Trump Can Use 'Pocahontas' on Warren to 'Do Exactly What He Did to Hillary': GOP Consultant

Newsweek ^ | August 27, 2019 | Jessica Kwong

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Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren may have apologized for taking a DNA test to prove she has Native American ancestry, but President Donald Trump could use his "Pocahontas" label for Warren to damage her as he did to defeat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, according to at least one Republican consultant.

Warren can say she never used her ethnicity—her DNA test found she is between 1/64th and 1/1,024th Native American and backfired—to land a job. But Trump could use it against her to question her honesty.

"If you give Trump a tool to equalize the playing field, which is what this does, he will do exactly what he did to Hillary Clinton," Republican consultant Dan Hazelwood told Politico Magazine in a piece published online Tuesday.

Hazelwood, who owns Targeted Creative Communications, said Warren has "never given the answer to the core of the Trump charge, which is: She cheated. She cheated for personal gain. She hasn't answered that part of the attack."

The consultant said "we're all kidding ourselves" to think Trump would not be able to find people including Native Americans who would admit they still think Warren's DNA test was inappropriate "and she never actually properly accounted for her misdeeds." Hazelwood cautioned Democrats to "not pretend that you can't find those people, because a presidential campaign can."

[MuttTheHoople]

We shouldn't be calling Squaw Grey Beaver "Pocahontas"....that's not only culturally insensitive, but it denigrates the first native American Protestant Christian convert in the New World.

[bigbob]

I don’t recall Trump asking for nickname suggestions.

He is the decider.

[ilgipper]

She has zero charisma and will not play in any red state. Florida and Ohio would be 100% locks and Trump probably sweeps the same three Midwest blue states. She’s the best possible option outside of Crazy Bernie. She will do really well in Massachusetts and New York though.

[adorno]

And I also think “Mayor Pete” will be the Veep choice. He is PERFECT for that post.

Doubt it would be mayor Pete as the vice-presidential nominee.

But, if he were to be the vice-presidential nominee, Warren (or whoever) would have to keep him in the closet (sorry, couldn't resist), because, he's the type that would hog the stage and that's a no-no when the number one needs all the attention.

[hinckley buzzard]

How about Elizabeth talking bull.

[TChad]

"Warren can say she never used her ethnicity ... to land a job."

It would be true. Warren did not use her Caucasian ethnicity to land a job. She figured that she could get much higher paying jobs if she pretended to be an American Indian. She was right, probably beyond her dreams. Her scam got her a teaching job at Harvard instead of Podunk Junior College.

[riri]

I haven't listened to a word she says BUT I am hearing a lot of the people I follow on forums (young, alt-right types) saying she says a lot of things they agree with.

Many of these kids lean left economically. To them identity is the #1 issue.

They are floundering, looking for someone to support and they absolutely detest Trump now.

[riri]

I haven't listened to a word she says BUT I am hearing a lot of the people I follow on forums (young, alt-right types) saying she says a lot of things they agree with.

Many of these kids lean left economically. To them identity is the #1 issue.

They are floundering, looking for someone to support and they absolutely detest Trump now.