Anti-Trump GOPers had no problem calling Warren Fauxcahontas and Lieawatha til it became a useful way to attack him.https://twitter.com/johnjharwood/status/741600056017489921 …
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Replying to @brianbeutler
I think there is a distinction between Fauxcahontas (which is witless but aimed at Warren) andPocahontas (outright racism)
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Replying to @HeerJeet
But isn't "Pocohantas" a dig at the same thing: Warren's claim to Native American ancestry?
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Replying to @MichaelMcGough3
I mean if someone falsely claimed to be East Indian & Trump called them Gandhi, that would feel racist.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Say someone falsely claimed to be descended from British royalty, and an opponent called her "the Queen". Anti-English?
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Replying to @MichaelMcGough3
There's not really any anti-English bias in USA whereas NAs struggle with stuff like "redskins" all the time.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Fair, but "Pocohantas" is an honored figure in pre-PC American history. Anyway, Trump has said much more offensive things.
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Right, but notice the war whoops from the audience. As Romney said, there's a trickle-down effect
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Replying to @HeerJeet @MichaelMcGough3
She was a child who was kidnapped and raped. And the "war whoops" happened during Scott Brown's campaign as well.
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