North of 200,000 people converged on Washington last Friday to stand for the sanctity of life, and all the media told us was a story about a bunch of “racist teens” in MAGA hats bullying a Native American veteran.
The M4L has faced systemic issues with a hostile press. The usual complaint is that the media ignore it, though it is one of the largest political demonstrations in the country. But as we discovered last Friday, they will cover it if there’s an opportunity to demonise pro-lifers.
On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, there was a confrontation between a group of Catholic schoolboys and a variety of counter-protesters, including a Native American group and a few Black Hebrew Israelites, who are designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
