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November 28, 2017

Trump Uses Racial Slur to Insult Sen. Elizabeth Warren during Ceremony with Navajo Code Talkers
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In the midst of the battle at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Monday, President Trump attempted to insult Massachusetts Senator
Elizabeth Warren-one of the agency's principal architects-by referring
to Warren as "Pocahontas." Trump did this during a White House ceremony
honoring Navajo code talkers, Native Americans who served in the Marines
during WWII and used the Navajo language in order to transmit encoded
information.

Donald Trump: "I just want to thank you, because you are very, very
special people. You were here long before any of us were here. Although,
we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time
ago. They call her Pocahantas. But you know what, I like you because you
are special. You are special people."

President Trump has frequently attacked Senator Warren by calling her 
"Pocahontas." Warren says her family is part Cherokee. Trump held the
ceremony honoring the Navajo military veterans in front of a portrait of
former President Andrew Jackson, who was called "Indian killer" by the
Cherokees. Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, leading to the forced
displacement and death of tens of thousands of Native Americans, a march
that became known as the "trail of tears." This is Senator Elizabeth
Warren speaking later on Monday.

Elizabeth Warren: "He had to throw out a racial slur. He seems to think
that if he keeps doing it, it's going to shut me up. It hasn't worked in
the past and it's not going to work in the future. And whether he likes
it or not, I'm going to be out there, and I'm going to keep talking
about what he's trying to do to the Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau."

That was Senator Elizabeth Warren speaking on MSNBC on Monday.


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