President Trump commented on the video containing the announcement by Elizabeth Warren that she will be running for president in 2020. He tweeted the following:
If Elizabeth Warren, often referred to by me as Pocahontas, did this commercial from Bighorn or Wounded Knee instead of her kitchen with her husband dressed in full Indian garb, it would have been a smash.
The media commentary on Trump's tweet is upset that he used "Native American stereotypes." Really? What stereotypes? I don't see any. Is it because he suggested that Warren's husband should wear Indian garb? If Warren's husband is of Scottish descent (something I don't know), would it be a Scottish stereotype to suggest that he wear a kilt? I don't think so. And aside from Trump's wardrobe suggestion about the husband, what stereotype could there possibly be?
The truth is that Trump, once again, was mocking Warren for her bogus claim to be a Native American. That's not Trump's claim. No, it is a self-inflicted wound by Warren herself. She created a phony claim of ancestry in order to get hired years ago at both Penn and Harvard Law Schools. It's a claim she should have dropped (and now has). Instead, she showed very poor judgment by releasing a DNA analysis that found her to be 1/1024 Native American and claiming it proved her claim. That figure is only half the level of Native American background that the average white American has. It made Warren a laughing stock, and Trump was just reminding everyone of that.
The media may not like that Trump makes fun of one of their favorites, Warren. Nevertheless, bogus charges of racism (the true meaning of "native American stereotypes") are dishonest and silly.
If Elizabeth Warren, often referred to by me as Pocahontas, did this commercial from Bighorn or Wounded Knee instead of her kitchen with her husband dressed in full Indian garb, it would have been a smash.
The media commentary on Trump's tweet is upset that he used "Native American stereotypes." Really? What stereotypes? I don't see any. Is it because he suggested that Warren's husband should wear Indian garb? If Warren's husband is of Scottish descent (something I don't know), would it be a Scottish stereotype to suggest that he wear a kilt? I don't think so. And aside from Trump's wardrobe suggestion about the husband, what stereotype could there possibly be?
The truth is that Trump, once again, was mocking Warren for her bogus claim to be a Native American. That's not Trump's claim. No, it is a self-inflicted wound by Warren herself. She created a phony claim of ancestry in order to get hired years ago at both Penn and Harvard Law Schools. It's a claim she should have dropped (and now has). Instead, she showed very poor judgment by releasing a DNA analysis that found her to be 1/1024 Native American and claiming it proved her claim. That figure is only half the level of Native American background that the average white American has. It made Warren a laughing stock, and Trump was just reminding everyone of that.
The media may not like that Trump makes fun of one of their favorites, Warren. Nevertheless, bogus charges of racism (the true meaning of "native American stereotypes") are dishonest and silly.
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