Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) will announce Saturday she's officially running for president with a speech in Lawrence, Massachusetts, but she'll do it after another week of controversy surrounding her longtime claims of Native American ancestry.
The latest blow: The Washington Postreporting Warren wrote "American Indian" as her race for her State Bar of Texas registration card in 1986. It marked the first known example of Warren making such a claim in her own handwriting. She apologized Tuesday in response to the report for identifying herself with that race, both then and when she taught law at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania.
This followed her widely panned DNA test release in October, which was intended to offset criticisms by President Donald Trump to prove her claims of Native ancestry. She wound up having to apologize to the Cherokee Nation for "causing confusion on tribal sovereignty and tribal citizenship," according to a tribal spokeswoman.
Here's a timeline of key moments and quotes in Warren's saga of claims to Native American ancestry.
1984: Warren contributes five recipes to a "Pow Wow Chow" cookbook in Oklahoma and is identified as "Cherokee" under each of them.
April 18, 1986: Warren lists her race as "American Indian" on her State Bar of Texas registration card. She does so by writing the words out in blue ink.
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I wish i could have used the "I'm sorry" plea every time my parents caught me doing something wrong.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that every single politician get's a away with bad behavior as long as they do a mea culpa after the fact.
She purposeful and willingly falsified legal documents to further her legal and political career and no one seems to give a 'soaring eagle' about it.
Think about that the next time you get pulled over:
"I'm sorry officer. I really am"
"Ok, you seem sincere. Go ahead. Drive carefully. Have a nice day"
There is no controversy. She isn't a Native American, she perpetuated a lie for decades and she was given credit for something she didn't deserve.
ReplyDeleteWhat's scary is the people who want her.
ReplyDeleteWhy isn't she being charged with fraud?
ReplyDeleteDidn't she make her money flipping houses?
ReplyDeleteShe is as much a Native American as Obama was American.
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ReplyDeleteShe's just been a public and professional liar for nearly 40 years. She has no shame.