Native American drummer speaks on the MAGA-hat wearing teens who surrounded him. Watch video
A group of white teenagers, many wearing "Make America Great Again" hats, were captured on video taunting a Native American Vietnam veteran singing during the first Indigenous People's March on Friday. The video, posted to YouTube by user KC Noland, went viral on Twitter.
Nathan Phillips, the man mocked by the teenagers outside of the Lincoln Memorial, said in a video posted to Instagram by user ka_ya11 that he heard them chanting "build that wall."
"This is indigenous land, you're not supposed to have walls here. We never did for a millennia. We never had a prison; we always took care of our elders, took care of our children, always provided for them, taught them right from wrong. I wish I could see that energy ... put that energy to making this country really, really great," Phillips said, wiping away tears.
The teenagers were identified on social media as attending Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Kentucky. They were in Washington, D.C., to attend the March for Life rally, an annual gathering of anti-abortion activists, which included an appearance from Vice President Mike Pence on Friday.
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