California legislative leaders said Tuesday that a statue of Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella will be removed from the Capitol rotunda, where it was installed in 1883.
The announcement comes as public sentiment sours against monuments to historical figures seen as racist or imperialist, with institutions and demonstrators alike taking down statues amid protests following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. The protest movement has forced leaders to reevaluate European-centric monuments in the United States.
“Christopher Columbus is a deeply polarizing historical figure given the deadly impact his arrival in this hemisphere had on indigenous populations,” Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Assembly Rules Chair Ken Cooley (D-Rancho Cordova) said in a statement. “The continued presence of this statue in California’s Capitol, where it has been since 1883, is completely out of place today. It will be removed.”
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Christopher Columbus was a Yid who changed his name. It’s in the history books. Many yidden fleeing the inquisition joined his 3 boats along with other criminals and societal outcasts who could be ‘convinced’ to join this possibly suicidal journal (think about the boat that did sink).
I thought his real name was Golumbush! A real Modurul (Hungarian)
It was. Then they shortened it again to Gombo. They make great chocolate danishes.
Without someone like Columbus, there would be no “Latinos” today. Removing hi statue like this is a de facto statement that they want to erase the Latino. One should note that all “California legislative leaders” are Democrat.