Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday released the results of a DNA analysis that she said indicated she has some Native American heritage, a direct rebuttal to President Donald Trump, who has long mocked her ancestral claims and repeatedly referred to her as “Pocahontas.”
The Massachusetts Democrat and potential 2020 presidential contender challenged Trump to make good on his pledge to donate $1 million to charity if she provided proof of Native American heritage, a moment that was caught on video. Trump falsely denied ever making the offer.
The analysis was done by Stanford University professor Carlos D. Bustamante, a prominent expert in the field. He concluded that the great majority of Warren’s ancestry is European but added that the results “strongly support” the existence of a Native American ancestor.
I took this test and released the results for anyone who cares to see because I’ve got nothing to hide. What are YOU hiding, @realDonaldTrump? Release your tax returns – or the Democratic-led House will do it for you soon enough. Tick-tock, Mr President.
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) October 15, 2018
In his report , Bustamante said he analyzed Warren’s sample without knowing the identity of the donor. He concluded that Warren has a pure Native American ancestor who probably lived six to 10 generations ago, and that it was impossible to determine the individual’s tribal connection.
Warren, who has said her Native American roots were part of “family lore,” also released a video produced by her Senate re-election campaign. In it, she said: “The president likes to call my mom a liar. What do the facts say?”
Bustamante replied: “The facts suggest that you absolutely have Native American ancestry in your pedigree.”
Having some memory problems, @realDonaldTrump? Should we call for a doctor?
Here’s something you won’t “forget,” Mr. President: You’re the least popular president in modern history & your allies will go down hard in the midterm elections. 22 days. Tick-tock, tick-tock. pic.twitter.com/53FV0HXGXX
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) October 15, 2018
The analysis is not the first evidence of Warren’s heritage.
An 1894 document previously unearthed by the New England Genealogical Society suggested Warren’s great-great-great-grandmother, O.C. Sarah Smith, was at least partially Native American, making the senator 1/32nd Native American. The genealogy group has said it has no conclusive evidence of her ancestry, and a spokesman said Monday it would not comment on the genetic findings.
However, if Warren’s ancestor had been as much as 10 generations removed, it would make that individual a great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandparent, making her only 1/1,024th Native American, according to Blaine Bettinger, a genealogist and author who specializes in DNA evidence. Such a finding could potentially further excite her critics instead of placating them.
Statement From Boston Globe: “Due to a math error, a story about Elizabeth Warren misstated the ancestry percentage of a potential 10th generation relative. It should be 1/1,024.” – @brookefoxnews
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) October 15, 2018
WATCH: President Trump SLAMS Elizabeth Warren Over Her 1/1024 Native American Background pic.twitter.com/m1k2ei8TGA
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) October 15, 2018
Warren’s effort to address questions about her ancestry and the release of the video are her latest moves telegraphing a likely presidential run in 2020. During the summer she also released a decade worth of tax returns, drawing a contrast with Trump’s unwillingness to release his own tax documents.
The moves seem to anticipate the type of criticism she might face against opponents in a Democratic primary or in a possible general election matchup against Trump.
“She is most clearly doing the things you do if you’re running for president,” said Steve Elmendorf, a Democratic strategist and veteran of presidential campaigns.
To show how in touch the Democrats are with the American people Elizabeth Warren and staff actually thought it would be good to show them that she likely got favorable treatment for her whole life for MAYBE POSSIBLY being 1/1024th Native American. #NotWinning 😂😂😂
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 15, 2018
WATCH: Hilarious video of Elizabeth Warren describing about how hard it was for her “oppressed” parents to get married because her Mom was a “Cherokee Indian.”
🤣😭🤣😭 pic.twitter.com/P7VVYovpsd— Amy (@RightHook99) October 15, 2018
During a recent town hall-style meeting in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Warren said she planned to “take a hard look at running for president,” after next month’s election.
Earlier this year, the senator released personnel files seeking to dispute critics who have alleged that the former Harvard Law School professor advanced her law career with a narrative she is a descendant of Cherokee and Delaware tribes.
Warren has denied using her Native American heritage to gain any advantage.
In an email Monday to supporters, Warren said she “never expected the president of the United States to use my family’s story as a racist political joke against Native American history, culture, and people — over, and over, and over.”
In a tweet directed at Trump, Warren said: “Remember saying on (July 5) that you’d give $1M to a charity of my choice if my DNA showed Native American ancestry?” She went on to request that the president send a check to National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center.
At a summer rally in Montana, the president declared that he would give a million dollars to charity, “paid for by Trump,” if Warren takes the test “and it shows you’re an Indian.”
But when asked by reporters Monday, Trump said, “I didn’t say that.”
Warren, who grew up in Norman, Oklahoma, said her mother and father were forced to elope because of her mother’s heritage.
She faces Republican Geoff Diehl, who co-chaired Trump’s Massachusetts presidential campaign, in the Nov. 6 election.
The DNA analysis was first reported by The Boston Globe.
That @SenWarren had the confidence to release a document saying that she MIGHT be 1/1024 Native American knowing that the media would treat it as a victory tells you everything you need to know about everything.
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) October 15, 2018
(AP)
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He said “shows you’re an Indian.” But she’s not an Indian. She’s a Native American. Surely, she’s not so politically incorrect as to call Native Americans, “Indians.”
The same is probably true of virtually anyone who is “old stock” (arrived in America during the colonial period).
When asked about Warren’s DNA report, the Trumpkopf responded “who cares”?? Well, he is obviously adding senility to his resume since he brought up her claim of Indian ancestry on 64 separate occasions during the campaign. Or maybe this is another case of the Trumpkopfs’ famous comment “don’t believe what your see with your own eyes…”. He later doubled down by denying the offer to donate a million dollars if she could prove Indian ancestry via a DNA test (which she did today).
So the degenerate lying adulterer owes the senator an apology. He demonstrably lied about the million dollar donation.
אפילו אם לא בטל בשישיםת בטח בטל באלף so Warren is making an absolute fool of herself.
Only Trump has the ability to stoop as low as he wishes and those who follow him to match his kindergarten loose big time. Remember the big hands?..
She looks so rediculous claiming any kind of heritage with 1/1024! בטל בשישים ten times over.
She’s history.
Next.
By the way Trimo manages to send so many red herrings to the media that the are loosing touch with the earth shaking differences he is making in tgis country. America will never be the same for years to cone. The momentum is on. I’m fully behind him no matter what I think of his impossible behavior.
Go Trum go!
She lied about being a Native American. If anyone with that amount of Native American ancestry can claim scholarship money for it, then you might be surprised to learn that an enormous number of whites, for example, have some genes of African origin. Does that make them African Americans? I agree with Trump. Family lore is one thing. In her case it is irrelevant to the discussion and “who cares” is absolutely correct. Warrren is just a typical left wing radical selfish liar.
She’s proud of the 1/1028 chance of Indian in her when most whites in the USA have MORE than that in their blood?!?
What about the fact that the tester didn’t use any real Indians as a sample???
Bottom line is… She’s still FAUXCAHONTAS!!!!!
To all the cookoo lefties here, she .1% native american. Somewhere up your blood line, you could probably be that related to say, Attila the Hun, or Achashveirosh. I think Boreing said it best, and you just prove his point. Sheesh, lefties are truly unhinged.
Senator Warren didn’t claim to be Geronimo, she said her family had a “mesorah” that there was some native American relation in their family. The degenerate lying adulterer called her a liar and now it’s proven.
to rt, katenhatorah & Co ..anybody can explain why those who hate Pres. Trump are also on the other side, you know kat semol, samech mem,when it comes to Torah haskofos..like seprate busses, support for dor mabil practices, anti live kapores, metzitze b’peh etc..the teritz is pashute…. By the way rt,katen hatorah & Co when its good for you you over dramatize ‘the
torah way’ like lashon horah sinas chinom ahavas yisroel (for apikorsim like these ‘movements’ when actually the halacha by them is the opposite see chapter 156 shulchen urech thats its a mitzvah to be mefarsem oivrei aveirah and to talk publicly against them..anyway..al pi torah your not allowed to talk so disrepectfully on a leader of a country . See shemos when g-d told moshe to be respectful to paroh. So mr not so frummies when its good for you, what heter do you have to denigrate this pres..democracy doesnt apply here