Betsy DeVos On Trump's 'Pocahontas' Comment: 'We Can All Do Well To Reflect'
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos seems to be among those who think President Trump should refrain from using the reference 'Pocahontas.'
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos seems to be among those who think President Trump should refrain from using the reference "Pocahontas" for Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren.
While touring a school in Tennessee, DeVos was asked if the president can be deemed a good role model for children in light of his "Pocahontas" comment.
"I think that we can all do well to reflect on the things we say before we say them," DeVos responded, according to the Tennessean.
President Trump called Warren "Pocahontas" on Monday during a White House event honoring Native American code talkers.
″You were here long before any of us were here," Trump said, while addressing the World War II veterans. "Although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her Pocahontas."
Trump has referred to Warren as "Pocahontas" on multiple occasions in the past.
"Pocahontas just stated that the Democrats, lead by the legendary Crooked Hillary Clinton, rigged the Primaries! Lets go FBI & Justice Dept," the president said in a tweet on November 3.
Warren responded to that post during an appearance on CBS' 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.'
"Donald Trump thinks if he's going to start every one of these tweets to me with some kind of racist slur here that he's going to shut me up," she said. "It didn't work in the past, it's not going to work in the future."
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos seems to be among those who think President Trump should refrain from using the reference "Pocahontas" for Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren.
While touring a school in Tennessee, DeVos was asked if the president can be deemed a good role model for children in light of his "Pocahontas" comment.
"I think that we can all do well to reflect on the things we say before we say them," DeVos responded, according to the Tennessean.
President Trump called Warren "Pocahontas" on Monday during a White House event honoring Native American code talkers.
″You were here long before any of us were here," Trump said, while addressing the World War II veterans. "Although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her Pocahontas."
Trump has referred to Warren as "Pocahontas" on multiple occasions in the past.
"Pocahontas just stated that the Democrats, lead by the legendary Crooked Hillary Clinton, rigged the Primaries! Lets go FBI & Justice Dept," the president said in a tweet on November 3.
Warren responded to that post during an appearance on CBS' 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.'
"Donald Trump thinks if he's going to start every one of these tweets to me with some kind of racist slur here that he's going to shut me up," she said. "It didn't work in the past, it's not going to work in the future."