Trump, Warren Launch Into Twitter Brawl

Donald Trump Friday night targeted Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren through tweets and in a speech where he labeled her as "goofy," leading the progressive Democrat to launch into a scorched-earth, late-night tweetstorm against the presumptive GOP nominee.

Friday night, Trump, responding to Warren's tweets earlier in the week calling him "narcissistic and racist," said he hopes "corrupt" Hillary Clinton picks "goofy" Warren as her vice president:

I hope corrupt Hillary Clinton chooses goofy Elizabeth Warren as her running mate. I will defeat them both.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 6, 2016

He went on to call her a "fraud" over her statements about having a Native American background:

Let’s properly check goofy Elizabeth Warren’s records to see if she is Native American. I say she’s a fraud!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 6, 2016

He also called her Clinton's "flunky":

Goofy Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton’s flunky, has a career that is totally based on a lie. She is not Native American.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 6, 2016

And said he was driving her "nuts":

Goofy Elizabeth Warren and her phony Native American heritage are on a Twitter rant. She is too easy! I'm driving her nuts.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2016

Then, he called her "weak and ineffective:"

Goofy Elizabeth Warren is weak and ineffective. Does nothing. All talk, no action -- maybe her Native American name?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2016

Trump's Twitter attacks came after a fiery speech he made in Oregon, where he ridiculed Warren by calling her "goofy," a "goofus," and "a basket case" who had done nothing in the Senate.

Warren first started facing questions about her Native American ancestry during her 2012 Senate campaign, after being listed as having that ancestry at Harvard University.

But Warren Friday night didn't take Trump's speech or tweets lightly, firing off a series of a dozen tweets of her own that ridiculed him for the use of the word "goofy," called him a "bully," and much more.

First, she said Trump is "lame":

I called out @realDonaldTrump on Tuesday. 45 million saw it. He's so confident about his "counter punch" he waited until Friday night. Lame.

— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) May 7, 2016

Then, "weak":

“Goofy,” @realDonaldTrump? For a guy with "the best words" that’s a pretty lame nickname. Weak!

— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) May 7, 2016

Ridiculed him on his "birther" claims against President Barack Obama:

We saw what happened when birthers like @realDonaldTrump attacked @BarackObama. They lost big. American voters knew better.

— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) May 7, 2016

And, concluding several other tweets in which she called him a "liar" and taunted him for using the attacks that were first tried by ex-Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, against her, wrapped up the storm by tweeting:

No, @realDonaldTrump - your racism, sexism & xenophobia doesn't drive me nuts. It makes me sick. And I'm not alone.

— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) May 7, 2016

Such attacks just solidify Trump's message, radio show host and Trump surrogate Scottie Nell Hughes told CNN Saturday morning.

"She was on Twitter for hours attacking Mr. Trump," Hughes said. "That's what all these people have not figured out, people like President Obama and Paul Ryan and Hillary Clinton and now Elizabeth Warren, that solidified his message."

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