[VIDEO] Elizabeth Warren finally addresses Native American scandal

After unsuccessfully attempting to ignore the mushrooming scandal over whether she claimed she was a Native American on job applications to get a leg up in hiring decisions, Massachusetts Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren was finally forced to address the issue in a new campaign ad Tuesday after her Republican opponent and incumbent Sen. Scott Brown released an ad Monday putting her heritage back in doubt.

The Brown ad, “Who Knows”,  features clips of news anchors, including FOX News’ Megyn Kelly, raising questions about Warren’s claims, and ends with a gut check clip of Warren laughing and saying that she doesn’t think anymore information the people of Massachusetts don’t know already know about her will come out, “but who knows.”

In response to the ad, Warren released an ad of her own titled “Family.” In the Christine O’Donnellesque video Warren attempts to “set the recod straight” about her heritage by repeating recent claims that she never asked for documentation of her heritage from her family because “what kid would?”

“Let me be clear. I never asked for or never got any benefit because of my heritage,” she says in the ad.

 

Anytime a candidate has to appear in an ad to defend him or herself against nasty allegations, that’s not a good sign. And for Warren, the week is only likely to get worse.

Yesterday, conservative blogger William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection called Warren’s integrity further into question by alleging that she unlawfully practiced law in Massachusetts without a license or any sort of a license at all, which is against two Massachusetts laws. Jacobson is the same blogger who brought attention to Warren’s inaccurate claims that she was a Native American.

According to polling site Real Clear Politics, Warren currently leads Brown by an average of 2.6 points. If the latest hit on Warren’s character doesn’t sound the death knell for her campaign because the people of Massachusetts continue to by her cockamamy stories, Warren will defy all odds and become the next Senator to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

By /// September 25, 2012
Francesca Chambers About Francesca Chambers

Francesca is the Editor of Red Alert Politics - an online publication written by and for young conservatives. Red Alert Politics is a product of Clarity Media Group, the parent company of The Washington Examiner and The Weekly Standard. She is also a contributor to The Washington Examiner.

Francesca is a veteran of several political campaigns and political organizations. She has also worked in new media and communications at The Leadership Institute, at the Republican National Committee and on Capitol Hill. She has been featured as a speaker at Leadership Institute, Cato Institute, Americans for Prosperity's "Defending the American Dream Summit," the State Policy Network's annual conference and CPAC, in addition to appearing as a regular guest on the "Big Picture" with Thom Hartmann on Russia Today.

She has also appeared on ABC's "Nightline", PBS' 'NewsHour', PBS' "To the Contrary", MSNBC, CNN, on TheBlazeTV (aka Glenn Beck TV) and had radio segments on Take Action News with David Shuster, NPR and "The Michael Koolidge Show."

In 2012 she was named to the DC GOP's first ever "35 under 35" list.

Francesca graduated from the University of Kansas with BAs in Political Science and Journalism. At KU she was an editor of the University Daily Kansan and an active member of Student Senate.

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