President Trump has taken to Twitter to publicly defend Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann and his classmates — saying they were “smeared” by the media — following their now-viral confrontation with Native American activists in Washington. “Looking like Nick Sandman [sic] & Covington Catholic students were treated unfairly with early judgements proving out to be false,” Trump tweeted. When video first emerged of the incident though, the Black Israelites could not be seen or heard. GET THE FOX NEWS APP“Smeared by media,” Trump tweeted, referencing the widespread reports that made the rounds Friday and Saturday, accusing Sandmann and his classmates of taunting and disrespecting the activists. The teen later claimed in a statement that he was simply trying to defuse the situation, nothing more.

Source: Fox News January 22, 2019 05:26 UTC