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SQUEE

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2. I have never seen him claim otherwise.

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2019, 04:01 PM

Jan 2019

Last edited Tue Jan 22, 2019, 04:39 PM - Edit history (1)

Only the journalist's too thick to pick up on his exact wording.. Vietnam Era Vet.

I stand corrected.. He claims to be a "Vietnam veteran" in the CNN interview.

" And I'm a Vietnam veteran and I know that mentality of "There's enough of us. We can do this."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/21/us/nathan-phillips-maga-teens-interview/index.html

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Washington Post issues correction on Nathan Phillips and the Vietnam War [View all] oberliner Jan 2019 OP

lol JI7 Jan 2019 #1

I have never seen him claim otherwise. SQUEE Jan 2019 #2

Other sources indicate he said "Vietnam *times* veteran" alp227 Jan 2019 #7

Do you think the Covington kids did anything wrong? BannonsLiver Jan 2019 #3

That's good. Their previous reporting was incorrect. MineralMan Jan 2019 #4

I thought so too, but in the CNN interview he does state Vietnam Veteran. SQUEE Jan 2019 #6

republican family-values role model Dirty Donny is still a five-time draft dodger Achilleaze Jan 2019 #5

You just can't help yourself can you, Boo? EffieBlack Jan 2019 #8