A retired Navy SEAL who claims to have outed Covington viral video figure and Native American activist Nathan Phillips for masquerading “as a Vietnam vet” now says he believes YouTube removed his popular account weeks afterward in an act of retaliation. The comments from Don Shipley come after his “Buds131” account was banned from the video-sharing site on Feb. 21. "If you ask me, it was because I outed Nathan Phillips. That record appears contrary to his remarks to Vogue in the wake of the Covington controversy, where he said, “You know, I’m from Vietnam times. Shipley told PJ Media this week it’s not the first time he's been removed from YouTube.

Source: Fox News February 27, 2019 19:18 UTC