President Trump said Monday that he’s not ready to pay off on a $1 million bet that a DNA test would not show Sen. Elizabeth Warren had Native American ancestors.
Mrs. Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat who has long been criticized for claiming Native American heritage, took a DNA test that showed she had anywhere between 0.03 an 3 percent.
“How much? One one-thousandth?” Mr. Trump said when asked about the DNA test. “I don’t owe her. She owes the country and apology.”
Mr. Trump said he wouldn’t pay off on the bet, which he pledged to give to charity, unless he could personally verify the results.
“I’ll only do it if I can test her personally. That will not be something I enjoy either,” the president said.
Mr. Trump frequently mocks Mrs. Warren, who is eyeing a 2020 run for the White House, nicknaming her “Pocahontas.”
Mrs. Warner needled Mr. Trump on Twitter.
“Remember saying on 7/5 that you’d give $1M to a charity of my choice if my DNA showed Native American ancestry?” she wrote. “I remember—and here’s the verdict.”
• S.A. Miller can be reached at smiller@washingtontimes.com.
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