President Trump took a swipe at a political opponent on Monday during an event at the White House honoring Native American code talkers who assisted the U.S. in concealing communications during World Wars I and II. “You were here long before any of us were here,” Trump told the Native Americans gathered at the White House on Monday.
“Although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago,” Trump joked. “They call her Pocahontas.”
Trump was referring to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., whose critics applied the sobriquet “Fauxcahontas” to her amid a controversy over the ethnicity she once selected on an administrative form.
The president has referred to Warren, a potential 2020 challenger, as “Pocahontas” in the past. Warren responded that Trump “cannot even make it though a ceremony honoring these heroes without having to throw out a racial slur.”
Trump calls Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas” during event honoring Native American code talkers https://t.co/HIhf4jFJWS“>https://t.co/HIhf4jFJWS https://t.co/r6S2t5YzrL“>pic.twitter.com/r6S2t5YzrL— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) https://twitter.com/dcexaminer/status/935240640882978816?ref_src=twsrc^tfw“>November 27, 2017
