MJ Lee

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Omg she gets more and more quotable as the story goes on: "I talk with my hands and shake my head, which only made me look more like Elizabeth Warren. I was saying 'I'm not her!' but I could have been saying 'Medicare for all!'" — PolitiTweet.org

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"Then people started yelling, 'Senator Warren!' People were clapping and running up to me to take photos. I kept saying 'I'm not her!' but I looked up and hundreds of people were staring at me." "It got weird very fast." https://t.co/luAE12XMWz — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheDweck: She was on a break https://t.co/W3sihPUWFF — PolitiTweet.org

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@ELBordeaux 🥳🥳🥳 told ya — PolitiTweet.org

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Elizabeth Warren is out this morning with her criminal justice plan — @GregJKrieg with the details. Key part of it is repealing most of the 1994 crime bill https://t.co/YK9D5p1cd7 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidWright_CNN: good morning to me https://t.co/h7NyAyHkxJ — PolitiTweet.org

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@itspearcey Do we not think this is slightly cruel for @norakatekeefe and her thumbs?? — PolitiTweet.org

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Would be Warren’s biggest rally of the campaign > — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brikeilarcnn: This is what has been lighting up my phone: fellow female journalists incredulous top officials are participating in Halp… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @oliverdarcy: Spoke with @brikeilarcnn about the backlash Democrats are facing for speaking to Halperin for his forthcoming book. Halper… — PolitiTweet.org

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Only just realized this — in Warren’s first Iowa swing as a 2020 candidate in January, the first Q she got from a voter in Sioux City was about DNA test. Warren’s apology today at Native American conference was in the same venue, the Orpheum Theater: https://t.co/hPrGUDMkz9 — PolitiTweet.org

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LaMere also talked about "ni tu we," which he said means "who's your blood?" "Who's your mom? Who's your father? Who's your grandma? Who's your grandpa?" He said that's what informed Warren's understanding of her family history: "We don't want to take that away from her." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @elisewho: RIP to Connie Kang, believed to be the first Korean-American woman reporter in the US. The @latimes learned the hard way duri… — PolitiTweet.org

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I asked LaMere about Elizabeth Warren's apology today. He said: "We all make mistakes and if we're able to hold ourselves accountable to people, that's fine." He said he doesn't feel like he needs to hear more about Warren's family ancestry. — PolitiTweet.org

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I spoke with Manape LaMere, son of the late Frank LaMere — the activist after whom this conference is named. He said Native Americans are the “forgotten” people, and that this forum, attended by presidential candidates, is his father posthumously “checking off a dream.” https://t.co/X0gbJNfsxw — PolitiTweet.org

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The "family" section of Warren's campaign website (I believe as of yesterday, this section was called "heritage"), now says Warren's family story played no role in her hiring, citing @AnnieLinskey's Boston Globe investigation. — PolitiTweet.org

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The "fact squad" page says its purpose is to "Fight back against the lies, smears, and wacky conspiracy theories making the rounds about Elizabeth and this grassroots team." Now has lots of new content on issues like health care, Warren's law career, work in Massachusetts, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

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CNN reported yesterday that Warren campaign planned to remove controversial DNA video from campaign website as part of a revamp of the "fact squad" section -- that's now done. Video's been removed: https://t.co/CZNdmXVIl1 — PolitiTweet.org

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Whenever there is free coffee and the non-dairy creamer powder stuff, I love it so much and I think that may be my most Korean quality — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidWright_CNN: News: CNN will host a Climate Crisis Town Hall on September 4 with Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Cory B… — PolitiTweet.org

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One tribal leader on stage asks Warren to channel Michelle Obama when it comes to Trump's "Pocahontas" attacks: "When he goes low, you go high. And when he attacks in a racist way, disparaging one of our heroes, take the option not to give any credence to his racist arguments" — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AnnieLinskey: Warren walks around a question on whether the US should pay for "Reconstruction" of Indian Country, says she's starting w… — PolitiTweet.org

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More friendly banter on stage: Warren is asked: "Where are you headed to, Mrs. Warren?" Warren responds: "To the White House?" Audience laughs/applauds. — PolitiTweet.org

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Warren talks about reversing the "Oliphant" -- read about that here. It's about expanding tribal criminal jurisdiction so that Native people are not powerless when it comes to crimes committed by non-Natives on tribal land -- huge issue for the community https://t.co/BEXlrDmGP1 — PolitiTweet.org

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Warren is asked about crisis of missing & murdered Native women. Warren points to plan she put out last week, which addressed this plight. "Over & over, I’m struck by women who go missing and it doesn’t make a headline for a week. A month. Women who are murdered." — PolitiTweet.org

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So far it's a warm reception at this Native Aerican conference. First tribal leader to ask Warren a question on stage quipped that he just got to hug the next president of the United States — PolitiTweet.org

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Warren: "I have listened and I have learned – a lot. And I am grateful for the many conversations that we’ve had together. It is a great honor to be able to partner with Indian country and that’s what I’ve tried to do as a senator and that’s what I promise I will do as POTUS" — PolitiTweet.org

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Elizabeth Warren just began her remarks at Native American conference with an apology: "Like anyone who’s being honest with themselves, I know that I have made mistakes. I am sorry for the harm I have caused." — PolitiTweet.org

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Yowza -- Haaland continues: "I say the presdinet who worships Andrew Jackson, who coddles white supremacists and defends Valdimir Putin…. [admits to] assaulting women… is no match for a woman with a plan." — PolitiTweet.org

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Haaland says about Warren's family ancestry issue: "I say that every time they asked about Elizbeth’s family. Instead of the issues…. They feed the President’s racism. Elizabeth knows she will be attacked but she’s here to be an unwavering partner in our struggle." — PolitiTweet.org