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Today our Nation honors the legendary Christopher Columbus — the original American hero, a giant of Western civilization, and one of the most gallant and visionary men to ever walk the face of the earth. This Columbus Day, we honor his life with reverence and gratitude, and we pledge to reclaim his extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue from the left-wing arsonists who have sought to destroy his name and dishonor his memory.Academia, with its focus on the depredations of Western civilization, selected Columbus as the wellspring from which evil sprung. Isabella, who bankrolled his voyage, and the Spanish conquistadors are more fitting targets of opprobrium, but according to Progressive educators the descendants of the ruthless Spanish are now the oppressed, so an Italian hero is a politically safer target.
..Guided by steadfast prayer and unwavering fortitude and resolve, Columbus’s journey carried thousands of years of wisdom, philosophy, reason, and culture across the Atlantic into the Americas — paving the way for the ultimate triumph of Western civilization less than three centuries later on July 4, 1776.
Outrageously, in recent years, Christopher Columbus has been a prime target of a vicious and merciless campaign to erase our history, slander our heroes, and attack our heritage. Before our very eyes, left-wing radicals toppled his statues, vandalized his monuments, tarnished his character, and sought to exile him from our public spaces. Under my leadership, those days are finally over — and our Nation will now abide by a simple truth: Christopher Columbus was a true American hero, and every citizen is eternally indebted to his relentless determination.
Personally, I am in favor of celebrating Columbus and indigenous people today, but to the oppressor-oppressed philosophy honoring all heritages is as racist as saying "all lives matter." I'm glad that the President is restoring some balance to the conversation.
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