Donald Trump owes Senator Elizabeth Warren an apology and $1 Million to her charity
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/elizabeth-warren-to-trump-pay-up-on-1-million-native-american-dna-pledge
Donald Trump's lie about his challenge to Senator Elizabeth Warren, when he wrongly challenged her Native American ancestry, has caused Orange Man to turn green with shame.
In fact, the hideous face of shame is now the ultimate presidential campaign ad. Senator Warren now has instant name recognition and Donald Trump is on the record for adding yet another lie to his daunting list. (The Toronto Star keeps track!)
Reported in Roll Call Politics by Emily Kopp:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is asking Donald Trump to make good on a $1 million bet, but Trump’s memory of the bet is fuzzy.
Trump promised to donate $1 million to the charity of Warren’s choice if she released the results of a genetic test that proved Native American heritage. Trump has claimed Warren used a false story of Native American heritage to further her career as a professor at Harvard Law. On Monday Warren released the results of a test administered by an genetics expert showing a Native American ancestor within six to ten generations of the senator.
Warren has since asked Trump to donate to the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, whose missionis to “enhance the safety of Native women and their children.”
Trump, who often refers to Warren as “Pocahontas,” denied he made the bet in a gaggle with reporters Monday.
But Trump made headlines at a rally in July for this taunt: “I’m going to get one of those little kits and in the middle of the debate when she proclaims she’s of Indian heritage because her mother said she has high cheekbones.”
“We will take that little kit and say — and we have to do it gently because we’re in the Me Too generation, so we have to be very gentle — and we will very gently take that kit and we will slowly toss it, hoping it doesn’t hit her and injure her arm even though it probably only weighs two ounces,” Trump continued. “And we will say, ‘I will give you a million dollars to your favorite charity paid for by Trump if you take the test, and it shows you’re an Indian.”
Republicans’ allegation about Warren originated with GOP opposition research released during her 2012 Senate race. A spokesman for Harvard Law School cited Warren’s ancestry in order to tout the faculty’s diversity in an interview with the university newspaper, the Boston Globe reported at the time.
Warren’s thorough counter-messaging signals a likely 2020 presidential run.
Warren faces re-election next month against Republican Geoff Diehl in a race rated Solid Democratic by Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales.
Donald Trump's lie about his challenge to Senator Elizabeth Warren, when he wrongly challenged her Native American ancestry, has caused Orange Man to turn green with shame.
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| And we will say, ‘I will give you a million dollars to your favorite charity paid for by Trump if you take the test, and it shows you’re an Indian.” |
Reported in Roll Call Politics by Emily Kopp:
Elizabeth Warren to Trump: Pay Up on $1 Million DNA Pledge!
Trump said he’d donate to charity if DNA to proved Native American heritage, she said her test did!
Trump said he’d donate to charity if DNA to proved Native American heritage, she said her test did!
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is asking Donald Trump to make good on a $1 million bet, but Trump’s memory of the bet is fuzzy.
Trump promised to donate $1 million to the charity of Warren’s choice if she released the results of a genetic test that proved Native American heritage. Trump has claimed Warren used a false story of Native American heritage to further her career as a professor at Harvard Law. On Monday Warren released the results of a test administered by an genetics expert showing a Native American ancestor within six to ten generations of the senator.
Warren has since asked Trump to donate to the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, whose missionis to “enhance the safety of Native women and their children.”
Trump, who often refers to Warren as “Pocahontas,” denied he made the bet in a gaggle with reporters Monday.
But Trump made headlines at a rally in July for this taunt: “I’m going to get one of those little kits and in the middle of the debate when she proclaims she’s of Indian heritage because her mother said she has high cheekbones.”
“We will take that little kit and say — and we have to do it gently because we’re in the Me Too generation, so we have to be very gentle — and we will very gently take that kit and we will slowly toss it, hoping it doesn’t hit her and injure her arm even though it probably only weighs two ounces,” Trump continued. “And we will say, ‘I will give you a million dollars to your favorite charity paid for by Trump if you take the test, and it shows you’re an Indian.”
Republicans’ allegation about Warren originated with GOP opposition research released during her 2012 Senate race. A spokesman for Harvard Law School cited Warren’s ancestry in order to tout the faculty’s diversity in an interview with the university newspaper, the Boston Globe reported at the time.
Warren’s thorough counter-messaging signals a likely 2020 presidential run.
Warren faces re-election next month against Republican Geoff Diehl in a race rated Solid Democratic by Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales.
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