GOP lawmaker calls Warren 'Sacagawea' during Fox News appearance

[Eugene]

Source: The Hill

GOP lawmaker calls Warren ‘Sacagawea’ during Fox News appearance

BY OWEN DAUGHERTY - 01/04/19 04:25 PM EST

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) piggybacked Friday on President Trump’s name-calling of Sen. Elizabeth Warren over her claims of Native American heritage, calling the Massachusetts Democrat “Sacagawea” during an appearance on Fox News.

Trump has repeatedly called Warren, who announced this week she is exploring a 2020 run against him, “Pocahontas” over the claims.

“I know the president likes to call her ‘Pocahontas,’ but now that she’s making her way from the eastern seaboard into the center of the country, maybe Sacagawea would be more appropriate,” Gaetz said. “Instead of bringing Lewis and Clark, she is bringing the most liberal policies of the Democratic Party.”

The remark drew an “oh my goodness” from a Fox News host while the camera cut to a picture of Warren on screen.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/423949-gop-lawmaker-calls-elizabeth-warren-sacagawea-during-fox-news-appearance

[handmade34]

1. this sh!t

really needs to end... I feel like were stuck watching a middle school classroom full of bullies... we really need more grown-ups in the other party

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. These cretins truly suck. Bottom scrapings of human beings

[blur256]

3. Trash

Garbage.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Sacajawea is a bit of a hero here in the PNW...

I wouldn't go there, asshole.

[Buckeyeblue]

5. Warren should embrace it

And say it's far better than being called a motherfucker.

[SharonClark]

10. LOL!

[Girard442]

6. Here's the way we handle this:

Party leaders stay dignified and above the fray while the rest of us come up with nicknames.

In light of:

In 2008, Gaetz was arrested for a DUI as he was driving back from the Swamp, a nightclub on Okaloosa Island, Florida. While he was arrested and refused to take a breathalyzer test, "he didn't have his license suspended for a year when he refused the breath test—as Florida law dictates. And he didn't have that refusal used against him in a criminal proceeding." At the time of his arrest and consequent criminal proceedings, his father was serving as a local politician. The attorneys agreed to drop the case, despite the fact that the police reported that "Gaetz fumbled for his license and registration, his eyes were watery and bloodshot, and he swayed and staggered when he got out of the car," and Gaetz cited the dropped charges as proof that he was innocent.[70]

Between 1999 and 2014, Gaetz received 16 speeding tickets in Florida.[71]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Gaetz

I dub him "Beer Gutz."

[walkingman]

9. I like it!! Good one!

[Sugar Smack]

7. Cheap. Cheap, cheap, cheap.

It just doesn't get much cheaper than that.

[pecosbob]

8. The Hill spreading more RWTPs in the guise of outrage

[spanone]

11. gaetz is a shit sandwich

let it be known