Italian-American Civil Rights Group Has It OUT For Tim Walz

"The Italian American Civil Rights League demanded that Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) step down as Vice President Kamala Harris's running mate over his alleged racism toward Italian Americans.

IACRL board member Mike Crispi, a Trump delegate, published a letter from the group on X accusing Walz of racism and calling him an "enemy of the Italian American Community," largely over his handling of the riots surrounding the death of George Floyd. During the 2020 unrest, protesters tore down a statue of explorer Christopher Columbus, which led to criticism against Walz and his lieutenant governor."

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[HH-mwsq]

Can someone please explain to Americans that Christopher Columbus never ever set foot or laid eyes on what is now the United States?

[francobenevento]

As an Italian, these people don't speak for Italians.

[charlotteinnocent]

Its going to be about four guys claiming that they speak for all Italian Americans, not all Italian Americans. How ridiculous they show themselves to be!

[michaelm]

Christopher Columbus was a footnote in history until Italian-American groups decided they needed a figurehead. True story.

[priscilanavarro-uyfo]

Columbus promised the Spanish Queen and King Isabella and Ferdinand that if they supported him, their kingdoms (Castile and Aragon) would have safe and exclusive access to Asia and its products. Just think of the great economic benefit it would mean back then to become the main supplier of Asian products to wealthy European merchants. The risk was significant, but the benefits would be much greater. Isabel accepted. Perhaps when reasoning all this that I have said before, perhaps due to "special favors", perhaps due to pressure from the Castilian nobles, that does not matter much. Convincing Fernando was the easiest, no man ever says no to his wife, especially if she is the queen of the other great kingdom in the region.

[conniedean]

I am ITALIAN a US citizen, my grandparents were born in Italy, I Like Tim Walz, amazing, kind, compassionate and Pope Francis would agree

[cocacolablood]

I'm half Italian and I'm all for Walz as VP.

[MrBlade]

I'm Italian and I'm proud to support the Harris/Walz ! Country over anything!

[Qaptaininsano]

Every smear against Walz makes me like him more.

[danielwolf]

They know Columbus wasn't a great guy, right? That's a bit like complaining that your Mussolini statue got debased.

[sharibuu]

I am Italian, living in Italy - this is such bullshit. It is embarrassing!

[chrismayer]

I’m Italian/Sicilian (Sorci) and I have no beef with Tim Walz… 🇮🇹🇮🇲

[dimensiondimensiones]

In the 15th century, only two powerful countries kingdom in Europe were in a position to understand, support and finance Columbus's expedition: Portugal and Castile - Aragon Both had a privileged geographical position, they had already carried out discovery expeditions towards Africa and the West, discovering the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores, and they came from the push that the Reconquista process had given them. Portugal refused Columbus's request and Castile did the opposite.

[yeoshow]

1. Chef Boyardee is a more iconic Italian than Christopher Columbus.
2. The Vikings were in North America centuries before Columbus.
3. This is such a sad grievance.

[donnav]

There are 11 federally recognized Native American tribes in Minnesota. I'm sure they weren't worried about the damn statue!

[papabear]

As an Italian American I've always found Christopher Columbus to be a revolting human being. Tony Soprano was an angel compared to him. Harris Walz 2024!

[dominicrossitto]

As an Italian-American, I am ECSTATIC that Tim Walz is the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee.

He was EXACTLY who I was hoping would get the nod. I was aware of who he was and all he has done for the people of the state Minnesota.

However, I DO want to correct you Francesca: BOTH of my parent's families immigrated from Sicily. My father was born and raised here. However, he was ROUTINELY harrased and discriminated against. He was called "wop", "deigo", had people tey to start fights with him and even had knives pulled on him, ...multiple times.

It is well known that Japanese Americans were WRONGFULLY and disgustingly, placed into internment camps.

However, on a much smaller scale, and so were some German-Americans and Italian-Americans.

The conditions they were in were disgusting, but to be honest, nowhere near as bad as the conditions that the Japanese-Americans were in. Of course, we know why: those of Japanese descent are not of European descent, are not "white", they "look different" etc.

All the things I mentioned happened LESS than 100 years ago.

And just outside the time frame of the past 100 years,
ON March 14, 1891, a mob of 10, 000 people, including prominent New Orleans citizens, lynched 11 Italian Americans in the largest mass lynching in American history. It was almost 19 people who were lynched, but another 8 people escaped the lynching.

The 1891 New Orleans lynchings were the murders of 11 Italian Americans, immigrants in New Orleans, by a mob for their alleged role in the murder of police chief David Hennessy after some of them had been acquitted at trial.

Then there was an additional lynching of 5 Italian-Americans on July 20th, 1899 in Tallulah, Louisiana.

And no, I'm NOT upset like many of my family members over Columbus Day not being celebrated in many places here in the U.S.

And overall, comapred to the kidnapping of people from Africa and forced into slavery, the mass slaughter of Native Americans/First Nations people, the creation of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, it is a relatively small in comparison, but NOT the only times Italian-Americans have faced discrimination in the recent past.

[lolalalia]

As an Italian let me just say, Columbus was one of our greatest shames.

[jasonmims]

The next scandal will be a French Bakery that claims Tim Walz didn't visit them during his 2018 governor campaign and went to the doughnut shop across the street. They will go on to say he hates the French for choosing a glazed donut over a croissant.

[renjiabarai]

I'm sure there were Nazis pissed when Hitler statues were torn down. you can't please everyone 🤷‍♀️