The left has worked hard in recent years to racialize and disorient the nation, powerful figures who severed America's ties to history and paved the way for America to eventually become the envy of the world. is defaming.
In the course of this anger-fueled campaign, iconoclasts and revisionists renamed places, renamed species, toppled hundreds of statues, melted busts, removed church windows, and advanced fake historydug a grave, and built a parasitic industry Toward racial division.
with the trump camp other critic On Monday, Kamala Harris, a longtime supporter of the campaign, issued a notice reminding her that Columbus Day is one of her many goals.
said Caroline Levitt, national spokeswoman for the Trump campaign. said Fox News Digital, “Kamala Harris is a classic leftist. Not only does she want to raise taxes and defund the police, she also wants to cancel American traditions like Columbus Day.”
Leavitt appeared to be referring to Harris' suggestion before her last presidential campaign's defeat that she would officially change “Columbus Day” to “Indigenous Peoples Day.”
When asked at City Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 2019 whether he supported the controversial name change, The Washington Times said: reported Harris said she began by talking about legislation that would make lynching a federal crime.
“These explorers brought waves of devastation to tribal nations, committing violence, stealing land, and spreading disease.”
“People accepted and didn’t want to accept that we were the scene of a crime in terms of what we did in this country with regards to slavery and Jim Crow and institutionalized racism. We have to be honest about it,” Sen said at the time. Harris. “If we are not honest, we will not be able to address the scars, we will not be able to course correct, and we will not be true to our values and morals.”
Harris continued, “Similarly, we still have a lot of work to do with Native Americans, or indigenous peoples. I appreciate and commend your efforts and thank you for supporting me. I'm looking forward to it,” he added.
On her first Columbus Day as vice president, Harris issued a statement It effectively blames the immigrants who first diversified the continent.
I'm honored to be with you this week as we celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day and tell the truth about our nation's history. Since 1934, the United States has recognized the voyage of the first European explorer to land on the shores of the Americas every October. But that's not all. That wasn't all. These explorers brought waves of devastation to tribal nations, committing violence, stealing land, and spreading disease. We must not run away from this shameful past and must do all we can to shine a light on it and address its impact on Indigenous communities today.
in 2022 and 2023Harris celebrated an alternative to Columbus Day and doubled down.
Columbus Day commemorates the daring 15th century Italian whose four transatlantic voyages paved the way for European exploration of the Americas. The 11th is an official federal holiday..
Pew Research Center noticed This day was first recognized as a federal holiday in 1937. Originally conceived as a celebration of Italian-American heritage, it was largely the result of lobbying by the Knights of Columbus.
The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic fraternal organization known for its philanthropy. In addition to wanting to rename the hard-won holiday, Harris suggested that the group's members' Catholic faith would disqualify them from serving in federal court.
As of October 2023, only 16 U.S. states and the territory of American Samoa have designated the second Monday of October as an official holiday called Columbus Day.
Axios noticed The day is officially known as “Indigenous Peoples Day” in New Mexico, Maine, Vermont, and Washington, D.C.
President Joe Biden declared October 14, 2024 is both “Indigenous Peoples Day” and Columbus Day.
“President Trump will ensure that the great legacy of Christopher Columbus is honored and will protect this holiday from radical leftists like Kamala Harris who seek to erase our nation's history,” Levitt added.
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