Tue Oct 12, 2021 – 4:12 pm EDTTue Oct 12, 2021 – 4:13 pm EDT
TALLAHASSEE (LifeSiteNews) — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a stirring defense Monday of Christopher Columbus, the famed Italian explorer who landed in the “New World” that became North America, and who in recent years has become a target of left-wing “social justice” ire.
“Columbus stands a singular figure in Western Civilization,” DeSantis’ proclamation reads, “who exemplified courage, risk-taking, and heroism in the face of enormous odds; as a visionary who saw the possibilities of exploration beyond Europe; and as a founding father who laid the foundation for what would one day become the United States of America, which would commemorate Columbus by naming its federal district after him.”
Christopher Columbus displayed courage, determination, and perseverance when he sailed the ocean blue more than 500 years ago.
Happy Columbus Day! pic.twitter.com/6N0MlOkrvZ
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) October 11, 2021
Left-wing activists argue for renaming Columbus’ October 11 national holiday “Indigenous People’s Day,” in recognition of the native populations they blame European settlers for displacing. In his own Columbus Day proclamation, Democrat President Joe Biden said that for “Native Americans, western
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