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No, you said that, "She used it to help herself get a job with Harvard." "It" being her belief that she had some Native American ancestry. This is a good example of you getting caught lying and then lying about. Look at the difference:
"She used it to help herself get a job with Harvard." and before that, "A white Democrat exploiting resources supposedly set aside for minorities...what a surprise."
"I said that she falsely claimed native American ancestry (in) a situation where it would be advantageous to her."
You watered down your claim so that you could more plausibly deny lying after you were caught.
I do believe she used her claim of Native American ancestry to get a job with Harvard. I also believe that claim is likely to be a lie. I'm not trying to water that down at all, and I don't see how saying she used it to get a job is watering anything down. She lied, and she used that lie to get a job.
If she proves me wrong by submitting evidence that she is native American, I will humbly admit I am wrong.
This is instead a good example of why I said spurious accusations of lying are a debating trick you use. You present something that isn't a lie as a lie and people feel forced to defend their honesty. You use this to derail conversations from issues where you feel you are not presenting the most compelling argument.