Savannah Guthrie: 'God this is a disgrace'


In the interview with Savannah Guthrie , Nathan Phillips answered that while he was a Marine during the Vietnam War era, he wasn’t deployed there. “What I’ve always said is that I’ve never stepped foot in South Vietnam. I don’t know how much clearer that can be,” he replied.

While he wasn’t “in country,” Phillips felt the shunning effects that veterans were faced with after the war. “When I was discharged May 5, 1976, I was told when I got out: ‘Don’t wear your uniform. Don’t say you’re a veteran people don’t like you out there.'” (Per the VA guidelines, he would still be considered a Vietnam era vet.)

Guthrie has been slammed online for making Phillips defend his service history.

See also: Nick Sandmann talks about the incident at Lincoln Memorial

Nathan Phillips did use ambiguous language with CNN in their interview – “Vietnam times veteran” – but now we have proof that he definitely did not use that same language in a newly found video where he claimed to be a Vietnam Veteran:
 
He’s apparently lied to his family members as well:

 
And of course, he ends up using this phony Vietnam veteran claim to ask for money:
So there it is. Phillips lied to NBC and of course he’s lied to everyone else about actually being a Vietnam vet.
Dude apparently lies a lot. He clearly lied about what happened at the Lincoln Memorial and now he’s been caught lying about this, and also lying about his lies.
We know the Washington Post has corrected this, but will the rest of the media do so?

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