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Beleaguered U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren refused today to address questions about her self-proclaimed Cherokee heritage in a statement her campaign just released. Instead, Warren remains on the attack against her rival, U.S. Sen. Scott Brown. In another salvo in the Indian heritage scandal, Brown called on Harvard today to “correct the record” for listing it had a Native American woman on the law school staff in what is a clear reference to Warren.
In response, Warren’s campaign sent out the following statement: “Over the past month Elizabeth has answered countless questions openly while the people who recruited her have made it clear it was because of her extraordinary skill as a teacher and a groundbreaking scholar. “She is proud of her family and her heritage, and it is something that her family talked about often when she was growing up. The fact that Elizabeth noted her heritage in a professional publication has been made public and addressed by Elizabeth on multiple occasions. It’s time to focus on the important issues facing Massachusetts. Republican Senator Scott Brown is trying to distract people from his record voting for Wall Street, big oil and big increases in student loans. There are real issues middle class families are dealing with every day and that’s where Elizabeth is focused,” the statement from press secretary Alethea Harney states.
Warren has faced mounting criticism about her claims of minority status since they were first reported by the Herald last month. She has repeatedly cited “family lore” but has been unable to prove Cherokee ancestry.
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