On Wednesday night, a Cherokee genealogist told Fox News host Tucker Carlson that there is no proof Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren is Native American, despite her persistent claims.
Genealogist Twila Barnes told Carlson that Warren is “not enrolled” with the tribe.
“She has no family on the rolls, she has no indication of Indian ancestry anywhere in her lineage,” explained Barnes.
Warren has long asserted that she has Native American ancestry, a claim which helped her secure a “diversity hire” position at Harvard Law School. But the senator has refused to prove the dubious claim, aside from discussing her family’s alleged “high cheek bones” and a cookbook called “Pow Wow Chow.” Warren has been asked multiple times to prove her ethnicity with a simple DNA test; that, too, she has refused.
Detailing her family’s alleged history of oppression as Native people, Warren claimed her parents were forced to elope because of her mother’s supposed Native heritage.
Barnes says this is highly unlikely.
Pauline and Donald Herring, Warren’s parents, were wed in a small ceremony by a prominent Oklahoma minister whom Barnes said would not participate in an elopement ceremony.
“She has no proof of anything and she’s a lawyer,” stated the genealogist.
Carlson asked Barnes how other Natives in Oklahoma felt about the senator’s claims.
Barnes said most find the claim so outlandish that they find it comical, but others feel as though she’s “appropriated” their heritage for personal gain.
“It’s identity theft,” said Carlson.
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