Donald Trump Calls Elizabeth Warren ‘Pocahontas’

Trump is making Disney references great again. Since Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) started exchanging harsh words with Donald Trump, she’s been called “goofy” and “the Indian,” a reference to her alleged history of invoking her 1/32 Native American ancestry to claim affirmative action benefits.
Donald Trump Calls Elizabeth Warren ‘Pocahontas’
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers a foreign policy speech at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., April 27, 2016. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
Jonathan Zhou
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Trump is making Disney references great again. 

Since Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) started exchanging harsh words with Donald Trump, she’s been called “goofy” and “the Indian,” a reference to her alleged history of invoking her 1/32 Native American ancestry to claim affirmative action benefits as a college professor. 

The GOP front-runner now has a third nickname for Warren, again a reference to her supposed Native American ancestry: “Pocahontas.” 

In a new interview with Maureen Dowd, when asked about Elizabeth Warren’s tirade against him on social media, Trump said “You mean Pocahontas?”

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) waits for the beginning of a hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee April 7, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) waits for the beginning of a hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee April 7, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images

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