The race between Massachusetts Senate race between Republican Senator Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren,
his Democratic challenger, took an aggressive turn Thursday night, when
the candidates faced off in the first of four debates before Election
Day.
Brown, who has trailed Warren in a handful of recent polls, kicked off the night on a personal note, demanding that Warren release her personnel records from Harvard University Law School to prove that her Native American heritage did not play a role in her hiring.
“You refuse to release your records, and I think that speaks volumes,” he said.
Warren's heritage has become a thorny issue for the Harvard bankruptcy professor for several months, after a report from the Boston Herald found that she listed herself as a Native American on law school directories during the 1990s. Although Warren insists that she did not benefit academically or professionally from the listing, she has continued to be tripped up by the story as subsequent reports have questioned whether she is, in fact, part Native American.
"My mother was part Delaware and part Cherokee," Warren said tonight. “There’s nothing else there. The question has been asked and answered. I think the senator just doesn’t like the answer."
"I was going to start by saying Senator Brown is a nice guy," she added.
"First of all, you're a nice woman, too," Brown replied. "But this is about character."
What followed was an hour of rapid-fire back-and-forth between the candidates, who are competing in one of the most closely-watched and expensive Senate races in the country this year.
Brown, who has trailed Warren in a handful of recent polls, kicked off the night on a personal note, demanding that Warren release her personnel records from Harvard University Law School to prove that her Native American heritage did not play a role in her hiring.
“You refuse to release your records, and I think that speaks volumes,” he said.
Warren's heritage has become a thorny issue for the Harvard bankruptcy professor for several months, after a report from the Boston Herald found that she listed herself as a Native American on law school directories during the 1990s. Although Warren insists that she did not benefit academically or professionally from the listing, she has continued to be tripped up by the story as subsequent reports have questioned whether she is, in fact, part Native American.
"My mother was part Delaware and part Cherokee," Warren said tonight. “There’s nothing else there. The question has been asked and answered. I think the senator just doesn’t like the answer."
"I was going to start by saying Senator Brown is a nice guy," she added.
"First of all, you're a nice woman, too," Brown replied. "But this is about character."
What followed was an hour of rapid-fire back-and-forth between the candidates, who are competing in one of the most closely-watched and expensive Senate races in the country this year.
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