Elizabeth Warren, perhaps eyeing a 2020 presidential run, is doubling down on her claims of Native American heritage.
“My mother’s family was part Native American. And my daddy’s parents were bitterly opposed to their relationship. So, in 1932, when Mother was 19 and Daddy had just turned 20, they eloped,” she said during a speech delivered at the National Congress of American Indians Wednesday.
“The story they lived will always be a part of me… And no one — not even the president of the United States — will ever take that part of me away.”
Blah, blah, blah, grab the tissue box. Her vague story isn’t going to convince anyone that she hasn’t been lying about her heritage for political gain. President Trump pointed out her duplicity, dubbing her Pocahontas.
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“The joke, I guess, is supposed to be on me,” Warren said. “I get why some people think there’s hay to be made here. You won’t find my family members on any rolls, and I’m not enrolled in a tribe. And I want to make something clear. I respect that distinction. I understand that tribal membership is determined by tribes — and only by tribes.”
Warren has been trotting out her story whenever it was convenient. Claiming her Native American heritage allowed her to stick out from the crowd. She should have just laughed about it after Trump called her out, but instead, she’s still insisting that her family was “part Native American.”
Her speech at the National Congress, however, was well-received.
“For far too long, your story has been pushed aside, to be trotted out only in cartoons and commercials,” Warren told the crowd.
“So I’m here today to make a promise: Every time someone brings up my family’s story, I’m going to use it to lift up the story of your families and your communities.”
(Source: Boston Globe)