Pocahontas: Top Democrat Blasts Trump’s Racist Slur against Sen. Warren

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In a statement, Sen. Tom Udall, the vice chairman of Senate Committee of Indian Affairs said, “Donald Trump’s racist joke – during Native American Heritage Month no less – demeaned the contributions that the Code Talkers and countless other Native American patriots and citizens have made to our great country.

Additionally, Sen. Udall emphasized that “racist comments like that are never acceptable, and are in especially poor tastes against the backdrop of Andrew Jackson’s portrait.”

During his campaign, Trump repeatedly called Warren as Pocahontas to belittle her and question her Native American heritage.

On May 26, 2016, he tweeted, “I find it offensive that Goofy Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to as Pocahontas, pretended to be Native American to get in Harvard.”

Navajo Nation: Trump’s Pocahontas comment “inappropriate”

Mihio Manus, the spokesman for the leaders of Navajo Nation told The Washington Post that they appreciate Trump honoring the code talkers. However, he though the President’s comments about Warren was “inappropriate.”