Sandmann filed defamation lawsuits against CNN, The Washington Post and NBC Universal for their out-of-context portrayals of the then-16-year-old student appearing to mock a Native American man, Nathan Phillips, at the March for Life in 2019. His op-ed said he is currently involved with six lawsuits against media outlets related to the incident.

Sandmann criticized the liberal media’s “attacks” on Rittenhouse, an 18-year-old facing five felony charges for the shootings that killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and injured Gaige Grosskreutz.

“They [the media] came quickly, without hesitation, because Kyle was an easy target that they could paint in the way they wanted to,” Sandmann wrote. “This is the problem with liberal media outlets in the United States. They want to get the story first, get the most views, make the most money, and advance the agenda from liberal patrons.”