From Clay Jones on his political cartoon “Pocahontas,” Donald Trump referring to Elizabeth Warren as such, and — guess what? — more racism
There’s a Trump Patch. What it does it prevent withdrawals for cartoonists when they go more than one day without drawing a Donald Trump cartoon. Side effects include making cartoonists draw cartoons about slow TSA lines and portraying Goofy as the Veterans Administration.
Believe it or not, my last six cartoons did not have anything to do with Donald Trump. Amazing, right? I could only quit for so long, and the Orange One gave me plenty of topics to choose from.
He has just acquired the 1,237 delegates required to secure the GOP nomination. He’s back to warring with women, from New Mexico’s Republican governor Susana Martinez, to Hillary Clinton, to Elizabeth Warren. He said he’s willing to debate Bernie Sanders if it will provide $10 million to charity, nevermind whatever happened to the donation last time he claimed he raised money for charity (this could be a clue as to why he’s audited every year). He’s been dredging up conspiracy theories from the 1990s, such as the Clintons’ being behind the death of Vince Foster — and then saying he doesn’t believe it should be in the campaign discussion after he’s the one who brought it up. There was even another riot at a Trump rally. Trump even expressed his hope that a statue of his likeness is erected in D.C. Why even wait for the election?
My favorite, though, is Trump referring to Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas.”
Trump has been in a Twitter spat with Warren, and she’s been trolling him royally and taking him to school. Trump has called her “goofy” and a failure as a senator and has been repeating the nickname and slur, “Pocahontas.” He thinks it’s clever. I’m still waiting for him to pivot to being presidential.
Trump held a little press conference in North Dakota to celebrate acquiring the magic number of delegates, and once again he spoke of Warren as “Pocahontas.” North Dakota is a state rich with Native Americans. Trump probably didn’t know that. A reporter of indigenous descent informed him that it was offensive. For a split second, Trump seemed kinda humble and replied, “Oh, it is?” Then he repeated the slur. Nice double down.
Referring to Warren as “Pocahontas” is just as offensive and racist as it would be if Trump had referred to New Mexico’s governor as “Speedy Gonzalez.” We should probably be thankful that while he was feuding with Ben Carson he didn’t slap the name of that character from Tom Sawyer on him.
And yet Trump is totally mystified why white supremacists are endorsing him. Being this clueless should be a disqualifier from the presidency.
I think I made my point with this cartoon, not that someone with Trump’s intellect will get it.
claytoonz.com/2016/05/27/pocahontas
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