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TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts) Wed Aug 15, 2018, 01:59 PM Aug 2018

I have a question re: Elizabeth Warren and her heritage claim. [View all]

First, let me state that she is my Senator and I think she has done a fine job. I am quite confident she will win again in November, but we live in strange times, so I take nothing for granted.

What puzzles me is why she won't submit to a test to confirm her Native American heritage/ ancestry. I have no reason to doubt her, but until it is dispelled once and for all it is lingering fodder for the right wingers to use against her. One of her potential republican challengers is a genuine nutcase that is backed by the ugliest of the ugly Trump mob. Heaven forbid he ever get elected.

I hear the insults aimed at her everywhere I go, my TrumpBot BIL from Florida even started in over the weekend before I shut him down, it seems she could end this ongoing crapola with a simple blood/DNA test, and I really wish she would take action to shut this "fake indian - Pocahontas - Lieawatha - High Cheekbones" thing down once and for all.

I understand the "Why should she have to prove anything to them" argument, but I just wish this BS would be taken off the table for good.

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I have a question re: Elizabeth Warren and her heritage claim. [View all] TheCowsCameHome Aug 2018 OP

She would be giving in to the bullies ProudLib72 Aug 2018 #1

She would just be accused of submitting someone else's DNA or presenting falsified report. TheBlackAdder Aug 2018 #45

Right, because releasing his birth certificate certainly stopped all the "birther" conspiracy talk hlthe2b Aug 2018 #2

+1 demigoddess Aug 2018 #4

Exactly!! InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2018 #38

Yep. hunter Aug 2018 #62

If I am right Soxfan58 Aug 2018 #3

Perhaps she has had such a test done and the results weren't compelling. stopbush Aug 2018 #5

Exactly bluescribbler Aug 2018 #34

Right d_r Aug 2018 #51

Because regardless of the results - those insults will continue. Look at Trump and the Birthers. salin Aug 2018 #6

Because it's a spurious accusation gratuitous Aug 2018 #7

DNA may not show her Native American ancestry csziggy Aug 2018 #8

I have a friend who has traced his lineage -- on both sides -- back five or six generations. rsdsharp Aug 2018 #15

my biological father was Dutch and my DNA shows English, too n/t Blaukraut Aug 2018 #23

Has he considered that his ancestors could have moved from England? csziggy Aug 2018 #28

Old saying from when I grew up. Scruffy1 Aug 2018 #31

To try to get a clue about one of my brick walls in my genealogy csziggy Aug 2018 #44

I am legally 1/8 Cherokee. It's verified by a long tribal process. displacedtexan Aug 2018 #35

Exactly! 2naSalit Aug 2018 #57

Yes. My childhood was like Sen. Warren's. Credible NA heritage. nolabear Aug 2018 #43

Sounds similar shanti Aug 2018 #63

isn't it interesting that the descendents of the original inhabitants of this country are the niyad Aug 2018 #9

Likely because the results won't do her any favors. Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #10

I recently read about the Lumbee Retrograde Aug 2018 #55

There would be a conspiracy around the DNA test or not enough native blood lunasun Aug 2018 #11

Interesting; I had not seen that article. Thanks. Oops-- spooky3 Aug 2018 #21

There is a problem testing for Native American dna. Please read the article below. Very informative minoan Aug 2018 #12

Good info Bradshaw3 Aug 2018 #30

Would you like to be tested to prove you are caucasian? redstatebluegirl Aug 2018 #13

I agree with other replies. Also, spooky3 Aug 2018 #14

I agree but... lame54 Aug 2018 #18

And if the test doesn't go her way? lame54 Aug 2018 #16

All my life, my parents told me that I was part Native American on my father's side. Lisa0825 Aug 2018 #17

If you had siblings who were tested they might have gotten different results. pnwmom Aug 2018 #52

If your question is anything other than "Why the fuck is this even an issue"... TygrBright Aug 2018 #19

Right on. Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #24

This flotsam Aug 2018 #20

Must be bored today. Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #22

Because it's a lose lose proposition Blaukraut Aug 2018 #25

My understanding of this issue gibraltar72 Aug 2018 #26

Why should she? That's intrusive and she is under no obligation to prove her heritage.... George II Aug 2018 #27

How many other candidates? Barack Obama. Plus anybody running against an anti-Semite ... Hekate Aug 2018 #40

Did you ever read the kid's book, "If you give a mouse a cookie"? FSogol Aug 2018 #29

cool story bro ! stonecutter357 Aug 2018 #32

A DNA test would not necessarily prove yes or no on her heritage. yellerpup Aug 2018 #33

You could have parents who are both half Italian Rustynaerduwell Aug 2018 #36

Fuck Republicans. Stop playing their stupid games. Call the media out on it. Yavin4 Aug 2018 #37

+100% and then some!!! oasis Aug 2018 #50

Like Obama was supposed to produce his birth certificate? It is an outrageous demand... Hekate Aug 2018 #39

Because she's not culturally Native American at all and the whole thing was a bad idea Recursion Aug 2018 #41

a) It's HER business not our b) caving into bullies is wrong & c) DNA for ANY ethnicity... WePurrsevere Aug 2018 #42

SAFE DEM DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #46

The tests aren't accurate for smaller percents of racial groups, and she was only claiming pnwmom Aug 2018 #47

Because DNA testing isn't the magic answer ancestry.com Retrograde Aug 2018 #48

I grew up hearing that I had cherokee and black foot in my family heritage. honeylady Aug 2018 #49

Are you serious? jcgoldie Aug 2018 #53

That's the fundamental flaw in your premise. LanternWaste Aug 2018 #54

+ a gazillion Retrograde Aug 2018 #58

President Obama publicized his birth certificate and look how arthritisR_US Aug 2018 #56

The Cherokee Nation wants a paper trail to prove relation to someone on the Dawes Commission Roll tirebiter Aug 2018 #59

Maybe because she didn't claim to be Native American. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2018 #60

Probably because she figured out her ancestors were lying to her MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #61

Warren's clame to Native American ancestry. Arkansaw Aug 2018 #64

Thanks, and welcome to posting (I see you've been spooky3 Aug 2018 #67

A couple of my ancestors had the Mormons baptizing imaginary dead people. hunter Aug 2018 #65

She's white. Everyone knows...including her. nt LexVegas Aug 2018 #66

Warren has probably realized by now that being NA Raine Aug 2018 #68