After hastily making a big show of the results of a DNA test to determine her ancestry, Elizabeth Warren has once again made herself a laughing stock after it was revealed that she has less Native American roots than the average white American.
The Boston Globe was first to report on a six-page DNA analysis conducted by Carlos D. Bustamante, a Stanford University professor and adviser to the do-it-yourself testing company, 23andMe. But while Bustamante is a professional in his field, even the Globe had to note “the inherent imprecision of the six-page DNA analysis.”
All depends on the great-great-great-great-grandmother of Warren. If that matriarch was a Native American, then the senator is 1/64th American Indian. (The Globe mistakenly has it as 1/32.) But her Native American ancestor could just as likely go back 10 generations, the analysis reports, meaning Warren would be just 1/1024th American Indian.
What do those fractions actually mean? Well, geneticists estimate that the average European-American has genes that are 98.6 percent European, .19 percent African, and .18 Native American. By comparison, Warren’s genes might be just 0.09 percent Native American. On average, if you have a European background, she’s probably less Native American than you or I.
Doh! The senator shouldn’t have jumped the gun.
BREAKING: Major correction from the @BostonGlobe. The DNA test revealed that Elizabeth Warren is not 1/512 Native American, she's 1/1,024. That's 0.0009765625. pic.twitter.com/5wjgMs5MLy
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) October 15, 2018
According to the New York Times, the average white person in America has nearly double the amount of American Indian DNA (0.18%) as Elizabeth Warren (0.098%), who claims to be Cherokee. Can't argue with science. https://t.co/pfk3xFdln3 pic.twitter.com/LhBd983OXT
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) October 15, 2018
Elizabeth Warren’s test fails to meet the standard required for claiming Native American tribal ancestry
Funny how the media reports forgot to mention this part pic.twitter.com/v3KwFKmzoe
— Jack Posobiec ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@JackPosobiec) October 15, 2018
Democrats reacted with dismay to the release because it comes just three weeks before the midterm elections. Warren has mucked things up for the Dems.
Argue the substance all you want, but why 22 days before a crucial election where we MUST win house and senate to save America, why did @SenWarren have to do her announcement now? Why can’t Dems ever stay focused???
— Jim Messina (@Messina2012) October 15, 2018
Pretty extraordinary video to surface even before you enter the race. It says:
1)@SenWarren is 100% running.
2)She thinks this Pocahontas crap is a potential problem.
3)She wants to dispose of it now, lest she be Birtherized.
The risk I’m sure she considered? This elevates it. https://t.co/zzxVFdL00C— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) October 15, 2018
Honestly though, shouldn’t Elizabeth Warren have waited 3 weeks to release her DNA results? There are tight races all over the country. Seems to me, best use of time for any potential Democratic presidential nominee candidate right now, is helping elect other Democrats.
— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) October 15, 2018
Agree — but I wonder about the timing. I assume she wanted to get it out of the way before candidates’ 2020 announcements post-election. But Dems need to stay on message between now and 11/6, and this seems like a distraction.
— Jeff Blattner (@theblatt) October 15, 2018
I'm hard pressed to find anything worse to talk about 3 weeks from the midterms than Bill Clinton's affairs or Elizabeth Warren's heritage
— Vote November 6th (@sarahcpr) October 15, 2018
Here’s Warren lying about her parents eloping because her mother was Cherokee.
Source: Washington Examiner Breitbart
