Posted on 10/16/2018 9:21:14 AM PDT by nikos1121
Three things are true about Elizabeth Warrens five-minute video debunking Donald Trumps claim that shes lying about her Native American roots. First, its a terrific introduction to her family history. Second, it wont change any Republican minds. And third, that doesnt matter. Its aimed squarely at Democrats and the mediaand yes, its an early salvo in what will certainly be a crowded Democratic presidential primary.
Ive sworn I would ignore 2020 politics until after the 2018 midterms, and that I will resist endorsing a Democrat as long as is humanly (for me) possible. With this piece, Im breaking the first promise, but not the second. Yes, please, pay way more attention to this Novembers races, up and down your local ballot, than you do to parsing a geneticists assertion that Warrens DNA sample provides strong evidence of Native American ancestry. And no, Im not endorsing Warren by saying this is a great and moving video. There are a lot of fantastic progressive Democrats likely to run for president. We can talk about that later. We most certainly will.
But what matters today, on the eve of these all-important midterms, is that Warren is showing Democratsand the mediathat she knows how to fight. She wont let Trump define her as either a faux Native American, an Ivy League elitist, or a liar.
(Excerpt) Read more at thenation.com ...
Dont worry, its herself and the rest of us that are defining her.
Yeah, she can make an ass of herself all on her own.
Was the guy in those commecials actually Native? I seem to remember reading he wasn’t. That’d be irony too I guess.
She doesn't need Donald Trump to make her look bad, Joan.
No, she's doing a fine job of destroying her I'm-a-Native-American claim all on her own.
He was Italian.
This is a barf alert if I've ever seen one. How can you write this stuff, when the evidence is so overwhelmingly clear that this lady is a fraud.
The only answer is that the article was written long before the video.
Surely they are NOT going to vote this lady in again, are they?
“Elizabeth Warren Will Not Let Donald Trump Define Her”
She’s doing SUCH a good job at that herself. After you self-identify as a moron, there’s no where else to go.
So she's pre-empted him by doing all three herself.
I thought the DNA showed she was 0.09% South or North American. Whatever that means.
Trump is helping Warren define her real self.
The Great Unmasker strikes again
Elizabeth Warren Will Not Let Donald Trump Define Her
No the DNA test did.
She has done more to expose identity politics and Affirmative action fraud than anyone person in recent memory
Ive sworn I would ignore 2020 politics until after the 2018 midterms, and that I will resist endorsing a Democrat as long as is humanly (for me) possible. With this piece, Im breaking the first promise...
Yes, the premise is wrong. She has become a laughing stock and it will only get worse.
I honestly think history will show that this event is what ended her 15 minutes. And the longer this plays, the dumber she looks - as to any leftists still trying to argue her claims are now proven to be accurate.
Not because its blowing up in her face, but because it has been a turd in the punchbowl just as they are rolling up to the midterms.
Even dyed in the wool Dems in MA have to be laughing at this.
Not because its blowing up in her face, but because it has been a turd in the punchbowl just as they are rolling up to the midterms.
Yep. When even CNN is saying you “may have” done more harm that good, you know you made a boo-boo.
“As for #1, that doesn’t qualify you as Native American under the rules of any tribe in the country, and her 1.6% Native DNA suggests that no tribe ever would declare her a member.”
You are apparently incorrect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_freedmen_controversy
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