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Vermont’s Republican Governor Will Sign Bill Abolishing Columbus Day

by Warner Todd Huston

Vermont Republican Gov. Phil Scott said he would sign a bill that will abolish Columbus Day and replace it with “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.”

The bill to dump the traditional holiday passed through the state legislature in Montpelier on Wednesday and is now on the governor’s desk waiting for a signature, the Burlington Free Press reported.

“I see no reason that I would not sign it,” Scott told the media, “but we’re reviewing the bill as we speak.”

“I know it’s controversial from many standpoints, from many people, but you know, it’s just a day, and we’ll get through it,” Scott added. “And we’ve been treating it as something different over the last couple of years through resolutions. Without any technical difficulties within the bill, I’ll probably sign it.”

full story at https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/20/vermonts-republican-governor-will-sign-bill-abolishing-columbus-day/

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