Newsmax host claims Minnesota Senate candidate and Native American Peggy Flanagan “is not an Indian”
Flanagan is a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe. Newsmax's Greg Kelly says “she passes herself off as an Indian — I have my doubts.”
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Peggy Flanagan, the lieutenant governor of Minnesota, has spoken openly and repeatedly about how she is a citizen of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe. She is also the daughter of the famed Native land rights and sovereignty activist Marvin Manypenny.
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From the August 12, 2026, edition of Newsmax's Greg Kelly Reports
GREG KELLY (HOST): She passes herself off as an Indian — I have my doubts. Is this Pocahontas 2? Sacagawea? Alright. Who is this person? This is Peggy Flanagan. She was the, or is the lieutenant governor up there in Minnesota. She is now the Democrat nominee to be the next U.S. senator.
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KELLY: So this is a person who identifies as a Chippewa Indian, alright? But it's the same person I saw win last night, the primary, Peggy. Peggy is not an Indian, I don't care what they say, right? This is a — I mean, you know what it reminds me of a little bit? Pocahontas, right? Pocahontas 2. I think the name for, what's her name again? Peggy? Peggy. Sacagawea, can we call her Sacagawea? I don't know, maybe she's got 10%, 2%, 5%, it really shouldn't matter. And all of the advantages you get on certain applications. I wonder, I wonder, I wonder.