Fri Jun 10, 2016, 11:59 PM

Donald Trump's 'Pocahontas' attack on Elizabeth Warren leaves GOP struggling to defend him

The furor over Trump's assaults on the impartiality of a Latino judge had just begun to subside when he lobbed two tweets Friday morning responding to Warren, who had lambasted him as a "thin-skinned, racist bully" in a speech the previous evening.

"Pocahontas is at it again!" Trump wrote in one. "Goofy Elizabeth Warren, one of the least productive U.S. Senators, has a nasty mouth."

"No, seriously - Delete your account," Warren tweeted back. One of the senator's supporters secured Pocahontas.com and redirected it to Warren's campaign site.

At a rally Friday night in Richmond, Virginia, Trump repeatedly called Warren "Pocahontas," prompting some in the crowd to break out in Indian war cries.

The real estate developer has repeatedly invoked the 17th-century Native American figure to refer to Warren, an allusion to controversy about her heritage. The senator has said she grew up amid family stories about her Cherokee lineage, but that account has not been proved.

Trump began going after Warren's claimed ancestry earlier this year, responding to the senator's repeated slams of him as a "loser" and a bully. "Who's that, the Indian?" he said at a March news conference when asked about Warren. "You mean the Indian?"

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-elizabeth-warren-pocahontas-20160610-story.html

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Donald Trump's 'Pocahontas' attack on Elizabeth Warren leaves GOP struggling to defend him (Original post)	Liberal_in_LA	Jun 2016	OP
the GOP created this monster...	chillfactor	Jun 2016	#1
A win/win for America!	BlueNoMatterWho	Jun 2016	#49
Childish and disgusting. The war cries tell you all you need to know about the audience.	writes3000	Jun 2016	#2
Frightening, isn't it?	PJMcK	Jun 2016	#12
The real problem is that most of those millions	Hortensis	Jun 2016	#14
It really is.	BlueNoMatterWho	Jun 2016	#50
According to photos in Richmond VA, the "rally" was poorly attended.	No Vested Interest	Jun 2016	#3
Wonder how he'll double down on this one	flamingdem	Jun 2016	#4
How many groups can he insult? Seriously.	AgadorSparticus	Jun 2016	#5
Strictly enjoyment and quickened heartbeats here.	Hortensis	Jun 2016	#15
Trump is the drunk in a bar who wants to fight anybody who looks at him funny.	nyquil_man	Jun 2016	#6
He's a one man Dean Martin Roast from 1969. nt	TeamPooka	Jun 2016	#7
This message was self-deleted by its author	rjsquirrel	Jun 2016	#32
But the media told us 2 days ago that he was "pivoting" and becoming more presidential...	Doctor Jack	Jun 2016	#8
Go to the Bush era,	Mendocino	Jun 2016	#18
He thinks he is still in the GOP primaries and can say to the rest of America what he says to idiots	uponit7771	Jun 2016	#9
Keep talking, buddy! Just yell out every little thing that comes into your orange head!	auntpurl	Jun 2016	#10
a bully is a bully...and trump only knows one way...attack....and make it personal as he is	beachbum bob	Jun 2016	#11
I think she should start calling him Custer.	tavernier	Jun 2016	#13
Perfect!	MoonRiver	Jun 2016	#16
She will be his	tavernier	Jun 2016	#19
LOL!	bluesbassman	Jun 2016	#21
I read a biography of Custer a few years ago. What a piece of racist work, right in line with Rump!	MoonRiver	Jun 2016	#22
This message was self-deleted by its author	rjsquirrel	Jun 2016	#33
That would be hilarious	tammywammy	Jun 2016	#46
From the ages of the people behind him, it looked like he was running for student council.	GreatCaesarsGhost	Jun 2016	#17
'goofy'? now that's presidential donnie, go sit in the corner you asshole.	spanone	Jun 2016	#20
They really think they can rein him in	mcar	Jun 2016	#23
There's no chance. I mean, look at this.	BlueNoMatterWho	Jun 2016	#48
He's lighting onto Romney this morning. He's got one mode: Attack.	nolabear	Jun 2016	#24
"there he goes again"	napkinz	Jun 2016	#25
"we're gonna need a bigger mouth"	Warren DeMontague	Jun 2016	#26
Another reference he just made. So dumb!	BlueNoMatterWho	Jun 2016	#27
wow... what a fucking idiot	qdouble	Jun 2016	#29
I wish she would address that issue	scscholar	Jun 2016	#30
Why won't she? I mean, really?	BlueNoMatterWho	Jun 2016	#36
If you have an ancestor on the Cherokee tribal records you are considered a member.	argyl	Jun 2016	#44
In researching further a Cherokee genealogist stated Warren had...	BlueNoMatterWho	Jun 2016	#47
She has dealt with it directly	jberryhill	Jun 2016	#51
Very good answer. My mom spent over 25 years researching 4 books of family genealogy...	Hekate	Jun 2016	#54
Do you really think this picayune possible misconception shreds her credibility	argyl	Jun 2016	#53
He's really dropping in the polls.	Kingofalldems	Jun 2016	#31
That's Toxic Don for you.	backscatter712	Jun 2016	#28
The Democrats need to lay off for a bit..	glowing	Jun 2016	#34
This is exactly what both sides are trying to do. Depress turnout and win by default.	BlueNoMatterWho	Jun 2016	#35
Turn off is what is definitely happening!	glowing	Jun 2016	#37
Exactly	BlueNoMatterWho	Jun 2016	#42
How are the Democrats trying to depress turnout?	Kingofalldems	Jun 2016	#41
If they get rid of him at their convention	drray23	Jun 2016	#38
I don't know about that, they hate the Clintons..	glowing	Jun 2016	#39
There is also the matter of registering a new candidate.	drray23	Jun 2016	#40
Being of Native American Indian heritage is bad thing?	Iliyah	Jun 2016	#43
No, but that's not what this nonsense is about	jberryhill	Jun 2016	#52
He's a third-grade bully with a second-grade education.	lastlib	Jun 2016	#45

Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 12:04 AM

chillfactor (6,694 posts)

1. the GOP created this monster...

now they have to live with him.

Donald Trump's 'Pocahontas' attack on Elizabeth Warren leaves GOP struggling to defend him

1. the GOP created this monster...

49. A win/win for America!

2. Childish and disgusting. The war cries tell you all you need to know about the audience.

12. Frightening, isn't it?

14. The real problem is that most of those millions

50. It really is.

3. According to photos in Richmond VA, the "rally" was poorly attended.

4. Wonder how he'll double down on this one

5. How many groups can he insult? Seriously.

15. Strictly enjoyment and quickened heartbeats here.

6. Trump is the drunk in a bar who wants to fight anybody who looks at him funny.

7. He's a one man Dean Martin Roast from 1969. nt

8. But the media told us 2 days ago that he was "pivoting" and becoming more presidential...

18. Go to the Bush era,

9. He thinks he is still in the GOP primaries and can say to the rest of America what he says to idiots

10. Keep talking, buddy! Just yell out every little thing that comes into your orange head!

11. a bully is a bully...and trump only knows one way...attack....and make it personal as he is

13. I think she should start calling him Custer.

16. Perfect!

19. She will be his

21. LOL!

22. I read a biography of Custer a few years ago. What a piece of racist work, right in line with Rump!

46. That would be hilarious

17. From the ages of the people behind him, it looked like he was running for student council.

20. 'goofy'? now that's presidential donnie, go sit in the corner you asshole.

23. They really think they can rein him in

48. There's no chance. I mean, look at this.

24. He's lighting onto Romney this morning. He's got one mode: Attack.

25. "there he goes again"

26. "we're gonna need a bigger mouth"

27. Another reference he just made. So dumb!

29. wow... what a fucking idiot

30. I wish she would address that issue

36. Why won't she? I mean, really?

44. If you have an ancestor on the Cherokee tribal records you are considered a member.

47. In researching further a Cherokee genealogist stated Warren had...

51. She has dealt with it directly

54. Very good answer. My mom spent over 25 years researching 4 books of family genealogy...

53. Do you really think this picayune possible misconception shreds her credibility

31. He's really dropping in the polls.

28. That's Toxic Don for you.

34. The Democrats need to lay off for a bit..

35. This is exactly what both sides are trying to do. Depress turnout and win by default.

37. Turn off is what is definitely happening!

42. Exactly

41. How are the Democrats trying to depress turnout?

38. If they get rid of him at their convention

39. I don't know about that, they hate the Clintons..

40. There is also the matter of registering a new candidate.

43. Being of Native American Indian heritage is bad thing?

52. No, but that's not what this nonsense is about

45. He's a third-grade bully with a second-grade education.