President Donald Trump apparently wasn’t paying attention — or maybe he was — when Native American leaders blasted his “racist” use of “Pocahontas” as a slur against Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). I love my president!” Trump wondered mockingly in a tweet Saturday if Warren would be the nation’s “first Native American presidential candidate” — denigrating both Warren and appearing to characterize the idea of a Native American candidate as unimaginable. Though a DNA test last year indicated she likely had a Native American ancestor, she is not the member of any tribe. Will she run as our first Native American presidential candidate, or has she decided that after 32 years, this is not playing so well anymore? “Yes, let’s continue to make jokes about the Native American genocide,” another noted sarcastically.

Source: Huffington Post February 10, 2019 03:56 UTC