Colorado Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert made it clear Monday that while she may have managed to pass the GED high school equivalency exam (reportedly after taking it multiple times), she didn’t learn anything when it comes to the subjects of American or world history.
Since it’s Columbus Day, Boebert thought she’d try and make a point about how important Christopher Columbus was to the discovery of America.
A quick Google search (provided Ms. Boebert knows how to use Google and understand the idea of a search engine) would have shown the following:
During four separate trips that started with the one in 1492, Columbus landed on various Caribbean islands that are now the Bahamas as well as the island later called Hispaniola. He also explored the Central and South American coasts. But he didn’t reach North America, which, of course, was already inhabited by Native Americans, and he never thought he had found a new continent. You may also remember that it is believed that Norse explorer Leif Erikson reached Canada perhaps 500 years before Columbus was born, and there are some who believe that Phoenician sailors crossed the Atlantic much earlier than that.
Happy Columbus Day? It’s just another chance for Boebert to prove how stupid she is, as Twitter users quickly reminded her.