The high school student who was criticized last year for an encounter with a Native American activist at the 2019 March for Life says he was glad to be back at this year’s March for Life.
“I will never pass on an opportunity to March for Life!” Nick Sandmann wrote with a post of four photos from the march, the Western Journal reports.
I will never pass on an opportunity to March for Life! pic.twitter.com/iU0ohmdcTJ
— Nicholas Sandmann (@N1ckSandmann) January 24, 2020
In 2019, Sandmann and some classmates from Covington Catholic High School were recorded at the March for Life event. Sandmann was wearing a red Make America Great Again cap, and Native American activist, Nathan Phillips, was playing a drum and singing.
In the video, the two stand face to face with Sandmann appearing to stare down Phillips. Around them, a group of students chanted and rallied. The video went viral soon after.
Initial media reports suggested that Sandmann, then 16, was trying to bully Phillips, but later video showed that Sandmann was trying to defuse the situation.
“Exactly one year ago today, Nathan Phillips approached after the March For Life in Washington, D.C.,” Sandmann tweeted. “Today I stood in the exact same spot I had year ago and did my first fair interview compared to the setup @ NBC. I won’t ever be bullied or surrender. Thanks for all your…
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