In key primary states, activists nervously eye Warren's troubles over ancestry
WASHINGTON - With Sen. Elizabeth Warren once again confronting controversy over her tenuous claims to Native American heritage, activists in early-voting states and national allies are nervously eyeing whether she can succeed in getting past an issue that has shadowed her campaign.
Many Democrats continue to defend the Massachusetts senator, believing the questions have been overblown or used against Warren unfairly. Yet with so many candidates in the Democratic field, some say she will have to show soon that she can shake it off, given voters' intense focus on finding a candidate who can defeat President Donald Trump.
"She needs to get everything out and hope that's the end of it," said Judy Reardon, a New Hampshire environmental activist,
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