Politics & Government
Pelosi On Christopher Columbus Statue: ‘If The Community Doesn’t Want The Statue There, The Statue Shouldn’t Be There’
The Baltimore native said the statue's removal doesn't diminish her pride in her Italian American heritage.
WASHINGTON, DC — Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi weighed in on the toppling of Baltimore’s Christopher Columbus statue on the Fourth of July, saying at a news conference Thursday that “if the community doesn’t want the statue there, the statue shouldn’t be there.”
The Baltimore native said the statue’s removal doesn’t diminish her pride in her Italian American heritage, adding she doesn’t care much about statues. “I’m more interested in what people have accomplished,” she said. “I think that it’s up to the communities to decide what statues they want to see.”
