Trump Fires Back At Warren: She’s A ‘Fraud’ And A ‘Racist’!

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign stop in Manchester, N.H., Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Donald Trump said Monday that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was a “fraud” and a “racist,” escalating his attacks on the senator’s Native American heritage after she appeared on the campaign trail with Democrat Hillary Clinton for the first time.

“I hope that she’s selected as the vice-presidential running mate. I will speak very openly about her if she is,” Trump told NBC News. “She is one of the least productive senators in the United States Senate. We call her Pocahontas for a reason.”

Warren appeared alongside Clinton at a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio earlier in the day, where Clinton praised her for standing up to the businessman.

“She said she’s 5 percent Native American. She was unable to prove it. She used the fact that she was Native American to advance her career,” Trump said, as quoted by NBC News. “Elizabeth Warren is a total fraud. I know it. Other people who work with her know it. Elizabeth Warren is a total fraud.”

“She made up her heritage which I think is racist,” he continued. “I think she’s a racist actually, because what she did was very racist.”

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  1. Avatar for grack grack says:

    I know it’s maybe not right, but if you ask my 4 year old “who is Donald Trump” he will answer “the biggest clown in the world”

  2. “She is one of the least productive senators in the United States Senate. We call her Pocahontas for a reason.”

    So linking being unproductive with having a Native-American heritage is his gambit?
  3. I love how Sen Warren is able to get under his skin so easily.

    Keep it up Senator! The more he responds to you, the dumber he looks.

  4. Avatar for grack grack says:

    The word “gambit” suggests he is somehow engaging in some sort of political calculus.

  5. “She made up her heritage which I think is racist,” he continued.

    LMAO.
    Trump is such a fucking loon.

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