New Hampshire Voter Confronts Elizabeth Warren on False Ancestry Claims

‘I have concerns about your honesty’

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RADECIC: "I also taught special ed for a little while. And you know, we both have a heart for service and we live our lives to serve others. We also have in common that we have a family narrative where what we were told throughout our lives wasn’t necessarily what came out once we took our 23andMe tests. In my case it was the Cherokee great-grandmother that did not exist. Where we differ is that I’m the mom of three-year-old twins, and my three —"
WARREN: "Oh, you're busy."
RADECIC: "I am. And my three-year-old twins are black. And so it’s given me a totally different perspective on the purpose of affirmative action, because even though I can give my children everything in the world, my children at age three-and-a-half have already faced racism. That’s why we have affirmative action. So I struggle with your decisions earlier in your career to self-identify on state documents as Native American. I feel that that disrespected the reason why we have those affirmative action categories. So how do you overcome the bridge with voters like me, who like you, who like your plans, who like what you have to say, but that have concerns about your honesty?"

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