Elizabeth Warren says Trump has ‘hate in his heart’
ORLANDO, Fla. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaking to thousands of Latinos on Saturday at the annual National Council of La Raza conference, forcefully urged them to vote for Hillary Clinton while making only a passing, barely audible reference to Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Clinton’s newly named running mate.
Warren mainly offered new invective against Donald Trump, with whom she has a running feud, saying he was “a man born with cash in his fist and hate in his heart.”
She said Trump’s questioning of the impartiality of Gonzalo Curiel, a Mexican-American judge hearing a case against one of Trump’s businesses, had sent a message “as simple as it is disgusting: Since Trump is a bigot, a Mexican-American judge can’t be fair to him.”
The crowd gave her a prolonged standing ovation when she said, “We will never build Donald Trump’s stupid wall.”
Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, responded with his go-to taunt of Warren, calling her “Pocahontas,” a reference to the fact that she identified herself as a minority during her academic career, citing Native American roots.
Pocahontas wanted V.P. slot so badly but wasn’t chosen because she has done nothing in the Senate. Also, Crooked Hillary hates her!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2016
Warren’s endorsement of Clinton in June was seen as a significant moment in unifying the Democratic Party. Many liberal supporters of Clinton’s top primary opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, hold Warren in high regard.
Some liberal groups and Sanders supporters have expressed dismay about the choice of Kaine, mainly because of his pro-free-trade stance. Warren did not object to the selection, but she also did not spend much time expressing support.
“We believe that we must make Hillary Clinton the next president of the United States,” she said. Applause erupted, and she added: “And make Tim Kaine the next vice president. Not can, not should — we must.” She made no other mention of Kaine during her speech.
Janet Murguía, president of NCLR, the largest Latino organization in the country, said in an interview Saturday that it was “a little disappointing” that Clinton had not chosen one of the Hispanics on her vice-presidential shortlist. Murguía said Kaine was not well known among Latinos, but she thought his command of Spanish and experience as a Roman Catholic mission worker in Honduras would quickly help.
“It will give him a lot of authenticity when he speaks to our community,” she said.
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