The supposedly non-partisan Associated Press pushed fake news propaganda regarding Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test, which showed that she might be 1/1024th Native American (or 0.09%), if that. Sadly, they are not the only mainstream news outlet to publish deliberately false, misleading information.
“President Trump lashes out at Sen. Warren over DNA test results she released indicating she has Native American heritage, and he says her claims are ‘a scam and a lie’ despite her proof,” read the AP’s promotional Tweet for their article.
Here was their tweet:
President Trump lashes out at Sen. Warren over DNA test results she released indicating she has Native American heritage, and he says her claims are “a scam and a lie” despite her proof. https://t.co/OE3nP790in
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 16, 2018
The AP must be confused by what “proof” is.
And They’re Not the Only Ones
Unsurprisingly, it’s not just the AP that’s trying to carry water for Democrat Elizabeth Warren. “The View” had a segment in which they criticize Trump for not making good on his $1 million offer for Warren to take a DNA test.
CONTROVERSY OVER WARREN’S ANCESTRY: After Sen. Elizabeth Warren released the results of her DNA test, Pres. Trump denied offering her $1 million for proof of her ancestry. The co-hosts weigh in on the latest. https://t.co/f8u2wc159S pic.twitter.com/jNuErEM8Bi
— The View (@TheView) October 16, 2018
The Daily Beast reported on the DNA test proving “yes, she is Native American.”
BREAKING: Elizabeth Warren releases her DNA test: Yes, she is Native American https://t.co/ZCyARvowfp pic.twitter.com/it50t1i3kB
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 15, 2018
The New York Times reporter Nick Confessore predicted that Trump wouldn’t be able to mock Warren anymore after this test, because the test constituted “definitive proof.”
President Trump is sure to stop mocking Senator Warren about her ancestry now that she has provided definitive proof.
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) October 15, 2018
Shareblue Media, which is owned by radical left Media Matters founder David Brock, also called the test “proof” Trump was wrong. “Trump’s dare to Elizabeth Warren just blew up in his face,” Shareblue headlined an article, apparently unaware of how badly this stunt blew up in Warren’s face.
Trump’s dare to Elizabeth Warren just blew up in his face. https://t.co/t4oRxdBeK6
— Shareblue Media (@Shareblue) October 16, 2018
The Washington Post’s faux conservative Jen Rubin thought Warren’s stunt was brilliant (which is really all you need to know to determine that it is, in fact, a disaster).
Warren is doing exactly what you’d expect someone planning a presidential run would do. Her 2020 opponents will need to match her on substance, organization and anti-Trump jabs. https://t.co/zQTp2nXTQE
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) October 15, 2018
And CBS Boston reported on the “strong evidence” of Native ancestry from Warren’s test.
As did the geniuses over at NBC:
The actual facts about the DNA test
It must be clarified that the DNA test didn’t prove that Warren has any Native ancestors at all.
The results claim Warren could be anywhere from 1/64th to 1/1024th Native. She could possibly have a single Native ancestor anywhere from 6 generations back to 10 generations back – or not at all.
New York Times reported the average European American has approximately 0.18% Native DNA. 1/64th is a best case scenario for Warren. 1/1024 is .098%.
NARRATIVE BUSTER:
According to a comprehensive DNA study by the Genetic Literacy Project, an average White person in America has 0.18 percent Native American DNA.
This means Sen. Warren has statistically *less* Indian DNA than the avg. white American
Humiliating self-own here
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) October 15, 2018
But here’s the kicker – this all assumes that Warren actually does have a Native ancestor. That is totally unproven.
As the original Boston Globe itself readily admits:
Detecting DNA for Native Americans is particularly tricky because there is an absence of Native American DNA available for comparison. This is in part because Native American leaders have asked tribal members not to participate in genetic databases.
“The tribes have felt they have been exploited,” explained Lawrence Brody, a senior investigator with the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch at the National Institutes of Health. “The amount of genetic data that is available from Native Americans is sparse.”
To make up for the dearth of Native American DNA, Bustamante used samples from Mexico, Peru, and Colombia to stand in for Native American.
Warren may or may not be 1/64th or 1/1024th Native, or Mexican, or Peruvian. None of this is “proof.” And these are the same liberals who lecture people about “believing in science.”
And the Cherokee Digress…
Most importantly, the Cherokee Nation rejects Warren’s claims of ancestry and considers them insulting and damaging:
NEW: “A DNA test is useless to determine tribal citizenship,” Cherokee Nation says in response to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s release of DNA test results. “Senator Warren is undermining tribal interests with her continued claims of tribal heritage.” https://t.co/GjGwWQpWtd pic.twitter.com/1soAHvw3Ml
— ABC News (@ABC) October 15, 2018
I haven’t seen it happen yet, but I’d love to see a liberal try to explain to a real Native American why Warren is, in fact, one of them.