CNN's Jake Tapper And Dana Bash Triggered By Trump Calling Elizabeth Warren 'Pocahantas'

Posted • March 5, 2025: If you think Trump calling Elizabeth Warren "Pocahantas" is a bigger problem than the fact Elizabeth Warren falsely claimed to be Native American to advance her career, well, you're probably a journalist. She literally lied about her ethnicity to get ahead. She probably took the spot of a more deserving actual person of color. CNN was a bit triggered on Warren's behalf: —— Jake Tapper: "I've never heard a president attack the opposition in a speech like this in such a pointed way…to use a rather derisive nickname for Senator Elizabeth Warren…" —— Dana Bash: "She reacted with smiles and clapping. She wasn't gonna give him that moment." —— It's only a "divisive nickname" if you're somebody who's claiming to be something you're not and don't like it getting called out. They’re more offended by the fact that Trump called her Pocahontas than by the fact that she exploited a fake Native ancestry for decades for her own profit. (…)

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