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Rudy Giuliani and Steve Bannon discussed Monday's controversy around Christopher Columbus.
Giuliani said that the Italian explorer did not do anything other than what was expected of him.
Many historians agree that Columbus committed many crimes and allowed his men.
Rudy Giuliani seemed to ignore the many crimes that Christopher Columbus was accused of during a conversation on Steve Bannon's Monday show, "Real America's Voice".
Conversation between Trump associates occurred during Columbus Day 2021 celebrations, which are national holidays that commemorate the arrival of the American explorer from Italy in 1492.
Recent decades have seen a rise in criticism of the holiday's nameake. Indigenous Americans and other groups are protesting the celebrations of a man most historians believe allowed his men atrocities such as rape and murder.
Giuliani, however, seemed to ignore the many allegations against Columbus when he was asked Monday by Bannon.
"Did he commit some immoral acts? Giuliani stated. "Did he let his crew do it?" It seems that he did. We don't know for certain. It was hundreds of years ago."
"Did he do something that other men or women his age would not have done?" He said, "No," he continued. "And have all our heroes done that?" he asked. John F. Kennedy, I don't know if that's true, but we now know a lot about him.
Former New York Mayor compared Columbus' purported crimes with former President Franklin D. Roosevelt refusing to accept a ship of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazis during World War II.
He said, "I can find any one of their heroes on the left or the right."
Many US cities and states have recently replaced Columbus Day by Indigenous Peoples Day to recognize the atrocities that were committed against Native Americans throughout America's past.
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President Joe Biden made the first proclamation by the president of Indigenous Peoples Day. The holiday will be observed on October 11, in honor America's first inhabitants.
Biden encouraged America to not forget "shameful episodes" of its past in a White House statement acknowledging that the holiday will be celebrated on the same date as Columbus Day.
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