GOP says Harris will ‘cancel’ Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples Day

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Republicans are hitting out against Vice President Kamala Harris for her support to rename Columbus Day, accusing the Democratic presidential nominee of wanting to “cancel American traditions.” 

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign was quick to decry Harris’s past comments supporting a change to designate the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day, calling the Democratic challenger a “stereotypical leftist.”

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