President Donald Trump’s remarks about tossing a DNA test at U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren during a hypothetical debate have not sat well with some top Bay State Republicans, including one who is running to defeat the Cambridge Democrat.
For years Warren has faced controversy over identifying herself as of American Indian heritage, including listing herself as a minority in an Association of American Law Schools legal directory. Warren addressed the issue in a speech in February in which she said that although she is not a member of any tribe, she learned of her Native American heritage growing up in Oklahoma.
Warren appears to be racially white, and Trump has regularly mocked her over her undocumented ancestry claims, calling her Pocahontas.
At a July 5 campaign stop in Montana, the president joked that he would toss a DNA kit at the senator if the two meet on a debate stage, and offer her $1 million if she was able to demonstrate American Indian ancestry.
“We have to do it gently, because we’re in the me-too generation, so we have to be very gentle. And we will very gently take that kit and we will slowly toss it — hoping it doesn’t hit her and injure her arm, even though it only weighs probably two ounces — and we will say, ‘I will give you a million dollars to your favorite charity, paid for by Trump, if you take the test and it shows you’re an Indian,'” Trump said to laughter and applause.
“I know what he’s trying to do. He’s trying to bully me and he’s trying to bully women all across this country,” Warren responded on Greater Boston on WGBH Channel 2 on Monday night. Asked by host Jim Braude why she didn’t submit to a genetic test to put the issue to rest, Warren said, “Why not just give into a bully? And get it off the table? Because that’s not how you deal with bullies.”
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6 comments:
Lets tell the truth,she wants the tax cut rescinded because her rich friends are paying more taxes.
She's either cheated for 30+ years or she hasn't. She refuses to do the DNA study to verify her longstanding claim. Draw your own conclusions.
NO, Not bullying all women, just taunting a liar into proving her claim...she will NEVER allow this test, again; because she's a liar.
I probably have more Indian blood in me than there is in her, and I know I only have 0.01%.
Make that Fauxcahontas!
It's like refusing to take a lie detector test. If you are truly innocent take the test. If you have something to hide, well. Walks like a duck, swims like a duck, quacks like a duck, good probability it's a duck.
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