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This whole thing is stupid. She actually goes out and pays for a DNA test. I agree with the Cherokee here in that they believe the tests are dubious at best. However, what did they and a Trump want her to do?

She believed her family’s stories. There was no reason not to. She never used them to get ahead in this world as a minority, that was debunked. She does a test that is readily available and now the same offended parties are still offended.

They sound like snowflakes.


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No one's offended. It's hilarious. She actually did EXACTLY what Trump wanted her to do. She made herself look stupid. And she's not stupid.

"She never used them to get ahead in this world as a minority" wasn't really debunked. Warren funded a video where hand-picked people say her "minority status" didn't have anything to do with her hiring. But she sure did push that crap hard through the years.

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Originally Posted by ArizonaXUGrad

This whole thing is stupid. She actually goes out and pays for a DNA test. I agree with the Cherokee here in that they believe the tests are dubious at best. However, what did they and a Trump want her to do?

She believed her family’s stories. There was no reason not to. She never used them to get ahead in this world as a minority, that was debunked. She does a test that is readily available and now the same offended parties are still offended.

They sound like snowflakes.


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Actually the Cherokee, actual Native Americans, are offended now too.

Also:

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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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Elizabeth Warren self-identified as a "Native American" in the The Association of American Law Schools Directory of law professors in every edition printed between 1986 -1995.

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U.S. Government Deficit Grew 17% in Fiscal 2018 - WSJ

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Deficits usually shrink during economic booms because strong growth leads to increased tax revenue as household income, corporate profits and capital gains all rise. Meantime, spending on safety-net programs like unemployment insurance and food stamps tends to be restrained.

In the last fiscal year, a different set of forces was at play as economic growth sped up. Interest payments on the federal debt and military spending rose rapidly, while tax revenue failed to keep pace as the Republican tax cuts for both individuals and corporations kicked in....

Government spending as a share of GDP declined, but federal revenue fell even more—to 16.5% of GDP last year from 17.2% in the previous year—pushing the deficit higher.

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U.S. Government Deficit Grew 17% in Fiscal 2018 - WSJ

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It's good to see that these republican fiscal conservatives are doing such a great job of keeping down spending. What a disgrace.

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Originally Posted by GoMuskies

No one's offended. It's hilarious. She actually did EXACTLY what Trump wanted her to do. She made herself look stupid. And she's not stupid.

"She never used them to get ahead in this world as a minority" wasn't really debunked. Warren funded a video where hand-picked people say her "minority status" didn't have anything to do with her hiring. But she sure did push that crap hard through the years.

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This whole controversy is a throw back to the type of things the media would get worked up about, but are ultimately meaningless (God bless tan suit gate). Instead we now have a president simultaneously insulting a pornstar on twitter while reciting Saudi Arabian talking points about the murder of a US resident.

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Originally Posted by GoMuskies

No one's offended. It's hilarious. She actually did EXACTLY what Trump wanted her to do. She made herself look stupid. And she's not stupid.

"She never used them to get ahead in this world as a minority" wasn't really debunked. Warren funded a video where hand-picked people say her "minority status" didn't have anything to do with her hiring. But she sure did push that crap hard through the years.

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You want to check snopes on that. There is zero credibility to the claims she used any minority claim to get jobs.

No, I don't want to check snopes on that. Getting a job isn't the only way to get ahead.

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It's good to see that these republican fiscal conservatives are doing such a great job of keeping down spending. What a disgrace.

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Very unsettling to know that even in the strongest of economies we're trending in the wrong direction.

If the Fed hadn't become so aggressive with getting rates closer to normal levels we would really have no tools available left in the case of a downturn.

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Originally Posted by ArizonaXUGrad

You want to check snopes on that. There is zero credibility to the claims she used any minority claim to get jobs.

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This was a mistake. She should have consulted Obama before getting into the mud over genetics. By doing this she has validated the attacks. Clearly this was done to try to put this behind her before a push towards 2020. Trump opponents will never learn that you can't beat him at this game. Better to stick with substance.