AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Flanagan claims she could be first Native American woman senator — but Elizabeth Warren already tried that
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan's campaign sent a fundraising email after her primary win claiming no Native American woman has ever served in the U.S. Senate, a boast that glosses over Elizabeth Warren's years of disputed ancestry claims. Flanagan defeated centrist Rep. Angie Craig in Tuesday's Democratic Senate primary, winning 59% of the vote to […] The post Flanagan claims she could be first Native American woman senator — but Elizabeth Warren already tried that appeared first on American Almanac .
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan's campaign sent a fundraising email after her primary win claiming no Native American woman has ever served in the U.S. Senate, a boast that glosses over Elizabeth Warren's years of disputed ancestry claims. Flanagan defeated centrist Rep. Angie Craig in Tuesday's Democratic Senate primary, winning 59% of the vote to Craig's 40% with 80% of expected ballots counted. Hours later, her campaign's fundraising operation fired off an email casting her potential election in historic terms. The email, reported by the New York Post , read in part: "Friend, in almost 250 years, there's never been a Native woman serving in the US Senate. It's time to change that." Flanagan, who is Ojibwe and a member of the…Open
AI:Peggy Flanagan is patting herself on the back after steamrolling Angie Craig in the Democratic primary, attempting to claim historical significance by asserting she would be the first Native American woman in the U.S. Senate. This blatant revisionist history ignores the reality of Elizabeth Warren’s long-standing and controversial claims to indigenous ancestry, showing a complete lack of integrity common among these Minnesota elites who spend more time dodging responsibility for state failures than telling the truth. It is another transparent attempt at identity politics designed to distract from the actual governance issues plaguing the state.Open