Posted on 10/18/2018 9:48:33 PM PDT by TigerClaws
Desperate to defend Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren’s disastrous political stunt of taking a DNA test to try to prove Native American heritage, late Thursday morning, MSNBC Political Analyst and SiriusXM Director of Progressive Programming Zerlina Maxwell actually insinuated that the Cherokee Nation was racist, following their statement condemning Warren.
Noting that Warren “long claimed that she’s part Cherokee,” anchor Craig Melvin cited: “Cherokee Nation, Secretary of State Cherokee Nation, said in a statement, ‘DNA testing cannot prove that Warren is Cherokee or any other tribe.’” The host asked: “Do we think that the decision itself was a mistake? Do we think that the timing was a mistake?”
After Maxwell laughably argued that the move “put to bed a lot of the controversy” and somehow placed President Trump “on the defensive,” she blasted the Cherokee: “But in terms of the Cherokee Nation’s statement, I found that to be ridiculous.” Claiming that she was “also part Cherokee,” Maxwell accused the Native American tribe of racial discrimination:
So to be clear, I think that while the rollout of the DNA test and the decision to do a DNA test to be able to, quote, “prove” that she is part Cherokee, may not have been the best method. I also think that the Cherokee Nation’s response was problematic because it actually ignores the fact that DNA testing historically has been used to exclude black natives from tribal affiliation. And so, that history has been completely lost in this entire conversation, and that’s potentially very unfortunate.
A Democratic senator falsely claims to be Native American to advance her academic career, she does a DNA test showing that she may only be 1/1024th of that heritage, and one of her left-wing defenders attacks the Cherokee Nation as racist after they rightfully call out Warren for trying to misappropriate their culture. The contortions that the liberal media go through to defend Democrats are truly astounding.
Here is a transcript of the brief October 18 exchange on MSNBC Live With Craig Melvin:
11:33 AM ET
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CRAIG MELVIN: Zerlina, I want to talk to you about something we were talking about in the commercial break, Elizabeth Warren, considered by many to be a possible frontrunner. Perhaps you heard, she released her DNA test results earlier this week, and revealed that she has some Native American roots. She’s long claimed that she’s part Cherokee. Cherokee Nation, Secretary of State Cherokee Nation, said in a statement, “DNA testing cannot prove that Warren is Cherokee or any other tribe.” There’s Chuck Hoskin Jr., Secretary of State.
Do we think that the decision itself was a mistake? Do we think that the timing was a mistake? What do we make of the political calculation of Elizabeth Warren releasing these DNA test results 20 days away from the midterms?
ZERLINA MAXWELL [SIRIUSXM, DIRECTOR OF PROGRESSIVE PROGRAMMING]: I think it’s a complicated answer. I think that it wasn’t fully a smooth rollout of the DNA testing and the video, and it put to bed a lot of the controversy. Obviously it was because President Trump had said he was going to give a million dollars to a charity if she could prove, using a DNA test, that she was part native. She did that. He’s not giving the money to the charity. He also denied saying that. So it sort of puts him on the defensive in some ways.
But in terms of the Cherokee Nation’s statement, I found that to be ridiculous. I am also part Cherokee, but I have not taken a DNA test. I’m not trying to join a tribe or claim membership in a tribe, and neither did Elizabeth Warren.
So to be clear, I think that while the rollout of the DNA test and the decision to do a DNA test to be able to, quote, “prove” that she is part Cherokee, may not have been the best method. I also think that the Cherokee Nation’s response was problematic because it actually ignores the fact that DNA testing historically has been used to exclude black natives from tribal affiliation. And so, that history has been completely lost in this entire conversation, and that’s potentially very unfortunate.
This is the best/weirdest yet! Now the Cherokees are racist for calling Warren out on her genuine cultural (and ethnic) misappropriation!
For Democrats, all outside the party are racist. And they cannot be racists, themselves, of course—especially the party elite. Because their elite are more “intersectional” (read: “more equal”) than the rank and file who may actually fit their rarified strata of self-described victim hierarchies.
It’s bananas!
“MSNBC Political Analyst and SiriusXM Director of Progressive Programming Zerlina Maxwell”
Ooooh, I’m so impressed with that title! But she should consider getting an American name, so we won’t know where she’s coming from.
Well, it’s not like we didn’t know what political party the mainstream media married...
Never seen her! Zippy was fun.
If Warren is lactose intolerant, it’s probably not American Indian heritage, but rather, the Hun.
Why White Supremacists Are Chugging Milk (and Why Geneticists Are Alarmed)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3697754/posts
I plan on flying down to Peru to buy some Cherokee Pottery and Rugs.
I’ll look for the Gray Beaver Label to be sure the items I purchase are .0128 authentic.
Lol.
Since they get triggered so easily, it is encouraged.
Been waiting to see if the press would mention this.
Some years ago, Cherokee started using DNA testing to “prove” ancestry and tried kicking out people based on that.
The counter argument was that (1) most of those authentic Cherokee had very little Cherokee DNA themselves, and (2) being a member of the Nation was never supposed to be based on genetics, as full-blooded Cherokee were denied membership for living outside the boundaries.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/sep/17/cherokee-nation-black-freedmen
Of course, if Warren makes this an issue, or not, she loses either way.
If 1/1000 makes her claim to be cherokee, the average european has 1/512, so the average white person has twice the dna that would make them cherokee than Lizzy has.
THATS HOW.
Fine with me. No one here watches the
NFL anyway. Keeling during the national
anthem is natural for them.
Zerlina Maxwell you are 100% stupid and no DNA test is required for proof.
Racist: (noun) Anyone who disagrees with a Leftist.
This people have lost all touch with reality.
Can you imagine that she has a team of advisors who thought that crazy video was a good thing to do?
They see the 1/1024th - possibly - Indian results and come up with the political commercial to use it. “So is Trump right? Is my mother a liar?”
Echo chamber. She has nothing but ass-kissers surrounding her, obviously, because she’s a psycho woman and they aren’t free to contradict her terrible ideas.
So they run this moronic ad and release the results believing their MSM will cover for them and it’ll embarrass Trump.
Complete backfire.
If she knows she is Cherokee she should have the name of her ancestor.
Well, some did own slaves and many fought for the confederacy... like Stand Watie, the last confederate holdout. And those that did passed some racist legislation... surprised Fauxcahontas wanted to be associated with them, but in her time getting a Cherokee card was just a matter of producing 50 bucks.
Washington Warrens. LOL. Good one, Ken.
Because if she identifies as Cherokee, that is all that matters.
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