Elizabeth Warren doubles down on Native American ancestry claim, then weasels out of DNA test

Elizabeth Warren doesn’t know when to call it quits.

The Massachusetts Democratic senator reaffirmed her claim of Native American ancestry and refused to take a DNA test during two interviews on Sunday, proclaiming that her alleged heritage is “part of me and nobody’s going to take that part of me away.”

On Sunday morning, Warren’s background was questioned by Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Todd referred to an editorial by the Berkshire Eagle–which has endorsed her–that called on the senator to settle the issue of her ancestry once and for all by taking a DNA test.

“I know who I am. And never used it for anything. Never got any benefit from it anywhere,” Warren told Todd.

She went on to relate her parents’ story.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., a key member of the Banking Committee, expresses her opposition to a move in the Senate to pass legislation that would roll back some of the safeguards Congress put into place after a financial crisis rocked the nation's economy ten years ago, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Warren, who ran for office in the aftermath of the great recession in 2008, serves as ranking member of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) — (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite).

“My mother and daddy were born and raised in Oklahoma. My daddy first saw my mother when they were both teenagers. He fell in love with this tall, quiet girl who played the piano. Head over heels. But his family was bitterly opposed to their relationship because she was part Native American. They eventually eloped.”

Later on Sunday, Warren repeated her defense almost verbatim when Berkshire Eagle editorial and the subject of her ancestry were again brought up during on interview on Fox News Sunday.

“It’s a part of who I am and no one’s ever gonna take that away,” she said.

The Berkshire Eagle wrote last week:

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 19: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks during the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee hearing in the Capitol building on July 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. The hearing dealt with the subject of "Democracy for Sale" and how they feel that the campaign finance system allows foreign governments to buy Influence in the U.S. Elections and what can be done about it. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) — (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images).

“There are now so many commercial DNA heritage-tracking labs in business that they advertise on television. The going rate for one of the most popular tests is $99. All the senator needs to do is spit into a tube, wait a few weeks and get her answer. No matter if the test came up negative or positive, it would constitute a plus for Warren and her political hopes.”

President Trump has repeatedly mocked Warren’s claims of Native American ancestry, frequently referring to her as “Pocahontas.”

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/741240449906663424

Warren listed herself as Native American in order to receive preferential hiring treatment when she applied to become a professor at Harvard Law School.

Cherokee records do not list Warren as a member of the tribe, and a genealogical examination reveals that the senator is descended from Jonathan Crawford, a member of the Tennessee militia who rounded up Cherokees during the infamous Andrew Jackson-ordered Trail of Tears.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., winks as she jokes with other senators on the Senate Banking Committee ahead of a hearing on the nomination of Marvin Goodfriend to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) — (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin).

Warren’s DNA test refusal prompted ridicule on Twitter, including by Donald Trump, Jr.

Why not simply “identify” as Native American. Problem solved. #yourewelcome https://t.co/B1lPmFOEpr

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 11, 2018

Don’t be ridiculous, folks! Elizabeth Warren doesn’t need to prove her Native American heritage with a DNA test. A rain dance will do just fine.

— Sean Spicier (@sean_spicier) March 11, 2018

Sounds a bit like chicken little to me!

— gizmojoe (@gizmojoe) March 12, 2018

One of the greatest starting rotations ever has to be the 1954 Cleveland Indians with Bob Feller, Bob Lemon, Early Wynn and Elizabeth Warren.

— Dennis Miller (@DennisDMZ) March 12, 2018

Elizabeth Warren is refusing to take DNA test to prove Native American ancestry. Theyre $59 Liz. https://t.co/cxiuZq8Rsu

— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) March 12, 2018

Of course she knows she would fail the DNA test. She needs to pay back all $ fraudulently received and spend jail time for her lies to the American public. Americans are fed up with ALL the corrupt politicians

— Rover6s (@Hankus12) March 11, 2018

Right! Like she wouldn’t love the opportunity to prove Trump wrong. You know she had an aide submit her DNA and it came back lily white

— Big Daddy???? /??❄ (@PKopcza) March 11, 2018

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