Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released DNA results on Monday morning in an attempt to prove past comments about her Native American heritage correct.
The results were … a little embarrassing, to say the least.
The Boston Globe first reported the results, and the publication has already had to issue a correction.
The Globe originally reported that Warren was between one-32nd and one-512th Native American.
A correction issued Monday morning then said, “Due to a math error, a story about Elizabeth Warren misstated the ancestry percentage of a potential 10th-generation relative. It should be 1/1,024.”
Yet another update from the Globe later stated, “Due to a math error, a story about Elizabeth Warren misstated the ancestry percentage of a potential 6th to 10th generation relative. The generational range based on the ancestor that the report identified suggests she’s between 1/64th and 1/1,024th Native American.”
That minuscule amount does not exactly help Warren’s credibility or shine a good light on past comments about her being Cherokee.
Conservatives have had plenty of fun lampooning the fumbled moment from Warren.
Conservative singer Kaya Jones — who actually is part Native American (and is pictured above, far left) — questioned the Warren results on Twitter when they were first released.
“Wait … @SenWarren hasn’t given us the numbers or shown us the breakdown of her DNA & you all are believing & praising her? I am Native & provided proof & have been attacked repeatedly for it. Yeah we would like to see more than just a paper saying you have Native evidence #PROOF,” she wrote.
Wait.. @SenWarren hasn’t given us the numbers or shown us the breakdown of her DNA & you all are believing & praising her? I am Native & provided proof & have been attacked repeatedly for it. Yeah we would like to see more than just a paper saying you have Native evidence #PROOF
— Kaya Jones (@KayaJones) October 15, 2018
Outspoken conservative and two-time Academy Award-nominated actor James Woods (pictured above, far right) went after the Globe for needing to issue a correction to its report and for some questionable methods in determining the senator’s heritage.
The @BostonGlobe corrected this possibility to 1/1024 for her tenth generation relative. https://t.co/Y2Ev1I6zF7
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) October 15, 2018
Of course the lying #left always buries the truth way down in paragraph seven! #SenoritaWarren https://t.co/hhS5D9FZFa
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) October 15, 2018
The bad news for #Pocahontas: she’s gotta swap the headdress for a sombrero. #SeñoritaWarren pic.twitter.com/XSzFWQ9pwj
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) October 15, 2018
Writer Andrew Klavan, who helped script the currently in release “Gosnell,” came up with a new nickname for Warren.
From now on, she will be known by her native name, Walks Like a Duck. "Elizabeth Warren Releases DNA Test Purporting to Show 0.1 to 1.6% Native Ancestry" https://t.co/wSC19DQnRL via @BreitbartNews
— Andrew Klavan (@andrewklavan) October 15, 2018
“I guess Elizabeth Warren is saying that her claim to be Native American is only 99.9 percent false,” wrote “Death of a Nation” filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza.
I guess Elizabeth Warren is saying that her claim to be Native American is only 99.9 percent false
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) October 15, 2018
The filmmaker also said, “I suspect that, given the criteria being used by Elizabeth Warren, that @realDonaldTrump has more American Indian ancestry than she does.”
I suspect that, given the criteria being used by Elizabeth Warren, that @realDonaldTrump has more American Indian ancestry than she does
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) October 15, 2018
Conservative comedian Dennis Miller wrote in reaction, “Oh for God’s sake! I’m pretty sure George Custer had more American Indian blood than that.”
Oh for god's sake! I'm pretty sure George Custer had more American Indian blood than that.
— Dennis Miller (@DennisDMZ) October 15, 2018
“Gosnell” director Nick Searcy has had plenty of fun with the correction the Globe had to issue to the original report and the fact that Warren is only one-1,024th Native American.
I endorse 1/1024th of this thread. https://t.co/bpmJNxXNB8
— Nick Searcy, INTERNATIONAL FILM & TELEVISION STAR (@yesnicksearcy) October 15, 2018
Now @theDemocrats and @SenWarren ready to embrace the "one-drop rule" — which is the system of racial classification they have historically preferred.
But does 1/1024 even constitute a drop? #fauxcahontas #Lieawatha #RunsWithMouthOpenhttps://t.co/ZEHtjnPV0Z
— Nick Searcy, INTERNATIONAL FILM & TELEVISION STAR (@yesnicksearcy) October 15, 2018
1/1024. You guys always set the bar so low. https://t.co/mYp2Jr1Bof
— Nick Searcy, INTERNATIONAL FILM & TELEVISION STAR (@yesnicksearcy) October 15, 2018
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter mocked Warren’s results and compared them to her chances of being president.
Big deal. Elizabeth Warren percentage of Indian between 1/32 to 1/1,024th. I.e., the same percentage chance she has of being elected president.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) October 15, 2018
She also jokingly wrote, “BREAKING: Cleveland Indians announce Elizabeth Warren not even eligible to be a bobblehead.”
BREAKING: Cleveland Indians announce Elizabeth Warren not even eligible to be a bobblehead.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) October 15, 2018
Check out more reactions to the report on Warren’s DNA results below — and try not to laugh too hard!
Warren: My mom was so Native American my dad's family was racist against her.
Trump: Nope.
Warren: Here's a study saying MAYBE 10 generations ago I had a Native American ancestor.
Media: SEE? TRUMP WAS WRONG.— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 15, 2018
Elizabeth Warren rn pic.twitter.com/H3UquKZ21r
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 15, 2018
Remember: Warren didn’t just say she had “native ancestry.” She said she WAS Cherokee. She’s carefully edited that out of her defense. Again, here she is explaining her parents had to elope because her dad’s family was racist to her Native American mom: https://t.co/e8WpJ3KXIV
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 15, 2018
Conspicuously absent from this video: Any *actual* Native Americans.
Except, possibly, Donald Trump — who very well could be more “Native American” than Warren, based on NYT-reported genetic science. https://t.co/nR4XqBobnJ
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) October 15, 2018
This piece has been updated.
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