Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the third-ranking House Republican, shrugged off President Donald Trump’s tweets that jokingly referred to Native American genocide to mock Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) Cheney, appearing Sunday on CNN’s “State Of The Union,” was asked whether she was concerned about the president seemingly making light of two horrifying Native American tragedies ― the Wounded Knee Massacre and the Trail of Tears. “Do you have concerns about the president joking about these horrific tragedies?”But Cheney, a daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, failed to acknowledge Trump’s tweets in her response. Instead, she attacked Warren, who on Saturday officially declared her presidential candidacy, over the Native American ancestry claims she made in her past and for which she has since apologized. “I have concerns about somebody like Elizabeth Warren pretending to be a Native American,” Cheney said.

Source: Huffington Post February 10, 2019 19:07 UTC