Republican strategists are reportedly worried Trump already wasted his 'best shot' against Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren.
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President Trump's best strategy for attacking Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)? Racism, apparently.

Trump made an early enemy out of the now-2020 candidate, labeling her "Pocahontas" in an offensive attempt to attack her Native American heritage. Warren's attempt to counter Trump backfired, but she still managed to outride his racist taunts, and now Republican strategists fear Trump wasted his best insults long before Warren was at her peak, The Daily Beast reports.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.