Colin Jost: "Donald Trump said he is bringing back #ColumbusDay.
And, as a tribute to Columbus, RFK Jr. said he is bringing back smallpox."
#healthcare #RFKjr #MakeSmallpoxGreatAgain #extremism #humor #politics #SNL

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Let's talk about why Trump is talking about Columbus Day....

@beautfc

#Indigenous #IndigenousPeoplesDay #ColumbusDay #Trump #TrumpDistractions #TrumpEconomy #TrumpRecession #TrumpWars #MAGA #CultureWars #TrumpLies

“Trump claims he’s ‘reinstating Columbus Day,’ but it was never gone. While Columbus Day remains a federal holiday, many states have replaced it with Indigenous Peoples’ Day to honor Native American history. #Truth #ColumbusDay #IndigenousPeoplesDay” www.google.com/url?q=https:...

Trump says he’s ‘bringing Colu...

#Biden’s 2021 declaration came amid heightened public debate about the erasure of #IndigenousPeople in celebrations of Christopher Columbus, whose landing in North America led to centuries of #exploitation & #slaughter of #NativeAmerican populations.

#ColumbusDay has long been criticized by those who condemn the explorer for paving the way for European #colonialism, which brought catastrophic diseases & led to the decimation of Indigenous populations in America.

#Trump #idiocracy

In 2021, #Biden became the first American president to formally recognize #IndigenousPeoples’ Day, vowing to “honor America’s first inhabitants & the #TribalNations that continue to thrive today.”

But Biden did not rename the longstanding holiday, which is still officially known as #ColumbusDay. While several states & dozens of cities recognize the holiday as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, it is not considered a federal holiday, though there have been occasional efforts in Congress to make it one.

With his declaration, #Trump appeared to be referring to a proclamation issued by President Joe #Biden in 2021. That decree also recognized the day as #IndigenousPeoples’ Day, which recognizes the #Indigenous communities that have lived in the Americas for thousands of years, & called for it to be celebrated ALONGSIDE #ColumbusDay.

#idiocracy

#idiocracy

#Trump declared on Sunday that he would bring “#ColumbusDay back from the ashes” & reinstate its celebration as a holiday.

“I am hereby reinstating Columbus Day under the same rules, dates, & locations, as it has had for all of the many decades before!” he wrote on Truth Social.

But Columbus Day was never canceled as a federal holiday, & the second Monday in October is still widely referred to as such in the US, & for many, it remains an important part of Italian American heritage.

#Trump will dump #IndigenousPeoplesDay and make it just #ColumbusDay again. Quite on-brand: #Columbus "was a homicidal tyrant who initiated the two greatest crimes in the history of the Western Hemisphere, the Atlantic slave trade, and the American Indian genocide." https://www.vox.com/2014/10/13/6957875/christopher-columbus-murderer-tyrant-scoundrel

Trump is "bringing" back a federal holiday that has been a federal holiday since 1937. Columbus Day...

What he is doing is undoing Joe Biden's 2021 Indigenous Peoples Day proclamation that celebrated “the invaluable contributions and resilience of Indigenous peoples” and recognize “their inherent sovereignty.”

In other words, Trump and his GOP cohorts are just being racist again.

It should be noted that Columbus’ expeditions never touched the North American continent, let alone any land that is now part of the United States.

#USPol #ColumbusDay #IndigenousPeoplesDay
🔗 Trump Says He's 'Bringing Columbus Day Back.' It Was Never Gone
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I'm of Italian descent.
I can sincerely say go fuck yourself on this issue.
I mean that with all my heart.
#Trump
#ColumbusDay
#GoFuckYourselfAgainJustInCase

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Reasons why #Indigenous people celebrate #IndigenousPeoplesDay not #ColumbusDay #Native #columbus

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#CristoffaCorombo was a forgotten non-entity.

#ColumbusDay only became a thing because of Italian pride following waves of immigration in the 1800’s.

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Karoline Leavitt: "President Trump will make sure Christopher Columbus’ great legacy is honored and protect this holiday from radical leftists who want to erase our nation’s history like Kamala Harris."

Is Columbus part of our nation's history? He never came to any part of what is now the USA, unless you count Puerto Rico.

#ColumbusDay

Sorry to report, Christopher Columbus's grave site in Santo Domingo, Dominican, appears to be permanently closed.🍸🐈 But! The hotel does have a pet friendly policy, assuming you are willing to singe the waiver.🍸🙀 #columbusday #pets

#English #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #ColumbusDay #ColumbusDay2024 #IndigenousPeoplesDay #IndigenousPeoplesDay2024 #Truth
Now we celebrate people being sacrificed, hooray. 🤡