A little known fact about Italian explorer Christopher Columbus is that, in 1492, after he sailed the ocean blue, he lived another 300-ish years and founded the United States of America.
This, I am forced to assume, is the belief of New York City Republican Mayoral Candidate Nicole Malliotakis, who on Wednesday called Columbus "the founder of our nation."
(This must also be how pizza came to be the national food of America, and why it is widely available in NYC. No one ever talks about that. Columbus loved pizza. Sometimes he picked off the pepperonis though. Cheese guy.)
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