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Elizabeth Warren scrubs website of Cherokee ancestry claims
Quote:Elizabeth Warren’s team removed the parts of her campaign website that included her controversial claims of having Native American heritage, including DNA test results that showed she had only minuscule amounts of Indian ancestry.

Warren’s website until Sunday included a video of the Massachusetts Democratic senator getting the results of the DNA test, showing that she had between 1/64th and 1/1024th Native American ancestry, The Daily Caller reported.

Warren at the time said the results proved her claims throughout her academic career that she has Cherokee ancestry, a claim the Oklahoma native said was based on “family lore.”

The claims — and shaky DNA test results — prompted ridicule and charges that she was trying to advance her career by claiming to be a member of a minority group.

President Trump has repeatedly called her “Pocahontas,” which some Native American leaders have called a racist slur.

CNN reported Sunday that her campaign planned to scrub parts of Warren’s website about her heritage in an effort to reboot her campaign as she has risen in the polls.

The network said Warren had met with Native American leaders, and apologized in private for exaggerating her ancestry claims.

Warren addressed the controversy during a speech Monday at a Native American forum in Sioux City, Iowa.

“I am sorry for harm I have caused. I have listened and I have learned a lot, and I am grateful for the many conversations that we’ve had together,” she said.

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RE: Elizabeth Warren scrubs website of Cherokee ancestry claims
Yea but the internet doesn't forget...
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RE: Elizabeth Warren scrubs website of Cherokee ancestry claims
(08-20-2019 11:38 AM)gdunn Wrote:  Yea but the internet doesn't forget...

Neither does Trump
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