On Monday, Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s ex-personal attorney who is now embroiled in a criminal investigation for election interference in Georgia, took to the air on the Real America’s Voice network show War Room With Steve Bannon to display all his colonizer ignorance and racism.
Giuliani made the unfortunate decision to step out of his lane and into one he clearly knew nothing about: the history of Christopher Columbus and his attempt to completely annihilate most of the Native people he encountered in his travels.
When asked about the 15th century explorer, Raw Story reports that Giuliani made an effort to defend the actions of Columbus, dismissing the violence and enslavement committed at his hands and that of his crew by saying, “Columbus is probably the first hero, and there's no evidence that he did any of these things. In fact, most of the atrocities they're talking about occurred thirty years after he left.”
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Giuliani added:
When he was finished gaslighting Native Americans, Giuliani went on to add John F. Kennedy to his list of heroes who’ve faltered, Business Insider reports.
"And have all of our other heroes done that? I mean, John F. Kennedy — now it's a different age, but now we know things about John F. Kennedy that make him considerably less than perfect."
He then pivoted to President Franklin Roosevelt’s administration during World War II, when they made the infamous choice to turn away Jewish refugees who came to the U.S. to flee the Nazis.
Here’s the truth, in case Giuliani is listening: According to History.com, Columbus and his men “enslaved many native inhabitants of the West Indies and subjected them to extreme violence and brutality.”
History.com writes:
As usual, Giuliani and the party he stands with are simply out of touch.
According to The Washington Post and MIT, since 2018, at least 40 monuments to Columbus have been removed—most in 2020 and 2021—with over 130 that remain standing.
In 2021, President Joe Biden declared Columbus Day to be observed as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Hillary Kempenich, an artist and member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, told the Associated Press at the time, “This was completely unexpected. Even though we’ve been talking about it and wanting it for so long,” adding that she was “overwhelmed with joy.”
Below is the full Giuliani interview:
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Giuliani made the unfortunate decision to step out of his lane and into one he clearly knew nothing about: the history of Christopher Columbus and his attempt to completely annihilate most of the Native people he encountered in his travels.
When asked about the 15th century explorer, Raw Story reports that Giuliani made an effort to defend the actions of Columbus, dismissing the violence and enslavement committed at his hands and that of his crew by saying, “Columbus is probably the first hero, and there's no evidence that he did any of these things. In fact, most of the atrocities they're talking about occurred thirty years after he left.”
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Giuliani added:
When he was finished gaslighting Native Americans, Giuliani went on to add John F. Kennedy to his list of heroes who’ve faltered, Business Insider reports.
"And have all of our other heroes done that? I mean, John F. Kennedy — now it's a different age, but now we know things about John F. Kennedy that make him considerably less than perfect."
He then pivoted to President Franklin Roosevelt’s administration during World War II, when they made the infamous choice to turn away Jewish refugees who came to the U.S. to flee the Nazis.
Here’s the truth, in case Giuliani is listening: According to History.com, Columbus and his men “enslaved many native inhabitants of the West Indies and subjected them to extreme violence and brutality.”
History.com writes:
As usual, Giuliani and the party he stands with are simply out of touch.
According to The Washington Post and MIT, since 2018, at least 40 monuments to Columbus have been removed—most in 2020 and 2021—with over 130 that remain standing.
In 2021, President Joe Biden declared Columbus Day to be observed as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Hillary Kempenich, an artist and member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, told the Associated Press at the time, “This was completely unexpected. Even though we’ve been talking about it and wanting it for so long,” adding that she was “overwhelmed with joy.”
Below is the full Giuliani interview:
YouTube Video
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