The Washington Post Fact Checker found no support for Brown's claims:

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We found no proof that she ever marked a form to tell the schools about her heritage, nor any public evidence that the universities knew about her lineage before hiring her. Still, we found that Warren’s relying on family lore rather than official documentation to make an ethnic claim raised serious concerns about Warren’s judgment.

Trump capitalized on Warren's inability to verify her story with documentation, particularly after Warren questioned his honesty.

Then and again this week, Trump found himself on the receiving end of criticism for his apparent inability to push back on Warren without causing offense.

Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said the president's words suggest that he is out of touch with Native Americans.

Indian Country columnist Ruth Hopkins said Trump is mocking Native American women by invoking Pocahontas, a member of an Algonquian tribe encountered by English captain John Smith on an expedition in Virginia.

And the chief ethics lawyer for former president George W. Bush called out President Trump for his words.

Author and radio host Roben Farzad said someone in the business community would be fired for Trump's actions.

Trump's comment is the latest in a series of recent slights some Native Americans have felt from the Trump administration.

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Trump did not mention Native Americans in his Columbus Day proclamation and instead had a Columbus Day sale to allow customers supportive of the navigator's voyage to purchase the “Make America Great Again” merchandise of their choice for a discounted price.

Native Americans protested his administration's approval of the Dakota Access pipeline, which some argue violates treaties that indigenous groups living on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation signed with the federal government in the 1800s.

And despite all the proclamations to tackle the opioid epidemic, Native American activists say there seems to be no real attempt to target efforts in Native American communities despite their faring the worst of all minority groups, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Trump is not known to back down from criticism that he believes is rooted in political correctness, but maybe he will consider the previous words of a fellow Republican, Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.).

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