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11-29-2017, 02:00 PM
Trump's called Elizabeth Warren 'Pocahontas' at least 26 times—and it's not OK
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Since Aug. 2014, Donald Trump has referred to Sen. Elizabeth Warren as "Pocahontas" at least 26 times.*
He mostly slings the slur on Twitter, but he's also repeated it during rallies, interviews, and at meetings with fellow government officials — all attempts to discredit the senator by painting her with an offensive nickname that propagates one of Trump's pet conspiracy theories.
SEE ALSO: Elizabeth Warren gets real about Trump's racial slurs and the importance of fighting against the tax bill (http://mashable.com/2017/11/21/elizabeth-warren-colbert-trump-tax-bill/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
His most recent use of the term was particularly tone deaf: he slid a non sequitur reference to "Pocahontas" in while speaking with Navajo code talkers (http://mashable.com/2017/11/27/trump-racial-slur-native-americans/?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source) at the White House on Tuesday — people the president was supposed to be honoring, but ended up deriding. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/28/trump-called-warren-pocahontas-at-least-26-times/)
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Since Aug. 2014, Donald Trump has referred to Sen. Elizabeth Warren as "Pocahontas" at least 26 times.*
He mostly slings the slur on Twitter, but he's also repeated it during rallies, interviews, and at meetings with fellow government officials — all attempts to discredit the senator by painting her with an offensive nickname that propagates one of Trump's pet conspiracy theories.
SEE ALSO: Elizabeth Warren gets real about Trump's racial slurs and the importance of fighting against the tax bill (http://mashable.com/2017/11/21/elizabeth-warren-colbert-trump-tax-bill/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
His most recent use of the term was particularly tone deaf: he slid a non sequitur reference to "Pocahontas" in while speaking with Navajo code talkers (http://mashable.com/2017/11/27/trump-racial-slur-native-americans/?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source) at the White House on Tuesday — people the president was supposed to be honoring, but ended up deriding. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/28/trump-called-warren-pocahontas-at-least-26-times/)
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