Elon Musk is shredding Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) with a new nickname after the Democrat levied another tiresome attack against billionaires and business owners who she claims aren’t paying their fair share in taxes.
“Jeff Bezos. Elon Musk. Michael Bloomberg. What’s the thing they all have in common? They all pay less in tax than a Boston public school teacher. That’s not right. And it is why President Biden is taking on the billionaires,” Warren said in a video post on Friday.
That prompted the X owner to fire back and call for the Community Notes account to correct the record.
“Senator Karen Pocahontas,” Musk replied to another user who joked that the senator “would never tell a lie,” referencing her longstanding struggle to explain why she claimed Native American heritage when seeking a position with Harvard University early in her career.
Senator Karen Pocahontas
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 24, 2024
Warren, who ran for president in 2020 only to finish third in her home state, was once a rising star in the Democratic party following her victory over former Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) in 2012. However, the progressive pugilist has since seen her ascendency stall following repeated struggles to explain her claims of Cherokee heritage.
Shortly before kicking off her presidential bid, Sen. Warren released a much-maligned video in which she confirms that a minuscule fraction of her heritage is Native American. Despite making an attempt to put the matter to rest, it only encouraged former President Donald Trump to mock his rival, as he previously did at a ceremony honoring several Navajos who helped soldiers pass coded messages between camps during World War II. Their bravery inspired the 2002 movie “Windtalkers.”
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“You are very, very special people. You were here long before any of us were here, although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her Pocahontas,” Trump said at the 2017 event.
Warren, who is up for reelection in November, carries soft support among Massachusetts voters considering the state’s reliably blue tilt. Polls from early 2023 show just 43% of Massachusetts voters hold a favorable view of the two-term incumbent while 38% disapprove.
John Deaton, a cryptocurrency businessman who has touted his hardscrabble background in the autobiography “Food Stamp Warrior,” launched his campaign against Warren earlier this month. He will likely face one or more lesser-known Republican primary opponents in September.