A former press secretary during the Clinton administration called Nicholas Sandmann a “snot nose entitled kid” for the teenager’s Republican National Convention speech Tuesday evening.
“I’m watching tonight because it’s important. But i don’t have to watch this snot nose entitled kid from Kentucky,” Joe Lockhart, who is now a CNN political analyst, tweeted.
I’m watching tonight because it’s important. But i don’t have to watch this snot nose entitled kid from Kentucky.
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) August 26, 2020
Sandmann made headlines in 2019 when he was filmed wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat while encountering Native American activist Nathan Phillips during a high school trip to Washington, D.C. The 18-year-old former Covington Catholic graduate settled a defamation lawsuit with CNN earlier this year over the network’s coverage of the 2019 incident.
He delivered remarks during the second night of the RNC, where he warned against media-driven cancel culture.
“Looking back now, how could I possibly have imagined that the simple act of putting on that red hat would unleash the hate from the Left and make myself the target of network and cable news networks, nationwide?” Sandmann said of the 2019 incident.
“Canceled is what’s happening to people around this country who refuse to be silenced by the far-left. Many are being fired, humiliated, or even threatened. Often, the media is a willing participant,” Sandmann said. “But I wouldn’t be canceled. I fought back hard to expose the media for what they did to me and won a personal victory. While much more must be done, I look forward to the day that the media returns to providing balanced, responsible, and accountable news coverage.”
