Rantz: Everyone loses in Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ insult

President Donald Trump once again slammed Senator Elizabeth Warren for pretending to be Native American for career gain. He called her “Pocahontas.”

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This isn’t a new line of criticism, but the venue in which he did it was offensive and unthinkable. And yet, Trump isn’t alone in embarrassing us with this poorly-timed insult. Yet again, literally everyone around this incident has shown their true cards.

On paper, Trump’s comments were loathsome because of the venue: he was hosting an event honoring Native American code talkers at the White House. He should not have made them. But, let’s also put the comments in perspective. They were brief — an aside — and two of the three code talkers appeared to smile and laugh when the comment was made.

The coverage of this made it seem like Trump focused more on Warren than his guests. He did not. Does it make his comments acceptable? No, not to me. They were unacceptable and a tactful leader would have understood that.

But the hyperbole coming from the media — and the Left — goes too far.

Warren claimed being called “Pocahontas” is a racial slur. On MSNBC, Warren said:

This was supposed to be an event to honor heroes, people who put it all on the line for our country, and people who, because of their incredible work, saved the lives of countless Americans and our allies. It was deeply unfortunate that the President of the United States cannot even make it through a ceremony honoring these heroes without having to throw out a racial slur.

I’ll let you decide whether or not calling a white woman “Pocahontas” is a racial slur. CNN’s resident Trump-critic/faux journalist Jim Acosta offered a “fact check” claiming that it was. Acosta should be ignored. He’s not a reporter; he’s an analyst who gets paid to criticize Trump.

But here’s a question: what do you call a white woman pretending to be a Native American for potential career advancement? And what do you call a white woman, who lied about her background, who then goes on TV to claim offense that Native Americans weren’t given proper respect? You call her Elizabeth Warren.

NBC News ridiculously claimed Trump commented on Warren’s heritage when he did not. So let’s set the record straight: Warren is not a Native American, despite claiming to be. And it wasn’t Trump who started the criticism; it was the Boston Globe per LawNewz.

I see a lot of people on Twitter claiming what Trump said is worse than what Warren has said about her own phony identity. Here’s a consistent take: they’re both wrong and both should be criticized, and we don’t need to choose sides based on our personal politics.

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