Trump attempting to pick his Democratic opponent in 2020 election.

[FuzzyRabbit]

We must be aware of and fight against Trump's attempts to pick his Democratic opponent in the 2020 election.

"The pair of outside groups tied closely to President Donald Trump has retained the top Republican opposition group in an effort to smother Democrats seeking to challenge him — and perhaps even help pick his 2020 challenger."

"Two years of Trump mocking Warren's claim regarding her Native American heritage resulted in Warren actually taking a DNA test and releasing a video with the results. Her efforts to change the subject with evidence angered some Native Americans and gave Republicans even more fodder for attacks. Trump tweeted a graphic from the conservative website the Daily Wire last week mocking the DNA test. On her first trip to Iowa, it was the first question a voter asked her in Sioux City."

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tariniparti/donald-trump-reelection-2020-campaign-america-first

[hedda_foil]

1. And this is why Warren is a front runner now. She has emerged basically unscathed.

No doubt the reptiles will find a native American or two who will try to swift boat her, but virtually all of the tribes themselves consider the whole thing a nothing burger. It's a "is this the best you can do" kind of thing.

See: https://m-huffpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c19550fe4b0432554c512bb/amp?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQECAFYAQ%3D%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s

“Nearly two months after Ms. Warren released the test results and drew hostile reactions from prominent tribal leaders, the lingering cloud over her likely presidential campaign has only darkened,” The New York Times reported in December.

Warren “enraged tribal groups and other minorities concerned about her reliance on a test to measure ethnicity,” The Washington Post reported last month. “That episode injected uncertainty over the decision-making by Warren and her campaign staff and subjected her to both anger and mockery just as she was gearing up for a potential presidential effort.”

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Oops. Neither of these stories included comments from any elected tribal leaders. The Post story didn’t include comments from Native people at all. Of the three Native voices mixed in with political pundits in the Times story, one is a known Warren critic and one is a congresswoman-elect whose positive comments were buried ― a stunning distortion of how many tribal leaders and Native people in general feel about Warren’s move.

HuffPost talked to a dozen tribal chiefs, Native politicians, researchers and influencers to get a sense of why this narrative that has taken off in the media ― that Warren, who has been a strong ally to tribes, is suddenly on the ropes with them because of her DNA test ― seems off. Some spoke on record; others spoke only anonymously, given their close work with tribes whose privacy they wanted to respect.

The consensus was clear: This narrative is incredibly overblown. Tribal leaders have far more pressing matters to deal with than a senator’s DNA test. And, frustratingly, non-Native people are defining a debate about Native people without letting them speak for themselves.

[wryter2000]

2. Could it be...

they feel she's the best to go against him? I can't imagine what the debates would look like, but he'd sniff his way through them.

[Renew Deal]

3. Who else with name recognition is running?

Also, how is she the “front runner” when every poll has her behind Biden and others?

[hedda_foil]

5. I said "A" frontrunner, not THE frontrunner.

[FuzzyRabbit]

7. My post was not just about Warren.

It was about how the Trumpsters are organizing to influence any or all of the Democratic candidates.

[Bradshaw3]

10. This article is a great rebuttal to the BS narrative about the DNA test

I meant to post it earlier. Everyone who has bought into the myth that Native Americans were outraged over her DNA test - especially those here on DU - should read it, and watch her video about it. She is a decent, likable, genuine person with a wealth of experience fighting for the average American. She should be at the top of anyone's list when considering nominees for 2020.

[dalton99a]

4. Kick

[Vinca]

6. Trump should consider the idea he won't be around to run for anything in 2020 except

prisoner in charge of the cellblock poker game.

[FuzzyRabbit]

8. We can hope.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Very Nixonian of them

[Qutzupalotl]

11. What's he going to do -- call her Pocahontas again?

Meanwhile she and other candidates can keep lobbing verbal grenades. There’s a LOT to work with.