Condemned Trump's campaign Vice President Kamala Harris accused her of trying to “abolish American heritage,” citing her 2019 comments supporting efforts to rename Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples' Day.
“Kamala Harris is your stereotypical leftist. She just doesn't want increase taxes AND Defend the police – He also wants to cancel American traditions like Columbus Day,” Trump campaign national press secretary Carolyn Levitt told Fox News Digital exclusively.
“President Trump will ensure that Christopher Columbus’ great legacy is honored and will protect this holiday from radical leftists who, like Kamala Harris, want to erase our nation’s history.”
Levitt was referring to Harris' 2019 comments when he spoke to voters in New Hampshire about a month after launching an unsuccessful bid for the White House in 2020.
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a church service on Sunday, October 13, 2024, at the Koinonia Christian Center in Greenville, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
“Count me in for support” Harris told a voter When asked if he supports naming Columbus Day “Indigenous Day,” images of the event are shown.
Harris cited recent legislation she helped write that makes lynching a federal crime in providing her response to New Hampshire voters.
“People don't want to confront and accept and most importantly admit that we are a crime scene in this country in terms of what we did with slavery and Jim Crow and institutionalized racism, and we have to be honest about that,” she said . . The Washington Times reported in 2019. “If we are not honest, we will not address all these signs of harm, we will not take the right path and we will not be true to our values and our ethics. .”
“Likewise, when it comes to Native Americans, Native Americans, we still have a lot of work to do, and I appreciate and applaud your words and your efforts and count on me for support,” he highlighted. Your support for changing the name of the holiday.
Columbus Day is a federal holiday that officially celebrates and recognizes the arrival of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus to America in 1492. This year the holiday will be celebrated on Monday
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Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1519. Found in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Artist: Piombo, Sebastiano, del (1485-1547). (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
Workers in recent years have worked to desegregate the day, claiming it celebrates colonialism and the genocide of indigenous peoples, in favor of celebrating Native Americans. Activists have also worked to remove statues of Columbus from cities, including demolishing these statues during the 2020 riots.
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President Biden 2021 was the first president to officially recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day, but states have taken different approaches to how to celebrate the day.
In 2021, Harris's first year as vice president, he said the United States “should not be ashamed” of its “shameful past” of European explorers unleashing “waves of devastation on tribal nations.”
Former President Donald Trump has a larger lead among male voters than Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a recent New York Times/Siena College poll. (AP/Julia DeMarie Nichinson)
“Since 1934, every October, the United States has recognized the journey of European explorers who first landed on American shores,” he said. “But that’s not the whole story. It was never the whole story.
“These explorers unleashed a wave of destruction to tribal nations – violence, land theft and the spread of disease,” he said.
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two after assessing the recovery response to Hurricane Helen on October 5, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Mário Tama/Getty Images)
“We must not run away from this shameful past and we must shine a light on it and do everything we can to address the impact of the past on local communities today.”
An analysis of Harris' X-report for his vice presidency shows that he celebrated Indigenous Peoples' Day exclusively on Columbus Day every year while in office.
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Fox News reached out to Harris' Digital Campaign for comment on her previous statement and Leavitt's comments, but did not immediately receive a response.
