WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump used a ceremony Monday honoring Navajo code talkers' service in World War II to insult a favorite target, Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Trump noted that Native Americans had been in North America longer than other groups, then segued into a crack about Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat who has been the subject of controversy for her undocumented claims of partial Native American ancestry.
"We have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her Pocahontas," Trump said to the elderly men.
Trump has used the insult, which many Native Americans find offensive, before, tweeting or retweeting the name 12 times. But doing so at a White House event honoring Native American service to the country crosses a new threshold for the president.
Warren, an Oklahoma native, has credited family lore for her belief that she has some Native American ancestry. But she has no documented proof and is not a member of any tribe. The issue became controversial during her 2012 campaign, when it was learned that academic publications had included Warren, a former Harvard law professor, in publications touting diversity.
Trump is currently embroiled in a fight over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Warren helped conceive and Trump has lambasted.
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