Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Pressed On Removal Of Christopher Columbus Pedestal From Grant Park

During a press briefing on Tuesday, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was asked about the removal of a pedestal dedicated to Christopher Columbus.

Transcript

00:00just a question thanks of the Italian American community in Chicago are very upset that you've

00:06decided to destroy the historic pedestal of the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park one of

00:14the I think the only remaining historical landmarks from the 1933 World's Fair Ron

00:25Onesti actually offered to remove the pedestal himself at his own expense why would you destroy

00:35that pedestal and is there a reason why you are singling out the Italian American community for

00:42such disrespect nothing has been destroyed well your question was around what if it was destroyed

00:52and it was not destroyed and so we're going to continue to work with the Italian American

00:57community around what is best for this statue and I know that there are a lot of people that

01:03are tethered you know to that history and nothing was destroyed