Not amused
John Norwood, general secretary of the Alliance of Colonial Era Tribes, says Trump's nickname for Warren "smacks of racism"; "The reference is using a historic American Indian figure as a derogatory insult and that’s insulting to all American Indians." https://t.co/O6H0g8BvJa
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 27, 2017
I just spoke with Russell Begaye, president of the Navajo Nation. He was in the room when this took place. He called President Trump's mention of Pocahontas “derogatory” and “disrespectful to Indian nations.” https://t.co/g1xB9qggnA
— julieturkewitz (@julieturkewitz) November 27, 2017
Prominent Native activist Faith Spotted Eagle tells me Trump's "Pocahontas" is an "emotional assault" that "carries as much weight as a physical assault."
"He can phrase it and twist it and distort it any way he wants, the fact remains: that name does not belong in his mouth."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 27, 2017
The Bush and Obama White Houses both would have fired someone for making a Pocahontas crack about Senator Warren. Bigotry is unAmerican.
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) November 27, 2017
Fire him. Fire him. Fire him.
Native American leaders over and over for 18 months: "Pocahontas" is a racist slur
Sarah Sanders: "Ridiculous" for media to call that a racist slur
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 27, 2017
Fire him. And if Congress won't do that fire Congress. We've had enough of this BS.
Trump makes "Pocahontas" remark at Navajo code talkers event, referring to Sen. Warren https://t.co/Prd5mFCqWz via @cbsnews
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) November 27, 2017
FIRE HIM
They will, as soon as they’ve packed the courts and rigged the midterms and have a glide-path to outlawing abortion and raising taxes on everyone who isn’t already stinking rich.
Not only is the “Pocohontas” insult disrespectful and childish, it’s also stupid:
Elizabeth Warren’s crime was believing her family story about her ancestry.
Just as I believed for years that my ancestry was part German; then I found out my mother only said that to annoy and outrage my grandmother, to whom the Germans were always associated with WWII, and were not to be associated with (it was my father’s mother – she and my mother had …some issues).
My mother also claimed we had Native American ancestry; my sister tried to verify that for years, but no evidence to support it.
It is certainly true that parents and grandparents can convey incorrect information about family history. My dad told us that he was half German and a quarter each French and Italian. I’m sure he thought he was telling the truth, but a tiny amount of internet research (after he had passed, so I didn’t have a chance to talk to him about it) revealed that he was actually, of all things, 100% Luxembourgish. If I hadn’t done the research, I certainly would have continued to tell an untruth if asked about my ancestry.
So yeah. Warren’s infraction was extremely minor and Trump is a racist.