Donald Trump has repeatedly called Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas” and it seems she has had enough. Monday morning she tweeted:
“My family (including Fox News-watchers) sat together and talked about what they think of @realDonaldTrump’s attacks on our heritage. And yes, a famous geneticist analyzed my DNA and concluded that it contains Native American ancestry.”
“I get it: @realDonaldTrump is afraid of facts. But I’m not. And the facts are clear. A deep, independent investigation shows my background played no role in any job I got.”
The analysis of Warren’s DNA was done by Carlos D. Bustamante, a Stanford University professor and expert in the field who won a 2010 MacArthur fellowship, also known as a genius grant, for his work on tracking population migration via DNA analysis.
The report goes on to say:
Bustamante calculated that Warren’s pure Native American ancestor appears in her family tree “in the range of 6-10 generations ago.” That timing fits Warren’s family lore, passed down during her Oklahoma upbringing, that her great-great-great-grandmother, O.C. Sarah Smith, was at least partially Native American.
For those questioning the timing of the report, the reporter who wrote about it for the Boston Globe, Annie Linskey, says:
“This is something that at The Globe we’ve been tracking so closely. It’s something I’ve been asking about for weeks and weeks and weeks and really months. I just suspected perhaps they were going to go ahead and do something like this. Elizabeth Warren can be kind of surprising. She is a very strategic thinker.”
Warren released a 5 1/2 minute video talking about why she decided to do the DNA test. It looks like a campaign video and some say it may be the kick off to a 2020 presidential campaign. Watch the full video above. She also says:
“I never expected my family’s story to be used as a racist political joke, but I don’t take any fight lying down. I want you to have the power to fight lies with the truth, so here’s a new site for you to review every document for yourself.”
In the meantime, Warren is also hoping Trump makes good on this promise.
By the way, @realDonaldTrump: Remember saying on 7/5 that you’d give $1M to a charity of my choice if my DNA showed Native American ancestry? I remember – and here's the verdict. Please send the check to the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center: https://t.co/I6YQ9hf7Tv pic.twitter.com/J4gBamaeeo
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) October 15, 2018
Trump obviously forgot his pledge to give Warren a million dollars is on videotape. There is no disputing what he said and yet he is denying it this morning.
President Donald Trump on Sen. Elizabeth Warren releasing the results of her DNA test: "Who cares?"
The results show "strong evidence" Warren had a Native American ancestor dating back several generations, The Boston Globe reported today https://t.co/EOm10j8Yef pic.twitter.com/iVw6tuhWA2
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) October 15, 2018