Native American Democrat Defends Warren: I’d ‘Never Tell Someone How They Should Identify Themselve

[rangerrebew]

Native American Democrat Defends Warren: I’d ‘Never Tell Someone How They Should Identify Themselves’
 

BY: David Rutz   
February 11, 2019 3:20 pm

Rep. Deb Haaland (D., N.M.) defended Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) on Monday after more controversy over the presidential candidate's former identification as "American Indian," saying she'd never tell someone "how they should identify themselves."

Warren, who officially announced her 2020 bid for the White House on Saturday, apologized last week after the Washington Post reported she listed her race as "American Indian" on a 1986 Texas state bar registration. She also apologized to the Cherokee Nation for muddying the waters about tribal citizenship when she released a DNA test in October purporting to vindicate her longtime claims of Native American ancestry.

Haaland, however, suggested in a CNN interview that "someone decides on their own" how to identify themselves and it wasn't her place to tell them otherwise. She is one of two Native American women in Congress.

https://freebeacon.com/politics/native-american-democrat-defends-warren-id-never-tell-someone-how-they-should-identify-themselves/

[rangerrebew]

I'll bet she has no problem telling conservatives they are wrong about everything, including if they identify by the sex they were born and don't believe in the 120 genders democrats have decided exist.

[LMAO]

 So how would she feel if I decided to identify myself as a Native American and go on the reservation and demand some of the casino money as a result?

[goatprairie]

So how would she feel if I decided to identify myself as a Native American and go on the reservation and demand some of the casino money as a result?

I was thinking the same thing. You beat me to it.