Posted on 06/16/2020 7:50:54 PM PDT by hapnHal
Top California lawmakers on Tuesday ordered the removal of a marble sculpture depicting explorer Christopher Columbus and his patron, Queen Isabella, from the Capitol Rotunda.
The statue has been in the Capitol for more than a century. Top lawmakers called for its removal a day after a statue showing white settler John Sutter was taken down in front of the Sacramento hospital that bears his name.“Christopher Columbus is a deeply polarizing historical figure given the deadly impact his arrival in this hemisphere had on indigenous populations.
The continued presence of this statue in California’s Capitol, where it has been since 1883, is completely out of place today,” the lawmakers said in a joint statement.
The statement was signed by Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood, and Assembly Rules Committee Chairman Ken Cooley, D-Rancho Cordova.
The removal of the statue shows that Columbus “will no longer be glorified,” said Ida Rodriguez, a member of the Statewide Coalition Against Racist Symbols.
Having Christopher Columbus in such a prominent part of the Capitol makes the explorer seem like a “savior,” she said — when, in fact, “that’s not who he is.”At the end of the legislative session, Queen Isabella’s crown is a target for celebratory pennies. And to the baron who financed the statue in the late 1800s, it was a testament to Columbus’ visions of “marvelous lands beyond the setting sun.”
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Cuomos!!!!! Their coming for your people Cuomos!,
Rather than Remove the statue, couldn’t they Just spray paint “Fredo” on it?
I hear “Fredo is like the N-Word” to Italians.
Not sure where I heard that, but I think it was from “the most trusted source in news” or something.
The left hates Columbus for another separate reason. He brought Catholicism to the new world while carrying a priest on board. The result of this was eventually the end of human sacrifice to the Sol and Luna gods among others. The left has replaced throwing newborns off of pyramids with abortion so Satan has managed to persevere. Cities named after Catholic saints etc will see the communists purge their names. Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Monica, Corpus Christi, St. Louis, St. Augustine, and on and on. Its coming
Totally logical
“Then they will erase the Constitution.”
Some of those democrat politicians are on the record praising the Constitution at one time or another, might be a bit of a dilemma.
I doubt if they will put up Dolly Parton, she is too Southern and probably to right wing.
There’s also the “unrealistic body image” thing, too, that doomed Barbie.
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