In a shocking twist of the ensuing statue crisis ripping this nation apart, Republican senators Ron Johnson (R-WI) and James Langford (R-OK) quietly introduced legislation last week to remove the national Christopher Columbus federal holiday. No doubt they were cowardly kowtowing to the political pressure of the times.  In doing so though they have done a great disservice to this country and have given the rioters, vandals, and revisionist historians an unmerited moral victory.

As has been previously reported, numerous Columbus monuments have been desecrated, beheaded, or outright torn down illegally and purposefully by vandals – everywhere from Baltimore, MD over the 4th of July weekend, to Richmond, VA last month, and many other cities.