President Trump suggested a campaign slogan for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in a tweet Thursday following her announcement of a 2020 presidential run.
The Cherokee nation took offense at Warrens claim to their heritage arguing that using a DNA test to lay claim to any connection to the Cherokee Nation or any tribal nation even vaguely is inappropriate and wrong."
Warren did clarify in December that she is not a person of color."
The slogan suggestion was originally made by the conservative news website The Daily Wire which is also selling t-shirts with that logo.
When Warren initially announced her plans to run for president in 2020 Trump commented to Fox News that he didnt know if she had a shot at the White House adding youd have to ask her psychiatrist.
Due to her claims of Cherokee ancestry Trump and others have called Warren Pocahontas.
In November Trump said that the only bad thing about Warrens DNA test results is that I cant really legitimately call her Pocahontas anymore because the press will say Im misrepresenting."
Ill call her Pocahontas anyway" he concluded. That name is too good to give up."
