Elizabeth Warren is having a tough time shaking that whole falsely-claiming-Native-American-heritage-and-using-it-to-further-her-career-while-taking-opportunities-from-actual-Native-Americans thing, but hey, at least she’s got the media on her side.
Warren has personally sought advice from Native American friends on tribal issues & responding to racist attacks re: her ancestry.
Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, chairwoman of Wampanoag tribe, tells me she told her: "I have your back on this one. Swing back." cnn.com/2019/08/18/pol…
“Racist attacks.” Is that what criticism of her shameless lies was?
love how making fun of Sen. Warren for claiming Cherokee heritage when she is anywhere between 1/64th and 1/1024th Native American -- according to a DNA test *she* commissioned and released -- is framed here as a "racist" attack. twitter.com/mj_lee/status/…
Apparently it’s not racist to claim someone else’s culture and heritage as your own, but it’s totally racist to get called out on it. What a time to be alive.
Sorry … how, exactly, is that “fueling racism against Native Americans”?
Seems like the attack if pretty focused on Warren there, not on any actual Native Americans. twitter.com/jbendery/statu…
Hey, Jennifer … think you could direct some of that righteous indignation at Elizabeth Warren? You know, the person who’s actually guilty of racism?
It's racist to mock a white person who falsely claimed Native American ancestry, because she's a Democrat. twitter.com/jbendery/statu…
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Media firefighters apparently have their marching orders.
It's not rocket science. @RepDebHaaland routinely talks about why it's so disrespectful every time Trump or the GOP mocks Pocahontas' name. From one her of her posts on this:
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Nobody is mocking Pocahontas name. This is the issue at heart of Warren's claim. Which is more offensive? Calling a white woman who claimed to be native American a native American name, or a white woman who claimed for decades she was a Cherokee Indian.
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I think you can get why citing a Democrat politician to defend another Democrat is going to be insufficient here. Perhaps you should start by asking Warren what mistakes she claimed she made, as her video which she just removed claimed it vindicated her claims in Law School.
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Yeah, Warren doesn’t really get into any detail about her “mistakes”:
"Like anyone who's been honest with themselves, I know I have made mistakes," Elizabeth Warren tells a Native American forum in Iowa. "I am sorry for harm I have caused. I have listened, and I have learned. A lot."
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"I know I have made mistakes. I am sorry for harm I have caused," Warren begins, touching on her tribal ancestry drama. "I have listened & I have learned a lot. I am grateful for the many convos that we've had together."
Response: solid applause.
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Alleged reporters like Jennifer Bendery seem decidedly incurious about Elizabeth Warren’s offenses.
What tribal ancestry drama? Why is this so hard for people in the news media to answer? twitter.com/jbendery/statu…
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So now she gets credit for apologizing for telling a lie that her supporters still believe. twitter.com/mviser/status/…
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media and warren are trying to push two narratives simultaneously: Warren is apologizing.. for something.. she won't say what.. while her allies in media are claiming mocking the thing she is apologizing for is a racist attack against her.
So which is it?
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Whichever helps Elizabeth Warren. That’s all any of this was ever about.
If I call a Native American person Pocahontas, that would yes be a slur. Is it your editorial opinion that Elizabeth Warren is a Native American? twitter.com/jbendery/statu…
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Seriously?
The GOP's email literally says "Fauxcahontas."
In the subject line. In a glaring headline in the body of the email.
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Yes and it's referring to Elizabeth Warren. Not native peoples. Are you again saying that Elizabeth Warren is therefore a Native American? twitter.com/jbendery/statu…
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Jennifer, this isn't a hard question. They are referring to Warren. The only way this is a racist slur is if Warren is a Native American. Is Elizabeth Warren a Native American, as she claimed on law licenses and through law school? Y/N ?
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Why do you think it's okay to appropriate Native peoples through law school, on law licenses and in a campaign launch video?
One of these things seems like a bigger deal than the other. twitter.com/jbendery/statu…
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Stop. It’s not fair to put Jennifer in this position. She’s clearly not equipped to deal with being asked to explain herself. Guess she has that in common with Elizabeth Warren.
Nobody is mocking Pocahontas' name?
Are you joking?
Have you missed remarks/statements/tweets from the president of the United States?
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If we called Rachel Dolezal “Fauxprah Winfrey,” that would not be making fun of Oprah or her name. I suspect you already recognize this, however.
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They know. Which is why I can't get a single straight forward Yes or no answer from them.
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And you’re not going to get one.
I've said all I have to say.
I'll leave you with this piece we wrote about Trump's constant racism directed at Native people, Native people talking about how it affects them and the relatively little pushback Trump gets for this huffpost.com/entry/trump-na…
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So you refuse to answer a simple question. Is Warren a Native American. Yes or no.
Amazing. twitter.com/jbendery/statu…
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There’s still plenty more media malpractice where all that came from:
Elizabeth Warren addressed the controversy over her past claims of Native American ancestry at a presidential forum on Native American issues on Monday. “I am sorry for harm I have caused," she said. nyti.ms/2z7TjUq
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Great. She sorry sorry for the harm she caused. But is she also sorry for what she did? twitter.com/nytimes/status…
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AP says she "directly" tackled the issue, but she only referred to "mistakes" without specifically saying what she did.
I am more interested in this in a media lens than diagnosing Warren's strange handling of this situation over the years. She gets breaks others don't.
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