2. After becoming a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Warren demanded the University change her faculty listed ethnicity from “white” to “Native American.”
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3. Warren was identified by Harvard Law as a “woman of color.” Harvard promoted Warren’s hire as expanding their campus diversity by hiring a woman with "minority background" onto their faculty.
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4. Warren claimed that her mother and father had to elope due to her mom’s obvious Indian heritage and the white bigotry of her father’s family. Here is a photo of Warren's mom:pic.twitter.com/B2zSHdNkXL
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Here is video of Warren telling this story: "My mom and dad were very much in love and they wanted to get married. My father's parents said 'Absolutely not because she's part Cherokee and Delaware.' After fighting it they eloped."pic.twitter.com/3lGCf9xGmY
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5. Warren submitted multiple recipes for the Indian cookbook “Pow Wow Chow” and signed her name, “Elizabeth Warren - Cherokee”pic.twitter.com/Fr3ECGsUa2
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6. Warren used offensive, racially charged language to defend her claims of Native American heritage, declaring that her family had “high cheekbones” like “all the Indians do.” Here is video of that moment:pic.twitter.com/DzU60yowHe
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7. Warren has now claimed that she *may* have 1/1024th Indian DNA. This is equally problematic since DNA science proves that the average white American has .18% Indian DNA, far more that Warren's .098% (lowest estimate according to study)https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/15/elizabeth-warren-less-native-american-dna/ …
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8. Multiple members of Warren's direct family have disputed her claims of a "proud Native American heritage." They deny the Senator's Indian heritage stories fervently: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/09/15/elizabeth-warren-family-has-mixed-memories-about-heritage/o9oXvDiUMcXiipkyuinU5M/story.html …
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9. Warren's DNA report did not measure actual Native American DNA. The report actually measured Colombian, Mexican and Peruvian DNA. Of which Warren *may* have a tiny, tiny fraction - possibly.pic.twitter.com/SK7LExbawl
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10. It is very difficult to argue that Warren did not commit racial fraud. She used the advantages in the system to advance her career with no evidence (to this day) that she is actually Native American. Democrats defending her behavior on this point is dubious - at best.
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UPDATE: Cherokee Nation says Warren’s DNA test is “wrong” & “dishonors legitimate tribal governments and citizens whose ancestors are well documented and whose heritage is proven. Senator Warren is undermining tribal interests with her continued claims of tribal heritage”pic.twitter.com/oAipLkFo9m
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Trump says he will only believe Warren if she receives an official DNA test from an independent organization, otherwise "She owes the country an apology. What is the percentage? 1/1000th?"
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11. This article about diversity in Ivy League Law Schools classified Elizabeth Warren as Harvard Law's "first woman of color.” Fordham Law Review, 1997pic.twitter.com/fhzTsU6v98
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