Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump continued to mock Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) on Thursday, poking fun at her claims of Native American heritage and saying "she's as Native American as I am."
Asked about Warren at a press conference in North Dakota Thursday, Trump quipped, "Who, Pocahontas?" A reporter called that reference to the famed woman "very offensive."
"Is it offensive? You tell me," Trump said. "Sorry about that." He then referred to her as Pocahontas again without hesitation.
"She is a senator that's highly overrated," Trump said. "She's passed very little legislation. She has been a real disaster for a lot of people, including the Democrats, who frankly can't stand her ... Just ask Hillary Clinton how she likes her."
Trump added he'd debate Warren happily and pointed to his victory in the Massachusetts primary despite Warren's opposition to him. Of course, that was a Republican primary, not a general election.
He then turned to her much-debated heritage. Warren has long claimed she has Cherokee heritage, and it became a dispute in her 2012 U.S. Senate race against Scott Brown.
"She said she was Native American, but she wasn't able to document it," Trump said. "She said, 'Well, I have high cheekbones. You see? I have high cheekbones, so I'm a Native American.' I don't know if you'd call it a fraud or not, but she was able to get into various schools because of the fact she applied as a Native American and probably able to get other things. I think she's as Native American as I am, OK? That I will tell you. But she's a woman that's been very ineffective other than she's got a big mouth."
Warren, a darling of the Democratic Party's far-left flank, and Trump have engaged in a fierce war of words in recent weeks. Warren blasted him in a speech this week as a "money-grubber" with no concern for anyone but himself, while Trump has derided her as "Pocahontas" due to her claiming Native American heritage during her 2012 campaign.
Trump officially clinched the Republican nomination Thursday, although that had been a foregone conclusion for weeks.