It’s not observed until the autumn, but President Donald Trump is wasting no time gearing up for Columbus Day, the commemoration of explorer Christopher Columbus landing ashore in the Americas on Oct. 12, 1492.
“I’m bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes,” Trump said Sunday on Truth Social.
“The Democrats did everything possible to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation, and all of the Italians that love him so much.
“They tore down his Statues, and put up nothing but ‘WOKE,’ or even worse, nothing at all!
“Well, you’ll be happy to know, Christopher is going to make a major comeback.
“I am hereby reinstating Columbus Day under the same rules, dates, and locations, as it has had for all of the many decades before!”
Columbus has been the subject of numerous controversies in recent years, with some of his statues removed and even one Detroit teacher wearing a sweatshirt to work on Columbus Day 2019 which read “COLUMBUS WAS A MURDERER” in order to, she claims, “spark discussion.”
According to WXYZ, fifth-grade teacher Emma Howland-Bolton said she wanted to “have a conversation” with her Clipper Multicultural Magnet Honors Academy students regarding “different perspectives.”
However, a Clipper administrator told her she would have to change her shirt, and she was informed the statement was “her opinion.” Howland-Bolton countered that it “is a fact.”
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