NEW YORK_President Donald Trump dangled a $1 million donation to Sen. Elizabeth Warren's charity of choice if she takes a DNA test and it proves her purported Native American heritage.
He also managed to throw in a cringeworthy #MeToo joke in the process.
Trump mused that he would buy a DNA test and throw it at her should he face off with the Massachusetts lawmaker during a 2020 presidential debate _ and she brings up the claim.
"We have to do it gently. Because we're in the #MeToo generation, so I have to be very gentle," Trump said, mocking the wave of ousting male harassers in the entertainment industry. "We will slowly toss (the kit) hoping it doesn't injure her arm."
Trump's revitalized attack of Warren was met with mixed applause, groans and cheers during an energetic campaign-style rally in Great Falls, Mont., on Thursday.
"I will say, 'We will give $1 million to your favorite charity _ paid for by Trump _ if you take the test and it shows you're an Indian,'" Trump said, imagining himself in a debate with the rumored Democratic presidential contender.
"Let's see what she does. I have feeling she will say no, but I will hold that for the debates," he said.
Warren and her claim of Cherokee and Delaware Indian heritage during a 2012 Senate run has been a repeat target of Trump's volatile attacks at rallies and on social media. She cited family stories, rather than DNA testing or documentation to prove her ancestry.
Trump has often ridiculed Warren with the nickname "Pocahontas" since May 2016. He said he would apologize to the 17th century Native American woman for giving Warren the nickname, but not Warren herself.
Warren fired back at Trump and his bizarre fixation on the 6-year-old comment after Thursday's rally, using his administration's record on the immigration crackdown as fuel.
"While you obsess over my genes, your Admin is conducting DNA tests on little kids because you ripped them from their mamas & you are too incompetent to reunite them in time to meet a court order," Warren tweeted. "Maybe you should focus on fixing the lives you're destroying."
