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Other nations were represented by code talkers. again, to slur the history of the code talkers or any service person is totally uncalled for. and he knew exactly what he was doing. >> mr. begaye in our remaining seconds, what do you want from the president? do you want an apology? >> i would like for the president to first continue honoring the code talkers, our veterans. and he needs to stand by the armed forces, by our veterans, especially war heroes that really made a contribution to this country, to the freedom that we enjoy and he needs to put it in his mind and in his head that these are...

People and a slight against our heroes, and maybe people also have their heroes, and these were some of them that were represented. when it comes to the code talkers, there were various tribes that had code talkers and not just the navajo, and that having been said again, he's politicizing this racial slur, and it's something that is totally unacceptable to our people, and we feel slighted for having done that. we have to hold this president accountable for what he says. i heard a comment a while ago that the american people need to take a selfie to realize what they are doing and why they sti...

>> there was an event today called by the president of the united states ostensibly to thank the very brave navajo code talkers for their service. elizabeth warren was not there. she did not issue some statement endorsing the event based on her native american history. she had nothing to do with it. and he brought her and that offensive slur into the debate. she had nothing -- if she had put out a statement beforehand -- >> so it's okay for her to pretend that she's native american? >> first of all, she does not contend she pretended. and i believe her, but that's a red herring. it's a distrac...

Talking about this gaffe. so let's say a word about the code talkers. a lot of folks are familiar with the raising of the flag at iwo jima. everyone's seen this statue. if it weren't for the code talkers that were there, we would not have taken iwo jima. so tonight, i thought i would take a few seconds and talk about the whole reason for the event, which it's too bad, but the code talkers -- look, there aren't that many left. >> i think this is totally political correctness run amok here. i've got to disagree with what you're saying. >> of course you do. >> the whole reason we're having this c...

Has used this line to insult elizabeth warren. and during the campaign when he did it, he also faced criticism. so with that in mind, what do you think -- why then do you think the president brought this up during this event to honor navaho code talkers? >> well, it appears that he, like many individuals, takes every opportunity to take a swipe at his opponents, and unfortunately, has not learned the lesson that is, indeed, insulting to the very racial group that -- from which these code talkers have come. my prayer is that he sees this as an opportunity to make a change in that, that the repe...