Steve Kelley shows exactly what is wrong with dishonest CONservative pundits. Donald Trump lied about Obama’s birth, peddling Jerome Corsi’s absurd birther story for years. Donald Trump has put Russian interests ahead of American interests, betrayed the public trust, violated emoluments, laundered money, used stolen property to get elected, paid hush money to porn stars and been credibly accused by almost twenty women of serious sexual assault, yet he is still there and Steve Kelley never even attempts to hold his St Donald accountable.
Elizabeth Warren was wrong to identify as Native American on a form 33 years ago. Having one known, named Indigenous American ancestor from many generations back is part of her family story and backed up by DNA, but does not qualify for tribal affiliation. She has honored her family story, and acknowledged where she misinterpreted how that applies in forms from many decades in the past.
But FACTS matter and here are some FACTS that no one has disputed:
1. Warren has only repeated the family lore she heard growing up in Oklahoma, where Indigenous tribes were nearby and intermarriage was common, that she had ONE specific NAMED indigenous American ancestor (O.C. Sarah Smith), her maternal great-great-great-grandmother.
2. Because of that single ethnic “impurity” in her mother’s distant background, her father’s family rejected her mother. Her mother and father eloped anyway, and her father remained estranged from his family. This is what Warren grew up with as the family dynamic she lived with.
3. Warren has told this story all her life, to explain her visceral repudiation of racism. But while she identified as American Indian, she has NEVER attempted to claim any specific tribal affiliation nor sought (nor received) any kind of benefit whatsoever.
4. The DNA test is 100% consistent with Warren’s claim of ONE SINGLE indigenous American ancestor five generations earlier who is identified and has a name.
Steve Kelley shows exactly what is wrong with dishonest CONservative pundits. Donald Trump lied about Obama’s birth, peddling Jerome Corsi’s absurd birther story for years. Donald Trump has put Russian interests ahead of American interests, betrayed the public trust, violated emoluments, laundered money, used stolen property to get elected, paid hush money to porn stars and been credibly accused by almost twenty women of serious sexual assault, yet he is still there and Steve Kelley never even attempts to hold his St Donald accountable.
Elizabeth Warren was wrong to identify as Native American on a form 33 years ago. Having one known, named Indigenous American ancestor from many generations back is part of her family story and backed up by DNA, but does not qualify for tribal affiliation. She has honored her family story, and acknowledged where she misinterpreted how that applies in forms from many decades in the past.
But FACTS matter and here are some FACTS that no one has disputed:
1. Warren has only repeated the family lore she heard growing up in Oklahoma, where Indigenous tribes were nearby and intermarriage was common, that she had ONE specific NAMED indigenous American ancestor (O.C. Sarah Smith), her maternal great-great-great-grandmother.
2. Because of that single ethnic “impurity” in her mother’s distant background, her father’s family rejected her mother. Her mother and father eloped anyway, and her father remained estranged from his family. This is what Warren grew up with as the family dynamic she lived with.
3. Warren has told this story all her life, to explain her visceral repudiation of racism. But while she identified as American Indian, she has NEVER attempted to claim any specific tribal affiliation nor sought (nor received) any kind of benefit whatsoever.
4. The DNA test is 100% consistent with Warren’s claim of ONE SINGLE indigenous American ancestor five generations earlier who is identified and has a name.