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So let's dive right into this conversation over Indigenous Peoples Day or Columbus Day.

So over the weekend or really late Friday, President Donald Trump, during a White House Columbus Day celebration, made a statement demanding that the city of Columbus return the Christopher Columbus statue.

Now, that is the statue that stood out in front of City Hall for decades.

He made the statement saying that the city of Columbus has to put it back.

We demand that Christopher Columbus be put back into the heart of Columbus, Ohio.

So if you've been in Columbus, oh, you know, really in the past few years, you've probably been aware of this, that Columbus statue was taken down in 2020 during all the protests over racial injustice.

At that time, Mayor Guenther then said the statue at that point represented patriarchy, oppression, and divisiveness.

since then, nobody's really known where that statue's been.

Yeah, it's just kind of been sitting in storage at this point.

But the mayor's office did respond to President Trump, who, like you mentioned, spoke out on Friday.

Their office responding, saying, the president and I clearly have different priorities.

I am focused on the people who live here and the issues themselves.

that actually affect their lives.

The president should stop trying to divide our country and focus on ending a senseless war, tariffs and high prices on gas and everyday goods, and should be a better partner with cities to reduce housing costs.

And again, that is from Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther saying that his office then went on to say the salute is subject of pending litigation and isn't commenting on what exactly on that right now and while it's still working its way through the court system.

Right, and this statue has really been tied up in this back and forth since it was removed.

The lawsuit was filed back earlier this year and the statue was a gift.

It was a gift from Columbus's sister city, Genoa, Italy, given to the city in 1955, and it sat there on the south side of City Hall ever since it was given.

Now, earlier this year, as I mentioned, several Italian-American organizations filed this lawsuit against the city of Columbus, demanding that it be put back in its place.

It was filed in U.S. District Court and said the 2020 removal of this statue was illegal.

and discriminatory.

So in this locally, the groups include the Columbus Piave Club and the Friends of Christopher Columbus Foundation.

Carla Rotner took a look at this story earlier this year, back in April, explaining that lawsuit and some of the reaction to it.

This spot has been empty for the last six years, where the statue of Christopher Columbus once stood overlooking Broad Street.

Groups of local Italian Americans say that statue represented their heritage in their history, and they want the city to put it back.

So let's dive right into this conversation over Indigenous Peoples Day or Columbus Day.

So over the weekend or really late Friday, President Donald Trump, during a White House Columbus Day celebration, made a statement demanding that the city of Columbus return the Christopher Columbus statue.

Now, that is the statue that stood out in front of City Hall for decades.

He made the statement saying that the city of Columbus has to put it back.

We demand that Christopher Columbus be put back into the heart of Columbus, Ohio.

So if you've been in Columbus, oh, you know, really in the past few years, you've probably been aware of this, that Columbus statue was taken down in 2020 during all the protests over racial injustice.

At that time, Mayor Guenther then said the statue at that point represented patriarchy, oppression, and divisiveness.

since then, nobody's really known where that statue's been.

Yeah, it's just kind of been sitting in storage at this point.

But the mayor's office did respond to President Trump, who, like you mentioned, spoke out on Friday.

Their office responding, saying, the president and I clearly have different priorities.

I am focused on the people who live here and the issues themselves.

that actually affect their lives.

The president should stop trying to divide our country and focus on ending a senseless war, tariffs and high prices on gas and everyday goods, and should be a better partner with cities to reduce housing costs.

And again, that is from Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther saying that his office then went on to say the salute is subject of pending litigation and isn't commenting on what exactly on that right now and while it's still working its way through the court system.

Right, and this statue has really been tied up in this back and forth since it was removed.

The lawsuit was filed back earlier this year and the statue was a gift.

It was a gift from Columbus's sister city, Genoa, Italy, given to the city in 1955, and it sat there on the south side of City Hall ever since it was given.

Now, earlier this year, as I mentioned, several Italian-American organizations filed this lawsuit against the city of Columbus, demanding that it be put back in its place.

It was filed in U.S. District Court and said the 2020 removal of this statue was illegal.

and discriminatory.

So in this locally, the groups include the Columbus Piave Club and the Friends of Christopher Columbus Foundation.

Carla Rotner took a look at this story earlier this year, back in April, explaining that lawsuit and some of the reaction to it.

This spot has been empty for the last six years, where the statue of Christopher Columbus once stood overlooking Broad Street.

Groups of local Italian Americans say that statue represented their heritage in their history, and they want the city to put it back.