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Trump Dragged After Declaring That He's 'Bringing Columbus Day Back' Despite It Never Going Away
The fact that Columbus Day still exists didn't stop Trump from pandering to his MAGA minions on Truth Social.
He posted:
"I’m bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes. The Democrats did everything possible to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation, and all of the Italians that love him so much. They tore down his Statues, and put up nothing but 'WOKE,' or even worse, nothing at all!"
"Well, you’ll be happy to know, Christopher is going to make a major comeback. I am hereby reinstating Columbus Day under the same rules, dates, and locations, as it has had for all of the many decades before!"
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Trump’s proclamation was met with mockery online.
Some called his message out as mere distraction from the disastrous start of his second presidential term.
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Indigenous Peoples' Day was recognized by presidential proclamation from 2021-2024 by Democratic President Joe Biden, but Columbus Day was never eliminated from the federal calendar of official observations.
Biden also issued proclamations during his presidency for Columbus Day.
But many people felt Columbus's legacy is nothing to celebrate.
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The initial concerted effort to create a national celebration of Christopher Columbus was in response to the murders of 11 Italian-Americans by an angry mob in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1891.
Accused of killing the city's police chief, 19 Italian-Americans were indicted on little to no evidence. At the time, anti-immigrant sentiment was rampant, spurred by massive numbers of Europeans coming to the Americas during the Industrial Revolution.
But after six of the accused were acquitted and three more received mistrials, a lynch mob stormed the prison where the remaining 10 men were being held. The mob shot and killed 11 men identified as Italian immigrants, including several that were not among those accused of the police chief's death.
The incident impacted diplomatic relations between Italy and the United States. As an olive branch to the Italian government, President Benjamin Harrison proclaimed the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival in the Caribbean a national holiday in 1892, but it was only a one-time celebration.
By the 1900s, both the Catholic Church and Italian-American organizations wanted a federal holiday to celebrate a Roman Catholic Italian to counter anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant sentiments. A misinformation and White nationalist propaganda campaign was created to push for a Columbus-centered holiday at the state and national level.
In 1934, due to lobbying by the Catholic men's organization the Knights of Columbus and New York City Italian leader Generoso Pope, Congress passed a statute stating:
"The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation (1) designating October 12 as Columbus Day; (2) calling on United States government officials to display the flag of the United States on all government buildings on Columbus Day; and (3) inviting the people of the United States to observe Columbus Day, in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies that express the public sentiment befitting the anniversary of the discovery of America."
The federal holiday continued as an annual presidential proclamation beginning with Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt on October 12, 1934 until 1971.
In 1966, Mariano A. Lucca founded the National Columbus Day Committee to make the observance a federal holiday independent of presidential proclamation. Resulting legislation was signed by Democratic President Lyndon Johnson in 1968 with an effective date of 1971.
Originally set for October 12 in recognition of the day Columbus recorded arriving in the Caribbean homelands of the Indigenous Taino nation, in 1971 the observance was changed to the second Monday in October and has remained on the federal observances calendar ever since.
But the revisionist history, myths, and lies surrounding Columbus and his activities in the Caribbean and coastal Central America began to unravel in the late 1900s. While the holiday remains in effect for federal agencies and workplaces, states and municipalities have exercised their authority to eliminate it.
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The District of Columbia and the states of Colorado, Hawai'i, Alaska, Vermont, South Dakota, New Mexico, Maine, Minnesota, and parts of California no longer observe Columbus Day. They have replaced it with celebrations of Indigenous Peoples' Day, Discoverers' Day in Hawai'i, and Native American Day in South Dakota.
Delaware, Oregon, and Washington state no longer recognize it as an official holiday, but haven't officially replaced it with anything else. New York, Rhode Island and Nebraska recognize both Indigenous Peoples' Day and Columbus Day as state holidays.
But was Columbus ever an appropriate choice as a Catholic or Italian icon?
Aside from the Catholic Church's condemnation of Columbus during his own lifetime and his crimes against humanity being documented firsthand and heavily criticized by Dominican friar Bartolomé de las Casas, he sailed for King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I of Spain, not Italy.
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Columbus was claimed by Italian-Americans for centuries because he was believed to be ethnically Italian from the area that is now called Genoa, Italy.
However, a recent DNA study found evidence Columbus was of Spanish Sephardic Jewish origin— not Genoese nor Italian—and most likely from Valencia, Spain.
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Coolidge's Take on LGBTQ+ Fans
The party was attended by host Matt Rogers, Demi Lovato, who performed “Cool for the Summer” at the opening, and the guest of honor, Jennifer Coolidge. During the red carpet interview with People magazine, Coolidge was asked how her gay fan base is different from other fan bases, and was asked, “What do you love about having them love you so much?”
Coolidge reflected on how heterosexual people are more inhibited in comparison, remarking:
"Maybe heterosexual people are more self-conscious."
She added:
"I think gay men and gay women just let loose and have a blast. They know how to have a really, really good—really fun time."
The 63-year-old comedy icon went onto reflect about the originality and creativity that her LGBTQ+ fans have shown her over her career. “I can’t get enough of this, frankly,” Coolidge dished, and her fans can’t get enough of her either.
Coolidge summed up her thoughts about the LGBTQ+ community, stating:
"They're really original, you know. They're a superior group of people."
You can watch her interview below:
The queen has spoken.
Coolidge has had several good and fun times with gay fans worldwide by providing meme-worthy and Emmy-winning performances, including that of Tanya McQuoid of The White Lotus. McQuoid’s character also once commented on how "gay guys" are the bestest of friends, telling her assistant:
"Gay guys are really the best if you're looking for a friend."
In real life, Coolidge has long been an LGBTQ+ advocate and was honored in 2023 at the 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. After receiving GLAAD’s Special Recognition Award, Coolidge praised, “Here I am again, surrounded by gays, it's the story of my life."
She continued her story by discussing the importance of giving back, telling the crowd:
"I want to give back, you know. I believe we all have the right to be who we are and to love the people that we love and tell our stories and celebrate that in every way that we can."
Coolidge is also well known for supporting AIDS assistance through Aid for AIDS and donating to the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
Needless to say, Coolidge’s LGBTQ+ fans cannot get enough of her either:
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You are so very loved, Ms. Coolidge.
Movie fans can also catch Jennifer Coolidge in A Minecraft Movie as it enters its fourth weekend, already raking in $817 million at the box office worldwide.
