Trump’s latest White House horror: a Zombie Columbus statue. Baltimore’s monument to the explorer was torn down by protesters in 2020. Now it’s been resurrected and placed on the White House grounds.
Or perhaps we didn’t. On Sunday, a specific “Christopher” made a physical comeback in a pretty “major” way. A replica of the Columbus statue that was torn down and chucked in Baltimore’s harbor in 2020 was installed on the White House grounds.
The original statue was one of many monuments that were toppled or removed during 2020’s racial-justice protests. As the New Yorkthat statue with ropes and threw it into the harbor. Upset by the statue’s destruction, Tilghman Hemsley, a local painter, sculptor and fisherman, assembled a team of divers to retrieve it. His son, Will Hemsley, then used scans of the salvaged pieces to create a replica — a project that received $30,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Administration spokesperson Davis Ingle said in a statement last month, “In this White House, Christopher Columbus is a hero. And he will continue to be honored as such by President Trump.” As the Daily Beastthanking the Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations for its “incredible generosity” in bringing the statue to the White House after it was “torn down by anti-American rioters.” Trump has repeatedly suggested that critics of Columbus are denigrating Italian Americans. Earlier this year, he made it quite clear that his vigorous defense of the Genoese explorer is about fishing for Italian American votes, saying, “The Italian people are very happy about it. Remember when you go to the voting booths, I reinstated Columbus Day.”, the so-called “rioters” weren’t trying to dismiss their contributions. They object to glorifying Columbus the man because he was “a homicidal tyrant who initiated the two greatest crimes in the history of the Western Hemisphere, the Atlantic slave trade and the American Indian genocide,” as Vox But that stance is probably a bit too nuanced for people who are unironically taking history lessons from Tony Soprano.Trump backed off his threat to obliterate Iran’s energy infrastructure and claims negotiations are underway. Here’s the latest.Sheriff Chad Bianco’s phony 2025 election “audit” sure looks like an attempt to build MAGA cred in the governor’s race.Banning late-arriving mail ballots wouldn’t be fatal to democracy. But it could boost Trump’s broader assault on voting by mail.If the unpopular and economically damaging conflict drags on, Trump and the GOP are in serious trouble for the midterms.The acronym for “Trump Always Chickens Out” was originally about “Liberation Day” tariffs. Now it’s morphed into a broader Trump insult.Twenty-seven children died in a Texas flood, dividing families over whether it was an act of God or adult failure.Is the minor excursion very complete, ending in a couple weeks, or just beginning? Here’s the latest on what Trump feels in his bones.With the DHS shutdown beginning to cause long security lines at airports across the country, something’s got to give.Why did Barron move back into the White House? Exactly how tall is he? Does he have a lovely singing voice? Here’s what we know about the First Son.As influencers flee, a longtime resident discusses the city’s resilience and why she trusts the government’s policy on spreading attack footage.The UFC is holding a cage match to celebrate America’s 250th birthday . Here’s what we know about plans, tickets, and the fight card.New York
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