Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) Republican challenger Beth Lindstrom said on Monday that a DNA test on Warren’s Native American heritage is not needed to know where she stands.
“Are you willing to make her previous history and claims of Native American heritage an issue in your campaign?” Hill.TV’s Buck Sexton asked Lindstrom on “Rising.”
“We don’t need to have a DNA test to know where she stands and that is the real issue here,” Lindstrom responded. “I mean, there will be some people who want to talk about that, but for me, she has to disclose anything that she wants to disclose. It’s really about where she stands on issues.”
Lindstrom is one of the Republican challengers vying to face off Warren in a race that the Cook Political Report has rated as solidly Democratic.
Some Republicans, including President Trump, have lambasted Warren for having claimed Native American ancestry. Warren has defended her ties, citing family history.
Trump has frequently referred to Warren as “Pocahontas,” in reference to the claim.
The Washington Post fact checker wrote in 2016 that there is “no official documentation” of Warren’s claim to Native American ancestry based on family stories she heard growing up.
The publication advised its readers “to look into it on their own and decide whether Trump’s attacks over Warren’s background have merit.”
Warren said in an interview earlier this year that she knows who she is after she was asked about her heritage.
“Look, I do know. I know who I am. And never used it for anything. Never got any benefit from it anywhere,” Warren said. “But what I did a couple of weeks ago is I went to talk to the leaders of the native tribes across the country.”
— Julia Manchester
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