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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 04:55 PM Nov 2017

White House: 'Ridiculous' To Call Trump's 'Pocahontas' Attack A Racial Slur

Source: Talking Points Memo



By MATT SHUHAM Published NOVEMBER 27, 2017 3:47 PM

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday defended President Donald Trump’s use of the word “Pocahontas” to attack Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) at an event honoring Navajo code talkers.

“I think what most people find offensive is Sen. Warren lying about her heritage to advance her career,” Sanders said, referring to Warren’s claim — first brought up in 2012 by then-political opponent Scott Brown — that according to unproven family stories, she had Native American heritage.

“She said it was a racial slur,” ABC News’ Jonathan Karl pressed. “What is your response to that?”

“I think that’s a ridiculous response.”

“Why is it appropriate for the President to use a racial slur in any context?” NBC’s Kristen Welker asked.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/white-house-sanders-defends-pocahontas-attack



UPDATE:

White House: Trump ‘Hasn’t Changed’ Position On ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape

By ESME CRIBB Published NOVEMBER 27, 2017 3:40 PM

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday said President Donald Trump has not “changed his position” on the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape, despite a report that Trump has privately questioned its authenticity.

Sanders said the recording “was litigated and certainly answered during the election by the overwhelming support” for Trump and his eventual victory.

“He’s made his position on that clear at that time, as have the American people,” she said.

“He apologized for it, which would seem to acknowledge its authenticity and that position hasn’t changed?” a reporter pressed Sanders.

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White House: 'Ridiculous' To Call Trump's 'Pocahontas' Attack A Racial Slur (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2017 OP
Seller asked if Trump found it advantageous w his base to use slurs.... bettyellen Nov 2017 #1
Asshole n2doc Nov 2017 #2
me too steve2470 Nov 2017 #4
I've been tired of Trump wince the 1980's PJMcK Nov 2017 #30
Is we referred to Trump as Adolph would they understand? bucolic_frolic Nov 2017 #3
American Hitler should be okay Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #5
Hair Twitler has been used and understood keithbvadu2 Nov 2017 #23
just fuck these assholes.... dhill926 Nov 2017 #6
Just keep hammering away at him until he cracks. He can't survive racial slurs forever. truthisfreedom Nov 2017 #7
I can't get past the insult in front of 90 y/o's who fought for this country. mpcamb Nov 2017 #34
That's what I keep thinking about too. Chemisse Nov 2017 #36
video.... marble falls Nov 2017 #8
Why is she wearing a tablecloth? UpInArms Nov 2017 #9
Please ! That is NOT a tablecloth left-of-center2012 Nov 2017 #11
...which she ate alone in the closet feeling self contempt with each bite. marble falls Nov 2017 #14
Ive got a Tommy Bahama tablecloth that looks an awful lot like that dress. Shrike47 Nov 2017 #27
Looks like Mar-a-Lago camouflage (nt) William Seger Nov 2017 #21
guffaw!!! marble falls Nov 2017 #33
The curtains were at the cleaners? marble falls Nov 2017 #10
I wondered where my neighbors patio table umbrella had gone. Thor_MN Nov 2017 #13
I saw it in the window... SeattleVet Nov 2017 #15
Precisely what came to my mind! OldHippieChick Nov 2017 #17
Ironically Sarah Huckleberry Sanders is a parody of a press spokesperson. marble falls Nov 2017 #18
Super Christian Mike Huckabee raised a mighty fine liar keithbvadu2 Nov 2017 #24
The nutcase didn't fall far from the nuthatch. I wonder if her makeup is on purpose. marble falls Nov 2017 #25
She is perfect for role of defending her boss... evil Trump: FailureToCommunicate Nov 2017 #32
Trump would never mock anyone left-of-center2012 Nov 2017 #12
He is incapable of carrying out the most basic jb5150 Nov 2017 #16
Disgust marieo1 Nov 2017 #19
SHS....hold my beer, Imma try for a more offensive comment... irisblue Nov 2017 #20
Belittling Senator Warren's ancestral heritage - yallerdawg Nov 2017 #22
This White House is ridiculous underpants Nov 2017 #26
So by losing the popular vote by over 3 million votes Mr. Ected Nov 2017 #28
Slur or not, it was RUDE to a couple of VETERANS that DESERVED a SHINING MOMENT of Honor lostnfound Nov 2017 #29
she is a horror show. barbtries Nov 2017 #31
When I hear that nasal twang lying, being condescending, a complete sociopath, Satan's spawn adigal Nov 2017 #35
That's something a lot of us have had to face up to over the past year. Chemisse Nov 2017 #37
Is it ridiculous to call Sanders and Trump "White Trash"? HAB911 Nov 2017 #38
On a purely technical level, it is completely accurate. dchill Nov 2017 #39
+1 dalton99a Nov 2017 #41
trump mocks an American family's oral history. All most Americans have is an oral family history. Sunlei Nov 2017 #40
The entire Trump regime has no morals, ethics, or decency. Dr_Pretorius Nov 2017 #42
Yes, and they will be thrilled when the tax bill is signed, the very bill that will take Eliot Rosewater Nov 2017 #43
They think whatever Fox "News," Rush Limbaugh and Alex Jones tell them to think Dr_Pretorius Nov 2017 #44

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
4. me too
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 04:59 PM
Nov 2017

He takes every opportunity to demean Senator Warren and throw red racist meat to his base.

truthisfreedom

(23,151 posts)
7. Just keep hammering away at him until he cracks. He can't survive racial slurs forever.
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 05:06 PM
Nov 2017

He's fragile on this one. He'll quit eventually.

mpcamb

(2,871 posts)
34. I can't get past the insult in front of 90 y/o's who fought for this country.
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 08:17 PM
Nov 2017

They were and are such extraordinary people. And to be slighted by this lowlife degenerate makes me physically ill..

Chemisse

(30,814 posts)
36. That's what I keep thinking about too.
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 09:35 PM
Nov 2017

Brought together to be honored, then casually insulted with a racist comment. It makes me sad.

marieo1

(1,402 posts)
19. Disgust
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 05:32 PM
Nov 2017

I think after listening for months to DJT's sniping and cutting comments, it's fair to say he did not mean this as a complimentary comment!! He snipes everyone that has an opposing view and expresses it. I am so sick and tired of the name calling and sniping.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
22. Belittling Senator Warren's ancestral heritage -
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 06:11 PM
Nov 2017

a common enough trait indisputably claimed by many families from Oklahoma (including my own!) - not a 'racial slur'?

Of course it is! One the Dotard thinks he can get away with!

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
28. So by losing the popular vote by over 3 million votes
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 07:07 PM
Nov 2017

The effect of the Access Hollywood recording has already been litigated?

Sounds like the jury found in favor of the plaintiff. The Russian judge made the final determination and overturned the will of the people.

lostnfound

(16,187 posts)
29. Slur or not, it was RUDE to a couple of VETERANS that DESERVED a SHINING MOMENT of Honor
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 07:08 PM
Nov 2017

Disgusting and sad. Fake president.

Navajo Code Talkers are brave and important heroes.

It's so so wrong.

barbtries

(28,808 posts)
31. she is a horror show.
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 07:52 PM
Nov 2017

all of her days spent prepping on how to sidestep obfuscate and lie her way about any kind of negativity toward her go---boss.

 

adigal

(7,581 posts)
35. When I hear that nasal twang lying, being condescending, a complete sociopath, Satan's spawn
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 08:54 PM
Nov 2017

I really want her to melt into the earth and go away.

Ugh. These people really bring out the anger and hateful part in me. But they are so immoral and evil. Satan's spawn.

Chemisse

(30,814 posts)
37. That's something a lot of us have had to face up to over the past year.
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 09:42 PM
Nov 2017

We have an angry, hateful side to ourselves that hurts us more than it hurts him.

In the past I have always turned away from situations before I am driven to be consumed with hatred. Unfortunately there is just no escape from this.

Dr_Pretorius

(71 posts)
42. The entire Trump regime has no morals, ethics, or decency.
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 04:10 PM
Nov 2017

Tens of millions of Americans seem to be fine with that.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
43. Yes, and they will be thrilled when the tax bill is signed, the very bill that will take
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 05:58 PM
Nov 2017

away their Medicare and all of the government that keeps them alive.


Tribalism is what it is all about and they cant change. Not ever.


Dr_Pretorius

(71 posts)
44. They think whatever Fox "News," Rush Limbaugh and Alex Jones tell them to think
Tue Nov 28, 2017, 07:16 PM
Nov 2017

Obviously, evolution has a ways to go, but we probably will destroy ourselves before that can happen.

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