Fox News: Trump camp rips Harris over unearthed comments on renaming Columbus Day: 'Stereotypical leftist'

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Trump camp rips Harris over unearthed comments on renaming Columbus Day: 'Stereotypical leftist'

The Trump campaign slammed Vice President Kamala Harris' previous comments supporting renaming Columbus Day "Indigenous People's Day." in exclusive comment to Fox Digital.......                    ...                        ...You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login Vice President Kamala Harris for allegedly wanting to "cancel American traditions," citing her 2019 comments supporting efforts to rename Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day......."Kamala Harris is your stereotypical leftist. Not only does she want to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login – she also wants to cancel American traditions like Columbus Day," Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt exclusively told Fox News Digital......."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."......Leavitt was referring to Harris' 2019 comments when she spoke to voters in New Hampshire about a month after launching her ultimately failed 2020 bid for the White House. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"Count me in on support," You are not allowed to view links. Register or Loginwhen asked if she supports renaming Columbus Day "Indigenous People's Day," footage of the event shows. ......Harris cited recent legislation she helped author that makes lynching a federal crime as she delivered her response to the New Hampshire voter.   ......"People did not want to deal and accept and most importantly admit that we are the scene of a crime when it comes to what we did with slavery and Jim Crow and institutionalized racism in this country, and we have to be honest about that," she said, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. "If we are not honest, we are not going to deal with the vestiges of all of that harm, and we are not going to correct course, and we are not going to be true to our values and morals."......"Similarly, when it comes to indigenous Americans, the indigenous people, there is a lot of work that we still have to do, and I appreciate and applaud your point and your effort, and count me in on support," she said, marking her support of renaming the holiday. ......Columbus Day is a federal holiday that officially celebrates and recognizes Italian explorer Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas in 1492. The holiday will be celebrated on Monday this year. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login have worked to disassociate the day from Columbus, claiming it celebrates colonialism and genocide of indigenous people, in favor of celebrating Native Americans. Activists have also worked to remove Columbus statues from cities, including toppling such statues during the riots of 2020. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login was the first president to formally recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2021, but states have taken different approaches to how to celebrate the day. ......In 2021, Harris' first year as vice president, she said that the U.S. "must not shy away" from its "shameful past" of European explorers ushering "in a wave of devastation for tribal nations." ......"Since 1934, every October the United States has recognized the voyage of the European explorers who first landed on the shores of the Americas," she said. "But that is not the whole story. That has never been the whole story......."Those explorers ushered in a wave of devastation for tribal nations – perpetrating violence, stealing land, and spreading disease," she said.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"We must not shy away from this shameful past, and we must shed light on it and do everything we can to address the impact of the past on native communities today." ......A review of Harris' X account for her vice presidency shows she has exclusively celebrated Indigenous Peoples' Day over Columbus Day each year she has been in the office. ......Fox News Digital reached out to the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Loginon her previous statements and Leavitt's comment, but did not immediately receive a response. ...

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