Trump dumps presidential style, repeatedly calling Elizabeth Warren 'Pocahontas'

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Trump dumps presidential style, repeatedly calling Elizabeth Warren 'Pocahontas'

Presumptive Republican nominee throws out the teleprompter
to deliver a vintage speech high in bombast and bluster in Virginia

Ben Jacobs in Richmond, Virginia
Saturday 11 June 2016 10.27 BST

Donald Trump’s general election pivot didn’t last very long.

After giving two speeches with teleprompters this week, Trump returned to his unscripted style in a rally in Richmond, Virginia on Friday. In a barely one-third-full arena, he repeatedly called Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas”, attacked former rival Jeb Bush and complained “New York City is going with the Norwegian form of education”.

After a week where Trump strained to appear more presidential, it all went out the window in a vintage performance, which even featured a handful of protesters being arrested outside the event.

Trump has been mired in controversy after asserting that the federal judge presiding over a lawsuit against him is biased because he is “Mexican”. The comments have been called racist by many in his own party, including House speaker Paul Ryan and led to Illinois senator Mark Kirk withdrawing his endorsement of his party’s nominee.

While Trump has been trying downplay his comments, saying earlier on Friday “freedom of any kind means no one should be judged by their race or their color or the color of their skin”, he reopened the controversy by repeatedly calling Warren “Pocahontas” in an attempt to insult her for saying that she has Native American heritage. The epithet was accompanied by Indian war whoops from the crowd. Several minutes afterwards, Trump then insisted he was “the least racist person”.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/11/trump-dumps-presidential-style-to-lambast-elizabeth-warren-as-pocahontas

Trump just can't help himself. How long before he starts bashing Judge Curiel again?

[Just reading posts]

1. How dignified of him....what gravitas.

[spanone]

2. he never had nor will he ever will have a shred of 'presidential style'

[PJMcK]

6. Of course, first you have to be president

Secretary Clinton has grace and intelligence and when she's elected and inaugurated, she'll be a class act.

Donald Trump has always been a low-life scam artist. With his fourth-grade vocabulary, first-grade maturity and adolescent lack of impulse control, he will never have the presidential style.

[Barack_America]

3. Dems should actually be hoping he tones it down...

...and doesn't get to the point where even his own supporters would accept replacement with someone like Kasich.

I don't recall seeing a single poll where Hillary beats Kasich, even Bernie often struggled.

[LannyDeVaney]

4. Please enlighten me as to how this replacement would occur

TIA

[bunnies]

5. They change the rules at the convention to Un-bind the delegates. nt

[LannyDeVaney]

7. OK

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[bunnies]

9. Not sure what that's supposed to mean.

I was just answering what I thought was an honest question. Articles have been written about the repubs discussing the rule change. But, thanks for the insult?

[LannyDeVaney]

10. No insult.

My comment was pointed towards the Republicans.

Sorry for the confusion. Have a great day.

[bunnies]

11. Oh. Sorry. I misunderstood.

You have a great day too.

[nyquil_man]

15. They could have disposed of Trump months ago and chose not to.

Have Trump's chances really changed that much since then? Besides, would the Republicans really prefer to have Trump outside the tent, pissing in?

I think they're stuck with this clown.

[AgadorSparticus]

8. I must have blinked. Didn't realize actually he went for the presidential style.

[sufrommich]

12. He's back to attacking republicans and the republican party too.

Hilarious.

[nyquil_man]

13. "Donald Trump’s general election pivot didn’t last very long." It never does. nt

[geek tragedy]

14. "a barely one-third full arena"

His act is wearing then even amongst his alt-right fans.

[corkhead]

16. my favorite toon on the subject:

[Adrahil]

17. She should embrace it.

Her reply should be: "Pocahontas was a brave woman who risked herself to selflessly defend another. I am proud to be associated with such a woman. Donald Trump has never his risked himself for anyone else, ever."

[yellowcanine]

18. Can't imagine that going over well in Virginia. Lot of folks there claim to be descendants of

Pocahantas. And other native Americans aren't likely to be amused at Trump's tactics either. They are already unhappy with him dissing their ability to run casinos and this is just going to remind them of that. A WP story mentioned it this morning as part of a story about the Pocahantas gambit. Trump is managing to piss off just about everyone.