I came to America a little more than six years ago, dreaming about freedom and prosperity after living through the downfall of Venezuela’s economy and society under the heavy weight of socialism.
By Ryan Shepard
CNN has severed all ties with senior political commentator
Rick Santorum after he made deeply insensitive comments regarding indigenous communities in April. During a virtual event for Young America s Foundation, the former U.S. Senator told a crowd that the pilgrims created American society from scratch with no help from indigenous communities. He later added that the indigenous communities that were already here didn t have much of a culture before European colonizers arrived.
“We birthed a nation from nothing. I mean, there was nothing here,” he said.
“I mean, yes, we have Native Americans, but candidly, there isn’t much Native American culture in American culture.”