We knew Savannah Guthrie’s interview with Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann was coming today. Guthrie made the announcement on Twitter yesterday…
Sitting down with Nicholas Sandmann – the student at the center of the protest controversy at the Lincoln Memorial. Airs tomorrow on @TODAYshow pic.twitter.com/oSb8ljunQN
— Savannah Guthrie (@SavannahGuthrie) January 22, 2019
…and the lib hate came out full force.
Do you think Pepe the Frog is available for Thursday’s show? Can Dylann Roof do a segment from prison? Heart-to-heart with some Fentanyl traffickers?
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) January 22, 2019
Hey everyone-
If we can organize boycotting Trump’s Oval Office address, we can certainly orchestrate a boycott of @TODAYshow and @SavannahGuthrie for at least week! Who’s in?
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) January 22, 2019
Keep normalizing these idiots. Good work.
— Rogue WH Snr Advisor (@RogueSNRadvisor) January 22, 2019
Well, the interview is officially here, and ugh. Sandmann is just a kid. I mean, I knew he was, but this just reminded me of that fact.
He maintained that he didn’t disrespect Phillips but said he wishes he would’ve just walked away. Probably because ALL OF THIS HAPPENED TO HIM. And no. He’s not apologizing, because he didn’t do anything wrong. There’s nothing to apologize for. If anything, Phillips should apologize for lying about the incident and about “serving” in Vietnam (he didn’t).
I also loved what Sandmann said about the “look” on his face. He said he saw it as a smile (which it was, and with the additional context of what REALLY happened, we KNOW that now), and his smile said, “This is the best you’re going to get out of me. You won’t get any further reaction of aggression, and I’m willing to stand here as long as you want to hit this drum in my face.”
Here’s the interview:
“In hindsight, I wish we could’ve walked away and avoided the whole thing.”
Watch Nick Sandmann’s full exclusive interview with @savannahguthrie pic.twitter.com/dLBTkc76YD
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) January 23, 2019
God bless that kid.