Trump Calls Elizabeth Warren ‘Pocahontas’ In Call With NYT Columnist

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office at Trump Tower, Tuesday, May 10, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump referred to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (d-ma) as “Pocahontas” in an interview with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, she wrote in a piece published Saturday.

Trump told Dowd that he had not been asked by House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) in his meeting with him last week to tone down his rhetoric directed at women.

Dowd also asked him if he had been criticized by Republicans for his Twitter feud with Warren.

“You mean Pocahontas?” Trump shot back.

Trump and Warren have engaged in a long battle on Twitter with extensive back and forth. She has criticized his rhetoric directed toward women and he has questioned her Native American heritage.

This post has been updated.

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  1. Do we want to elect a childish name caller?

  2. Avatar for fein fein says:

    D-Ma, acronomically, sounds like “Demon.” Why doesn’t he just go with that?

  3. Hate-reach! Has anyone here ever seen a politician that is this thin skinned?

  4. Go ahead and add Native Americans to the list of people that won’t be voting for Drumpf.

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