Meanwhile back here in Bevinstan, lawyers for Covington MAGA-hat smirking asshole Nicolas Sandmann are preparing to sue everyone in sight for "slander and defamation" with visions of multiple seven-figure court settlements dancing in their heads.
The lawyers representing Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann and his family said Friday they have sent letters to media outlets, individual journalists, celebrities and Catholic organizations as the first step in possible libel and defamation lawsuits.
The list includes 50-plus names of organizations or individuals: from presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren to actress Alyssa Milano; individual journalists including Maggie Haberman, Ana Cabrera and David Brooks; national media outlets like the The New York Times, CNN, GQ and TMZ; and the dioceses of Covington and Lexington as well as the archdioceses of Louisville and Baltimore.
Nick, as well as his school, faced threats from those angered by video showing him, his classmates and Native Americans engaged in a much-debated confrontation. Some of the students wore "Make America Great Again" hats. Some students chanted and performed the tomahawk chop.
The legal counsel representing Nick and his family, Todd McMurtry and experienced libel and defamation lawyer L. Lin Wood of Atlanta, have said they will seek justice for the harm allegedly done to the teen.
McMurtry said an example of false reports were those saying Nick got into the face of Phillips.
McMurtry added his belief that some in the aftermath of the incident "permanently stained (Nick's) reputation."
Odds are very good that some of the parties are going to settle, the lawyers will make bank, and Sandmann and his family will have a pretty good year financially But let's not forget this is all about the GOP feeding fresh white resentment into the Perpetual Outrage Machine that powers their party platform, so it's going to be win-win for everyone involved as we head into 2020.
There's always a method to the madness.
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