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Scott Brown Supporters Filmed Making Derogatory Gestures, Chants

HeadlineSep 26, 2012

In Massachusetts, video has emerged showing Republican staffers making derogatory war whoops and Tomahawk chops in a bid to mock Democratic Senate nominee Elizabeth Warren. Incumbent Republican Senator Scott Brown has criticized Warren for claiming she is part Native American without providing documentation. On the video, an aide to Brown and a local Republican operative are seen making the gestures and chants during a rally of Brown supporters. Warren says she is “appalled” by the footage.

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