In late April, President Trump again fired the barb of “Pocahontas” at Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Soviet Union). Despite the claims of many in the media that it is “obvious racism,” Trump should keep using it.
For starters, Warren has earned it. She is arguably somewhat nicer that Hillary Clinton but just as deceitful and opportunistic. For example, she has fudged data in an academic study. In addition, despite being a “crusader” against the Big Banks during the housing meltdown, it turns out that she does business with some of the banks she denounces and has made a tidy sum from flipping houses, two of which were in foreclosure.
Trump could certainly criticize Warren for those “peccadillos,” but the Pocahontas barb will surely yield more electoral dividends. Now, if Trump were using Pocahontas as an attack on the Harvard Hero of the Working Class’s Native American ancestry, then it would be racist. Yet it is all but certain that Warren has no such ancestry. Rather, Trump employs the insult which refers to Warren’s obfuscation of her heritage, which in turn is likely an attempt to cover up that she probably lied about her ancestry to obtain positions at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University.
