter. In the media he was denounced as a racist who tried to harm the old man beating the drum. The media didn't speak to Sandman. The reporters didn't even bother to watch the full video which clearly showed that Sandman had done nothing wrong at all. Nope, for the media, the narrative was clear. The kid from Kentucky with the MAGA hat on was a racist trying to harm the poor old Native American victim. Except it was a lie, a total lie.
Nick Sandman got hit from all sides. He and his family got death threats. All manner of other attacks were made on him, but he persevered. He sued CNN, Newsweek, other networks and media outlets and even some individuals in the media. To date, he has settled quite a few of those suits. Rumor is that he did very well in those settlements.
Tonight, he finally got to tell his story. It was something to watch, more for the strength of character it revealed within Nick that for the actual details. This is a fine American who was wronged, who fought back against great odds and who won in the end.
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