Actor Rob Lowe has deleted a joke he posted on Twitter referencing Senator Elizabeth Warren’s claimed Native American heritage, on the same day she announced her 2020 presidential bid. Lowe is pictured in Mayfair, London on January 28
Actor Rob Lowe has been forced to delete a joke he posted on Twitter referencing Senator Elizabeth Warren’s claimed Native American heritage following a backlash from other Hollywood stars.
On Saturday, Lowe tweeted, ‘Elizabeth Warren would bring a whole new meaning to Commander in “Chief,”‘ and then promptly took the post down after other celebrities publicly let him know they did’t find the joke funny.
Lowe tweeted the jab on the same day that Warren officially announced she was running for president in 2020, during an appearance in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Warren apologized recently for claiming her race was ‘American Indian’ on a registration form for the state bar of Texas in 1986, when she did not have tribal citizenship.
Her claim that she is of Native American descent has also been a long-running source of contention between her and President Donald Trump, who has called her ‘Pocahontas.’
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On Saturday, Lowe tweeted, ‘Elizabeth Warren would bring a whole new meaning to Commander in “Chief,”‘ and then promptly took the post down after other celebrities publicly let him know they did’t find the joke funny
Lowe tweeted the jab on the same day that Senator Elizabeth Warren officially announced she would be running for president in 2020, during an appearance in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Lowe took the tweet down, but never apologized. Instead, in the first hour of Sunday morning he wrote:
‘I deleted my Elizabeth Warren tweet. It was a joke and some peeps got upset, and that’s never my intention. On the GOOD side: I just got to use the Oxford comma!’
Lowe didn’t actually use an Oxford comma in that tweet, though, as comedian Tony Posnanski pointed out.
An Oxford comma is a comma placed after the second to last item in a list, before the conjunction preceding the final item in that list. It’s not a comma simply placed after the word ‘and’ in a compound sentence, which is what Lowe did in his tweet.
After posting the non-apology with that error included, Lowe added: ‘Observation: many polarizing politicians actually LIKE each other, privately help each other, then publicly stir the pot, playing for votes. That’s fine. Only thing wrong with it is when we buy it whole cloth, breeding intolerance, anger and total inability to laugh at ANYTHING.’
Lowe took the tweet down, but never apologized. Instead, in the first hour of Sunday morning he wrote: ‘I deleted my Elizabeth Warren tweet. It was a joke and some peeps got upset, and that’s never my intention. On the GOOD side: I just got to use the Oxford comma!’
Lowe didn’t actually use an Oxford comma in that tweet, though, as comedian Tony Posnanski pointed out. An Oxford comma is a comma placed after the second to last item in a list, before the conjunction preceding the final item in that list. It’s not a comma simply placed after the word ‘and’ in a compound sentence, which is what Lowe did in his tweet
After posting the non-apology, Lowe added: ‘Observation: many polarizing politicians actually LIKE each other, privately help each other, then publicly stir the pot, playing for votes. That’s fine. Only thing wrong with it is when we buy it whole cloth, breeding intolerance, anger and total inability to laugh at ANYTHING’
Not long after Lowe posted the first, now-deleted tweet on Saturday, the internet worked fast to show people’s disapproval.
Short, sweet and sarcastically to the point, a Twitter user identified as ‘Queerjohn PA’ wrote, ‘You misspelled apologize.’
Another user wrote, ‘Thank you for this short less on “how to fake an apology like a douche.” It’s a great follow up to “how to be a not so funny racist.”‘
Along those same lines, as of 10am Eastern on Sunday, a Wikipedia page about Rob Lowe had been updated to read that he ‘is a racist,’ though it’s not clear exactly when that update went live.
Not long after Lowe posted the first, now-deleted tweet on Saturday, the internet worked fast to show people’s disapproval. Short, sweet and sarcastically to the point, a Twitter user identified as ‘Queerjohn PA’ wrote, ‘You misspelled apologize’
Another user wrote, ‘Thank you for this short less on “how to fake an apology like a douche.” It’s a great follow up to “how to be a not so funny racist”‘
As of 10am Eastern on Sunday, a Wikipedia page about Rob Lowe had been updated to read that he ‘is a racist,’ though it’s not clear exactly when that update was made
Celebrities also quickly sounded off, letting their displeasure with the comment be known.
‘Hot in Cleveland’ star Valerie Bertinelli replied to Lowe’s post, ‘Don’t. Jesus.’
Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy, commented, ‘What a raw blow!’
Quoting Lowe’s since-deleted tweet, awarding-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien wrote:
‘Just when I was liking Rob Lowe after his moving comments about being his mom’s caretaker—he takes a page from Trump. Ick. You shouldn’t do this.’
(Lowe authored an opinion piece for Newsweek that was published in November on his experience with unpaid caregiving and how it inspired him to become an advocate for people in those situations.)
Celebrities also quickly sounded off, letting their displeasure with the comment be known. ‘Hot in Cleveland’ star Valerie Bertinelli replied to Lowe’s post, ‘Don’t. Jesus’
Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy, commented, ‘What a raw blow!’ in reply to Lowe’s ‘chief’ remark
Quoting Lowe’s since-deleted tweet, awarding-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien wrote: ‘Just when I was liking Rob Lowe after his moving comments about being his mom’s caretaker—he takes a page from Trump. Ick. You shouldn’t do this.’ (Lowe authored an opinion piece for Newsweek that was published in November on his experience with unpaid caregiving and how it inspired him to become an advocate for people in those situations.)
Trump has long chastised Warren over her claimed heritage, and didn’t stop on Saturday, when she made the announcement about her presidential bid.
‘Today Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to by me as Pocahontas, joined the race for President,’ Trump tweeted.
‘Will she run as our first Native American presidential candidate, or has she decided that after 32 years, this is not playing so well anymore? See you on the campaign TRAIL, Liz!’
Trump has long chastised Warren over her claimed heritage, and didn’t stop on Saturday, when she made the announcement about her presidential bid
His word choice did not go unnoticed by verified Twitter user Ryan Hill from Detroit, Michigan, who replied with a map of the ‘Trail of Tears’
His word choice did not go unnoticed by verified Twitter user Ryan Hill from Detroit, Michigan, who replied with a map of the ‘Trail of Tears.’
The ‘Trail of Tears’ refers to the 5,045-mile route indigenous Americans were made ot travel during forced relocation in the mid 1800s, as they were removed from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern US, and displace to what we now know as Indian Territories.
‘The President has once again reaffirmed for the world what a despicable, racist, culturally insensitive excuse for a human being he is,’ Hill wrote with the image.
‘As he continues to make light of some of the darkest times of American History, For many (with a soul).. The “TRAIL” of Tears isn’t a Joke!’
Warren underwent genetic testing in an attempt to prove her ancestry, and shared the results with the Boston Globe in October.
The finding showed ‘strong evidence’ Warren had a Native American descendant, dating back six to 10 generations.
Some have called out the hypocrisy of those who say Warren is not ‘Native American’ based on this potentially tenuous link, since our nation has a history of referring to people with any amount of black lineage as ‘not white,’ and discriminating against them.
Retired Sailor Willie Rosario from Georgia tweeted, ‘This issue with Warren just prove how ridiculous our system is and how stupid it has made us. To be called a Native American you must have a certain %, but to be called White you can not have any % of Black. The Gov, the Casinos, the paybacks, it is all about money.’
Warren underwent genetic testing in an attempt to prove her ancestry, and shared the results with the Boston Globe in October. The finding showed ‘strong evidence’ Warren had a Native American descendant, dating back six to 10 generations. Some have called out the hypocrisy of those who say Warren is not ‘Native American’ based on this potentially tenuous link, since our nation has a history of referring to people with any amount of black lineage as ‘not white,’ and discriminating against them
On Wednesday, Warren apologized for writing ‘American Indian’ on her state bar of Texas registration in 1986, noting that she is ‘not a tribal citizen’
On Wednesday, Warren apologized for writing ‘American Indian’ on her state bar of Texas registration in 1986.
Last week she apologized personally to the Cherokee Nation’s principal chief for ‘causing confusion on tribal sovereignty and tribal citizenship and the harm that resulted,’ tribal spokesperson Julie Hubbard said, according to Fox News.
‘I am not a tribal citizen. Tribes, and only tribes, determine citizenship,’ Warren said, adding, ‘I have apologized for not being more sensitive to that distinction. It’s an important distinction.’
When pressed, Warren couldn’t answer whether she had claimed to be an ‘American Indian’ on any other official documents, during that same time frame.
‘All l I know is during this time period, this is consistent with what I did because it was based on my understanding from my family’s stories,’ Warren said on Wednesday.
‘But family stories are not the same as tribal citizenship.’
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