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Trump's called Elizabeth Warren 'Pocahontas' at least 26 times—and it's not OK

November 28, 2017

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.

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 at the White House on Tuesday — people the president was supposed to be honoring, but ended up deriding. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Trump's called Elizabeth Warren 'Pocahontas' at least 26 times—and it's not OK

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