Senator Elizabeth Warren wasted no time firing back at President Donald Trump after he insulted her native American heritage again in the wake of a DNA test proving that her family hasn’t been lying all these years.
Warren revealed the results of a DNA test this month proving that she, indeed, does have Native American ancestry.
The results came as an embarrassment to Trump, who has frequently attacked Warren and mocked her claim, even going so far as to repeatedly refer to her as “Pocahontas,” and once offered $1 million to charity if she took a test that confirmed her ancestry.
Rather than acknowledge that he just got his ass handed to him by science, Trump took to Twitter to attack Warren by claiming that her DBA test is “bogus” and cited a statement by the Cherokee Nation, which Trump used as fodder to continue insulting her.
Pocahontas (the bad version), sometimes referred to as Elizabeth Warren, is getting slammed. She took a bogus DNA test and it showed that she may be 1/1024, far less than the average American. Now Cherokee Nation denies her, “DNA test is useless.” Even they don’t want her. Phony!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2018
Now that her claims of being of Indian heritage have turned out to be a scam and a lie, Elizabeth Warren should apologize for perpetrating this fraud against the American Public. Harvard called her “a person of color” (amazing con), and would not have taken her otherwise!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2018
Thank you to the Cherokee Nation for revealing that Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to as Pocahontas, is a complete and total Fraud!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2018
Frankly, the Cherokee Nation should be ashamed of itself for giving Trump ammunition to continue his racist attacks.
Even Warren herself made no claim that she is part of the Cherokee tribe, only that she does, in fact, have Native American ancestry.
I won’t sit quietly for @realDonaldTrump‘s racism, so I took a test. But DNA & family history has nothing to do with tribal affiliation or citizenship, which is determined only – only – by Tribal Nations. I respect the distinction, & don’t list myself as Native in the Senate.
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) October 15, 2018
If anything, the Cherokee Nation should be directing their outrage at Trump, who has repeatedly insulted Native Americans across the country with racism, not to mention the fact that the Supreme Court just paved the way for Native Americans to be disenfranchised thanks to newest Justice Brett Kavanaugh, whom Trump nominated to the high court.
DNA tests are a legitimate tool for discovering ancestry. To deny it, denies science and legitimizes Trump’s attacks.
Warren soon fired back against Trump on Twitter.
Millions of people watched you, @realDonaldTrump, as you fumbled and lied on your $1 million pledge. It then took a day for your handlers to tee up this recycled racist name-calling. You’ve lost a step, and in 21 days, you’re going to lose Congress.
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) October 16, 2018
In the meantime, thank you to everyone who donated to NIWRC yesterday. For anyone who hasn’t had a chance to check out their important work fighting violence against Native women, here’s that link again. @realDonaldTrump won’t help – but we can. https://t.co/QWGtEknsN4
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) October 16, 2018
Warren has every right to take a DNA test to discover her ancestry and share it with the public, especially since conservatives have been calling her a liar and demanding she prove her claims. The Cherokee Nation should have applauded her for taking on her critics. Instead, they gave Trump another excuse to attack her and opened themselves up to ridicule.
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