A Democratic city councilor in Rhode Island says she thinks the recent vandalism to a Christopher Columbus statue is a good thing.
And she thinks the explorer’s statue should be banished.
Democrat Katherine Kerwin told WPRO radio on Wednesday that she thinks the statue should be removed and that healthy civil disobedience is good for society and the city of Providence.
Kerwin says that she doesn’t know who’s responsible for the vandalism but that “I stand with them.”
She praised the vandal for “creating a really healthy dialogue in Providence.”
Democratic Mayor Jorge Elorza said Tuesday he’d consider moving the statue to another neighborhood.
The Columbus statue was one of several vandalized nationwide around the time of the U.S. holiday named for him.
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The Associated Press contributed to this article