DEMS/ELIZABETH WARREN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Thursday [8-15-19] that he planned to revive an old attack strategy on Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, focusing on her contentious past claims of Native American heritage…Trump mocked Warren in the early days of her candidacy for previously claiming Native American heritage and taking a DNA test to prove her claims. Warren’s move was widely derided by Native American leaders, who argued that cultural ties were a stronger indicator of indigenous heritage than distant historical blood relations. Though controversial at the start of her candidacy at the beginning of the year, the issue of her heritage has since faded from public attention. Still, that hasn’t stopped Trump from calling the Massachusetts senator ‘Pocahontas’ at many of his rallies — a moniker that has been widely panned as racist. Trump said on Thursday that he regretted going after her on her claims of heritage so soon and that he would renew the line of attack going forward.”
–Matthew Choi, “Trump vows to revive ‘Pocahontas’ attack against Warren,” Politico, August 15, 2019 8:17 pm