In Meeting With Senators, Trump Referred to Elizabeth Warren as Pocahontas Several Times

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Politico, via Mediaite

In Meeting With Senators, Trump Referred to Elizabeth Warren as Pocahontas Several Times

by Justin Baragona 8:03 pm, February 10th, 2017

In a meeting with Democratic and Republican members of the Senate, President Donald Trump brought up a couple of blasts from the past. According to Politico,* Trump told the ten senators sitting in the room that he would have won New Hampshire in the election** if there wouldnt have been thousands of people bussed in from Massachusetts to illegally vote. This was, of course, doubling down on his previous, unsubstantiated claims of massive voter fraud.

However, he wasnt done there. ... With Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in the news over being silenced ion the Senate floor due to her reading a letter from Coretta Scott King, Trump decided to pull his old Pocahontas insult out of mothballs.

During the meeting, Trump also reacted to Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren being silenced on the Senate floor while trying to read a 1986 letter by Coretta Scott King and in objection to Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions before he was confirmed as attorney general. According to participants in Thursdays meeting, Trump referred to Warren several times as Pocahontas, the moniker he gave her during his campaign, and told the Democrats he was glad Warren is becoming the face of your party.

During the presidential campaign, Trump continually lobbed the attack at Warren, basing it on claims that she lied about her Native American heritage. Looks like he isnt done using it.

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* http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-voter-fraud-senators-meeting-234909

** http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/trump-brings-up-illegal-votes-again-says-its-why-he-lost-new-hampshire/

Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/online/in-meeting-with-senators-trump-referred-to-elizabeth-warren-as-pocahontas-several-times/

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I'm sorry, but I'm on dialup. I'll edit this tomorrow to link directly to Politico.

Trump brings up vote fraud again, this time in meeting with senators
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-voter-fraud-senators-meeting-234909

'An uncomfortable silence' momentarily overtook the room, said one participant.

By Eli Stokols

02/10/17 02:35 PM EST

Updated 02/10/17 05:30 PM EST

[liberal N proud]

1. trump is the most uncouth individual ever.

[HAB911]

40. he's the perfect representitive of his followers.......n/t

[Equinox Moon]

2. Native heritage is an honorable thing.

She just needs to say it is an honor.

Bullies are only effective if people get upset. (I think.)

[George II]

9. 60 years ago my brother and neighbor kid got into a fight...

..I asked the kid why he started it, and he replied "he called me a Jew" (kids were like that back in the 60s)

I told him, "you should be proud of that". He thought about it a few seconds, and the fight was over. They turned out to be best friends.

Like you say, anyone's heritage should be an honor to that person.

[elleng]

10. Good point BUT

trump's growing ignorance and bigotry in this country bigly, so whether or not WE get upset may be irrelevant.

[pnwmom]

13. He says it to remind people that she wasn't able to prove

Native American heritage, to the satisfaction of whoever.

Their big lie is that she falsely claimed Indian heritage to get hired -- and Harvard has confirmed that she did not. They didn't give her the form to fill out till after she was working there.

[George II]

3. If he did that on the floor of the Senate he'd be in violation of Rule 19.

[Stonepounder]

12. Yeah, and the Turtle would immediately invoke Rule XIX

because the GOP is so even-handed in applying its own rules, right?

[Scarsdale]

41. Mrs McConnell

Has a cushy job in the tRump administration now. McConnell will do whatever the loofa-faced shitgibbon wants him to do. The McConnells must need the money(yeah, right) I hope the next couple of elections rid us of the old guard, gets some REAL caring politicians into office. This means they will have to be democratic, of course, since the repub.s. have shown their sleazy side with this lump in the WH.

[underpants]

4. It's really alarming when you hear elected officials parroting Fox News talk radio talking points

It's understandable because that keeps the heat of the same propaganda machinery away from them.

When a POTUS does it it's completely frightening.

[appal_jack]

5. I hope she refers to him as "Hauptdrumpfubergropenfuhrer" or similar. k&r, nt

[hedda_foil]

37. How about gropendrumpfer?

[Scarsdale]

42. Groping

All the grabbing and groping tRump did, and the best he could do was Maleria?? A lesbian, nude model??

[elleng]

6. OMFG!

So THIS B.S. is going to be his 2020 campaign! (IF he lasts that long)

[Mc Mike]

7. He's such an unflushed toilet bowl of a man.

So petty, so small, such a candy ass, pretending to be such a tough guy.

He's a half a wiseguy, his daddy bought him his button.

I bet Warren could beat his ass in a fist fight.

[Trust Buster]

8. If true, any Senator that didn't stand up and leave makes them as bad as the A-hole himself. X

Why do people fear this creep so much, even Democrats ?

[malachi]

21. Bingo! If true, any Dem Sen that did not get up and leave or

object should be primaried. Enough.

[LuckyLib]

33. Yes! Not one person stands up and says

"OK, I'm done with this!" and walks out? Not one? The spineless nature of these folks is astounding!

[bucolic_frolic]

11. "Pocahontas!" says Chief Deplorable

What a 24K A.H.

[TNNurse]

14. I track a lot of the behavior toward Obama

to that creep who yelled "You lie" during the state of the union. I thought he should have had serious punishment. Now, I hope there is a huge outburst with multiple people with signs and yelling things at Trump. I will contribute to their defense fund,

[raccoon]

47. That creep was Rep. Joe Wilson, sad to say he's from SC but at least not my district.

I totally agree with you about him. I think the little shit should have had serious punishment.

That was clearly planned by the Republicans.

[Equinox Moon]

15. When she runs for President in 2020, this will be front and center

as a constant nag from grabberman. Unless, we are dealing with Pence by then.

[sorcrow]

16. Pocahontas had a better record with immigrants.

Pocahontas had a better record with immigrants than Chief Cheeto will ever have.

Crow

[Ilsa]

17. 4F 45 thinks he's making fun of her claim of heritage,

Which they say she has been unable to prove. So if 45 knew for sure she was native American, I guess he would still call her that, whether 45 believes it's true or not.

My husband has the same problem: he has a great grandparent who was NA, but he cannot prove it -- that far back his poor family had their babies at home. Birth certificates were sketchy at best.

[WePurrsevere]

25. FWIW If he'd really like to know he could do a DNA test through Ancestry.com or similar. :-)

I'm adopted and am in a few adoptee groups and some have had great results using it to find their ancestry (and relations too). Ancestry is normally around $100. but they have sales down to $80. occasionally.

23andme.com is good too and you can get medical genetic info too for extra $.

[Ilsa]

26. Thank you for posting that. Might get it on kids. nt

[WePurrsevere]

27. You're welcome. It's pretty amazing how much you can learn..

From just spitting into a vial and the Science aspect is fascinating if you're a bit of a nerd (even an older one like I am). :-D

[TuxedoKat]

32. 23 and Me has their kits on sale

through Valentine's Day, $20.00 off.

[bdamomma]

18. he is such a

a$$hole just for that I will give to her campaign. You can clearly see he has NO RESPECT FOR ANYONE.

I wonder what Repig Senators laughed when they heard him say that? They are stupid too.

[milestogo]

19. THE GOP HATES WOMEN.

EVERY FUCKING LAST ONE OF THEM.

[pressbox69]

36. So true.

[Strelnikov_]

20. " . . . I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities which he excites ."

For my own part I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities which he excites among his opponents. I have always set myself not merely to relish but to deserve thoroughly their censure.

Winston Churchill

[mahatmakanejeeves]

24. Winston Churchill was far from exemplary.

Look up his comments about Indians. I mean the ones in India, not the ones in America.

[FailureToCommunicate]

22. That's SENATOR Pocahontas you fake assed blow hard. Not surprising coming from

someone who kept braying that President Obama was really from Kenya or somewhere, and couldn't therefore be a real president.

Barf

[INdemo]

23. Just as he insulted Elizabeth Warren every Democrat should have walked out

No question..but if in that group there were those spineless Democrats then one could expect they allowed the insult

[dalton99a]

45. Exactly.

[redstateblues]

28. He is threatened. Pure and simple.

[keithbvadu2]

29. Trump nickname? Chester (the Molester)?

Trump nickname? Chester (the Molester)?

[elehhhhna]

30. That's when any.honorable person would get up and walk the fuck out

[Retrograde]

31. He means it as an insult, but

Pocahontas was a much more accomplished person than he'll ever be. As sorcrow pointed out above, she had a better record with immigrants, eventually marrying one in an effort to integrate her people and the English newcomers. She even traveled to England - where she managed not to start an international incident - and impressed the locals with her intelligence. Unfortunately, she died young from a disease she had no immunity to, but her son survived to become a prominent Virginian. (Fun fact: Woodrow Wilson's 2nd wife, Edith Bolling Galt, claimed to be one of her descendants.)

[still_one]

34. I am assuming the Democrats in that room were in shock or disbelief, and were left literally

speechless.

That may not be a correct assumption, but it is easily remedied, by all the Democrats coming out on Monday, and demanding an apology from trump for his disgusting behavior

[jeffreyi]

35. Violating her civil rights

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Asshole. In his position, illegal also. Seriously, this is an intentional attempt at a racial and gender slur in the workplace. "Hostile work environment" laws apply, no? When I was working in Dept. of Ag, this kind of behavior got one's employment terminated.

[canetoad]

38. This can be turned against him

With enough effort and totally hammering the meme.

DFT is scared of Warren. She is more knowledgeable, level headed, experienced and qualified than he is. Of course an insecure shitbag is going to try to infantilize a powerful woman in any way he can to cover his fear and insecurity.

So get the word out. Trump is scared of Elizabeth Warren.

[More_Cowbell]

39. Yes, Democrats should have walked out

So should Republicans, but I think they're all spineless.

I think, as PA Senator Daylin Leach is finding out, the people who are willing to stand up to Trump and President Bannon are going to benefit later. History will remember the people who let this farce go on.

[wordpix]

43. hey Trumputin, re: the Pocohontas thing

Whether Sen. Warren is or is not of Nat. American heritage is not important to me. She is a LEADER, which Your Dicktatorship is not.

[Jughead]

44. Trump the fool

I live in NH in a border town with MA.
NH requires a ID to vote.
Kelly Ayotte lost because she only worked for Republican residents and not every NH resident.

[chelsea0011]

46. I am sick of hearing about this concerning my Senator.

Trump and his ilk are racists. That is all this is about. It is the crowd that enjoy calling her names and snicker to themselves. We have been hearing it from day 1 on RW racist radio. And what is this really about. Her family told her she had Native American heritage in her background and grew up believing it (and it may be true). That's it. Haven't they turned on the TV lately and seen the commercial for the ancestry organization and seeing people (actors, maybe) finding out that what they believe turns out no entirely true. It is an issue about nothing. But racists love to hate. And unfortunately one is the child racist in the WH.

[alphafemale]

48. I think most families that have been here for generations have some First blood.

Trump, being an Anchor baby does not understand.

And I have the stereotypical fur-trapper with the native bride on my mom's side.

That's the one I know at least.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

49. If you're seeking any semblance of respect, ...

... don't look to the Trump family.

[wishstar]

50. He has history of resentment/hateful language going back to his attempts to build casinos

While competing with tribes for licenses for casinos, he started baseless smear campaign of calling them criminals.

She has been speaking truth to power and these blowhard hypocritical Repubs are threatened by her courageous words exposing their corruption and abuses of power.

[LisaM]

51. Is there anything he won't stoop to?

I hadn't heard this before but sadly, it doesn't surprise me.

[Paladin]

52. And the Democrats in the room just stood there and took it, because....why?

Fuck this shit. If our elected representatives aren't willing to register strong disapproval of such boorish behavior when the opportunity presents itself, then it's up to us.

I'd like to see a complete roster of those present at this meeting, just as soon as possible.

[bucolic_frolic]

53. Chief Birther vs. Pocahontas

keep reminding Trump of his birther BS

I'll choose Warren anytime over Trump

[yurbud]

54. the silence on voter fraud tells you the issue is the opposite--disenfranchisement