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Donald Trump's 'Pocahontas' Racist Slur Could Boost Case for Impeachment > Historian Claims
Abuse of Congress grounds to remove a US president, says Allan Lichtman
Independent UK, 1 Dec 2017.
Donald Trump‘s decision to mock a rival by calling her “Pocahontas” could lead to his impeachment, a political historian has claimed.
The US President used the Native American icon’s name to refer to Senator Elizabeth Warren during a White House event honouring Navajo veterans, who helped the US Armed Forces to pass secret messages during the Second World War.
Ms Warren, a Democrat who claims to have Native American ancestry said she “really couldn’t believe” the comment.
Political historian Allan Lichtman who has authored The Case for Impeachment, said the comment form “part of an article of impeachment.”
He added that Abuse of Congress has previously been cited as grounds to remove a US president.
An 1868 article of impeachment against Mr Johnson – one of only two US Presidents who have been impeached – said he “used intemperate, inflammatory and scandalous harangues … and loud threats and bitter menaces … against Congress”.
Mr Lichtman told Newsweek that ”a fairly powerful” article of impeachment could be formed if such comments were combined with “very intemperate attacks” on the judiciary and freedom of the press.
Many have condemned Mr Trump’s use of “Pocahontas” to refer to Ms Warren.
Navajo National Council Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty, who said the comments represented “the latest example of systemic, deep-rooted ignorance of Native Americans”.
Ms Warren herself, told MSNBC: “This was supposed to be an event to honour heroes, people who put it all on the line for our country. It is deeply unfortunate that the president of the United States can’t even make it through a ceremony honouring these heroes without throwing out a racial slur.”
Her fellow Massachusetts senator, Ed Markey, said: “What Mr Trump said about my partner, Senator Warren is a slur. It disparages the Native American war heroes, standing right beside the President, who risked their lives to protect his right to make such a disgusting comment.”
The White House dismissed the criticism. Asked if the word was racist, White House press secretary Sara Huckabee Sanders, said: “I don’t think that it is.”
She was then asked why the President would say something that was “offensive to many people while honouring the Navajo code talkers — genuine American heroes”.
She replied: “I think what most people find offensive is Senator Warren lying about her heritage to advance her career.”
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Donald Trump’s 'Working & State Visits' to UK Postponed.
Trip was set to take place early in the New Year, but now no formal date is in place
Independent UK, 1 Dec 2017.
US diplomats have reportedly dropped Donald Trump‘s planned working visit to the UK.
Mr Trump had been expected to visit the UK early next year to open the new US embassy – although it would not have been a full state visit and he would not have meet the Queen.
However, even that trip has now been postponed, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph.
The site reported a senior US diplomat as saying: “The idea of a visit has obviously been floated, but not December and not January. I would not expect a Trump visit in January.”
The reported postponement comes amid a public spat with Theresa May over the President’s retweets of a far-right group.
But the diplomat told the Telegraph the two were not related.
On Wednesday Mr Trump retweeted three videos posted by Britain First deputy leader Jayda Fransen, causing widespread outrage.
Ms May said the decision was “wrong” and MPs queued up to condemn the President.
Mr Trump hit back on Twitter by telling the Prime Minister: “Don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!”
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Mr Trump did not know who Ms Fransen was when he retweeted her posts, and defended his actions.
Asked if Mr Trump had elevated a far-right group to prominence, she added: “I think what he’s done is elevate the conversation to talk about a real issue and a real threat and that’s extreme violence and extreme terrorism, something that we know to be very real and something the president feels strongly about talking about and bringing up and making sure is an issue every single day.”
Home Secretary Amber Rudd told the Commons on Thursday that in relation to the visit, “an invitation has been extended and accepted” but no date had been fixed.
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