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Fucking fraud, why can't liberals just be who they are? It's a genetic thing, no pun actually intended
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Many Native Americans take exception to anyone who claims to be part Indian, especially for political purposes, without having proven links to a specific tribe. Sen. Elizabeth Warren did just that on Monday but the Massachsetts Democrat isn't ready to concede that releasing a report about her own DNA backfired
[h=2]Elizabeth Warren says she should have been clear that she's not an ACTUAL tribe member as she fights backlash against DNA test showing she might be 1,024th American Indian[/h]
- Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren released the results of a DNA analysis on Monday showing she has a distant Native American ancestor
- Donald Trump mocked the exercise on Tuesday, calling it 'a scam and a lie'
- He also thanked the Cherokee Nation for siding against her
- 'Using a DNA test to lay claim to any connection to the Cherokee Nation or any tribal nation, even vaguely, is inappropriate and wrong,' the tribe said
- Warren could have as little as 1/1,024th American Indian blood, according to a Stanford professor's conclusions
- Despite howls from the right, she tells The Boston Globe that releasing an analysis of her own DNA wasn't a mistake
- Warren did concede, however, that she should have clarified that she's not a member of an actual Indian tribe
- She is ineligible for Cherokee citizenship because her ancestors aren't listed in 100-year-old government documents called the Dawes Rolls
[h=1]Why Many Native Americans Are Angry With Elizabeth Warren[/h]
