Official portrait of President Donald J. Trump, Friday, October 6, 2017. (Official White House photo by Shealah Craighead)
BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is falsely denying that he offered $1 million for Sen. Elizabeth Warren to take a DNA test to prove whether she had Native American ancestors.
Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, is a widely rumored 2020 presidential candidate. On Monday she released results of a DNA test that provide what an analyst says is “strong evidence” she has a Native American in her family tree.
Trump has long taunted Warren about the claim, calling her “Pocahontas.”
At a summer rally in Montana, the president declared that he would give a million dollars to charity , “paid for by Trump,” if Warren takes the test “and it shows you’re an Indian.”
But when asked by reporters on Monday, Trump claimed “I didn’t say that.”
In a tweet, Warren asked Trump to donate $1 million to a Native American women’s group.
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