Posted on 06/12/2020 2:51:38 AM PDT by Libloather
After statues of Christopher Columbus were defaced around the country this week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that he supports keeping Manhattan’s statue of the Italian explorer, saying it represents “the Italian-American legacy” in America.
Asked by a reporter at his daily coronavirus press briefing whether it is time for the 14-foot marble statue in Columbus Circle outside Central Park to go, Cuomo responded that while he understands the feelings surrounding the controversial historical figure, he supports keeping the monument.
“I understand the dialogue has been going on for a number of years,” Cuomo said. “The Christopher Columbus statue represents in some ways the Italian-American legacy in this country and the Italian-American contribution in this country.”
“I understand the feelings about Christopher Columbus and some of his acts, which nobody would support,” continued the Democratic governor, who is of Italian heritage. “But the statue has come to represent and signify appreciation for the Italian-American contribution to New York, so for that reason I support it.”
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Meanwhile, speaking of Gov. Nero, shopping mall owners and retailers all over NYS are screaming blood murder because there is STILL no clear guidance from Cuomo on how and when malls can reopen.
Won’t matter. The thugs will tear it down anyway.
Of course, we don’t celebrate Columbus Day anymore. We now have, thanks to the left (those paragons of moral Godly virtue and judgment), “Indignant Peoples Day.” (as Randy Marsh from “South Park” called it — I like it). I’m really indignant.
You wonder how much longer South Park has.
LOL...I’m indigenous AND indignant! hahaha
We celebrate on Staten island. come to New dorp Lane on Columbus day and see how many Italians are there and how many blacks and antifa it would take to get rid of us.
There would be badly damaged bodies everywhere and it wouldn’t be ours
I didn’t see all the new eps this year. The ‘Tegridy Farms stuff ran out of steam fast. The other problem with those story arcs is that you can’t sit down to just watch and enjoy a single episode.
The ratings are really bad now. If it were on a higher profile network, like Fox, it might do as well as The Simpsons, and I stopped watching them 25 years ago.
Comedy Central used to have such great shows: SP, Chappelle, Reno 911. The only other show I watch is Tosh, but I think he jumped the shark some time ago. The other stuff is garbage.
Damn straight we are all that and more. We brought more skills and patriotism to this ****** country in 10 years than blacks have since they’ve been here
Our grandfathers came over here and knew how to build things already. And they built a lot of structures in New York and y’all two are.
we kicked their a$$es in New Jersey in the 1960s riots and we would kick their a$$es again if they wanted to tangle with us
Might be time for you fellas to secede from the People’s Republic of Kaiser Wilhelmstan.
well we don’t have the numbers in the city council to secede we tried already so we would have to do it like the South and just like the South we would be much tougher but we would be outnumbered
Staten Island shouldn’t even be in NY state to begin with. If it’s in NY, so should Hudson County be.
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