Cuomo defends Christopher Columbus statue

[McGovernForPrez]

The thing is I think you'd be more justified taking down a Christopher Columbus statue than a Robert E. Lee statue. At least with Robert E. Lee he's a legitimate historical figure in the United States. The only reason Columbus is so big here is that Americans didn't know their damn history.

[McGovernForPrez]

How was Christopher Columbus a hero?

He was lionized by Italian-Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries because after decades of being told "you're not real Americans, you don't belong here" they could respond "The first European in the New World was an Italian Catholic, we're as American as anyone else!" See the Italian-Americans naming their civic organization the Knights of Columbus, Italian-Americans treating Columbus Day as their answer to St. Patrick's Day, etc.

Ironically they'd have been better off basing it off the real discoverer of America, Amerigo Vespucci, who was also Italian.

[McGovernForPrez]

Come to think of it, our Capitol is named after Christopher Columbus.

[McGovernForPrez]

Corrupt Cuomo loses 2 of his 5 2020 Democratic primary supporters.

What a shame.

Hey a Tito Jackson supporter!!!

[McGovernForPrez]

Come to think of it, our Capitol is named after Christopher Columbus.

So is the entire South American nation of Columbia.

That is some serious irony.