The Italian American Civil Rights League (IACRL) slammed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) — who was recently announced as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate — for his response to rioters who toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus, calling Walz “an enemy of the Italian American Community” and demanding he drop out of the 2024 election.
Pennsylvania GOP Senate nominee Dave McCormick ripped Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) for expressing openness to changing the name of Columbus Day.
Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) indicated he was open to a bill that would officially change the name of Columbus Day to “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.”
PragerU has published a video on the importance of Columbus Day featuring Breitbart News reporter Alana Mastrangelo, who has stern words for woke leftists attempting to erase the holiday. Mastrangelo explains, “Here’s what this is really about. This is cultural Marxism. And one of the central tenets is to erase our history, so that we lose sight, not only of where we came from, but of who we are as a people.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) prompted scores of mockery on Monday when she celebrated “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.”
Former President Donald Trump on Monday remembered Columbus Day by calling on fellow citizens to revive the national holiday.
As many Americans continue to celebrate Columbus Day, San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was seriously triggered by the holiday.
At the time of publication, the vice president did not post anything on social media about Columbus Day, as most leftists typically condemn the holiday as racist.
Several well-known companies, organizations, and federal agencies continue to capitalize on political disasters or movements to advance leftist narratives — from the advancement of radical LGBT ideology to the recent push for mass gun control. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is one of the few GOP governors who has openly defied woke virtue-signaling.
A statue of famed European explorer Christopher Columbus was vandalised on Tuesday in London, led by iconoclast leftist mayor Sadiq Khan.
Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday deplored the European explorers who first landed in North America, using a virtual address at the National Congress of American Indians 78th Annual Convention to claim President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda will do much to ameliorate the damage she attributes to mass migration.
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) marked Columbus Day by praising the “courage, risk-taking, and heroism” of Christopher Columbus.
The origins of Columbus Day — commemorating Italian explorer Christopher Columbus — stem from efforts to combat racism against Italian immigrants, who endured everything from racial epithets to lynch mobs when they first arrived to the United States. Today, in the era of wokeness, Italian Americans face a new type of mob, one that seeks to ban the federal holiday celebrating Italian heritage.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) defended Columbus Day from the woke left on Monday as members of the radical left recognize “Indigenous Peoples Day,” defending the Italian explorer as someone who displayed “courage, determination, and perseverance” and noting that those who wish to erase the day on the calendar “do so as part of a mission to portray the United States and Western history in a negative light as they seek to blame our country and its values for all that is evil in the world.”
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg took time to celebrate “Indigenous Peoples’ Day,” traditionally known as Columbus Day, while the country remains at a standstill with supply chain issues, as ports are backed up, shipping companies struggle to find truck drivers, and certain airlines cancel hundreds of flights, partially due to staffing shortages.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg remained silent the Monday after Southwest Airlines unexpectedly canceled over 1,800 flights, choosing instead to focus his message on Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Not everyone was thrilled by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s (D) presence at this year’s Columbus Day Parade on Monday afternoon.
Responses to Columbus Day have grown more contentious as the years go by, and some argue it represents the “evils of Western imperialism,” the Daily Wire reported Monday.
Consumers may not find bargains on Columbus Day because of supply chain kinks and the push for Indigenous Peoples Day.
The president proclaimed the day as an important day for Italian-Americans but also voiced concerns about the treatment of the American Indians.
San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich attacked Columbus Day on Friday, slamming his “backward” hometown for marking the day while accusing the day.
President Joe Biden issued the first-ever presidential proclamation for Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Friday, adopting a practice long pushed by the left as a replacement for Columbus Day, which is said to be offensive to Native American communities.
The board of education in Stonington, Connecticut, voted Thursday to reverse its decision to rename Columbus Day as “Indigenous Peoples Day,” after substantial criticism related to the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the district.
After a nearly four-hour meeting on Monday, the Randolph School Board in New Jersey reversed course and added official holidays back to the district’s calendar after replacing them with a simple “day off” label.
Randolph, New Jersey’s School Board announced that all holidays would only be referred to as days off on the official school calendar.
Former Vice President Joe Biden is opting to ignore Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day—a holiday being embraced by progressives to honor Native Americans.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was not invited to take part in New York’s Columbus Day event and festivities, according to a report from the New York Post.
The violent attitude of many protesters towards Christopher Columbus has less to do with the historical record and more to do with a crisis within Western civilization.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Monday that the media “grossly misreported” his proposal to offset the cost of adding Juneteenth as a federal holiday by eliminating Columbus Day.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) claimed on Wednesday night that his proposal to eliminate Columbus Day as a federal holiday is not “deprecating Christopher Columbus’ achievements” and added that he does not support efforts to erase American history.
Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson opened his Wednesday program by questioning how the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May has led to protesters and others making Italian explorer Christopher Columbus a target.
Sens. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and James Lankford (R-OK) backed a proposal on Wednesday to replace Columbus Day with Juneteenth as a federal holiday.
Monday during an appearance on Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Company,” network morning anchor Maria Bartiromo spoke in defense of Columbus Day.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Monday commemorated “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” in place of Columbus Day and claimed America has a “long and painful” history of mistreating Native Americans.
American colleges and universities around the country are abandoning “Columbus Day” in favor of new holidays. From USC and Kansas State to Harvard, well-known universities are giving Christopher Columbus the cold shoulder.
President Donald Trump declared Monday as Columbus Day, praising the Italian explorer as an “intrepid pioneer.”
Mary Grabar, a scholar at the Alexander Hamilton Institute in Clinton, New York, recently published a book that aims to debunk the revisionary scholarship of leftist historian Howard Zinn. In her book, Grabar takes aim at Zinn’s lies about Christopher Columbus, which have in part fueled the outrage on campus against the Columbus Day holiday.
The Republican mayor of Waterville, Maine, issued a proclamation declaring October 14 “Columbus Day” in his city as he bucked a new state law that renamed the holiday “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.”
Wisconsin Democrat Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order declaring the second Monday of October, which is recognized as Columbus Day at the federal level, as “Indigenous People’s Day.”
A recent poll shows that 69 percent of college students are in favor of abolishing Columbus Day and replacing it with “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.” According to supporters of the change, “the tradition of celebrating Christopher Columbus comes with an inherent celebration of genocide, violence, and colonization.”
