President Trump on Tuesday thanked the Cherokee Nation for exposing Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren as “a complete and total Fraud.”
Mr. Trump mocked the Massachusetts senator as “Pocahontas (the bad version)” and demanded she apologize “for perpetrating this fraud against the American Public.”
Pocahontas (the bad version), sometimes referred to as Elizabeth Warren, is getting slammed. She took a bogus DNA test and it showed that she may be 1/1024, far less than the average American. Now Cherokee Nation denies her, “DNA test is useless.” Even they don’t want her. Phony!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2018
Now that her claims of being of Indian heritage have turned out to be a scam and a lie, Elizabeth Warren should apologize for perpetrating this fraud against the American Public. Harvard called her “a person of color” (amazing con), and would not have taken her otherwise!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2018
SEE ALSO: Elizabeth Warren DNA test prompts Cherokee backlash
Thank you to the Cherokee Nation for revealing that Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to as Pocahontas, is a complete and total Fraud!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2018
Ms. Warren publicly released the results of a DNA test that concluded there was “strong evidence” she had an ancestor tracing back anywhere from six to 10 generations who was Native American.
After mathematical errors, The Boston Globe — which was given Ms. Warren’s results first — now calculated that she could be between 1/64th (1.5 percent) and 1/1024th (.09 percent) Native American.
The average European American has about .18 percent Native American DNA.
The Cherokee Nation Secretary of State Chuck Hoskin Jr. slammed Ms. Warren’s use of a DNA test and said it “undermined tribal interests.”
“A DNA test is useless to determine tribal citizenship,” Mr. Hoskin said. “Using a DNA test to lay claim to any connection to the Cherokee Nation or any tribal nation, even vaguely, is inappropriate and wrong.”
Cherokee Nation responds to release of Senator Warren’s DNA test. pic.twitter.com/UUB8LSvmyo
— CherokeeNation (@CherokeeNation) October 15, 2018
• Valerie Richardson contributed to this article.
• Gabriella Muñoz can be reached at gmunoz@washingtontimes.com.
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