Allen West slams Chicago leaders: 'Didn't know Columbus was responsible' for recent murders

Newly elected Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West said on Friday that the targeting of the Christopher Columbus statues in Chicago is a “distraction” over the violence that has erupted. “If you look at all the murders and the situation going on in Chicago, I didn’t know that Christopher Columbus was responsible for that,” Lt. Col. West told “Fox & Friends.”-- More... Allen West on cancel culture over statues and monuments, winning election for Texas GOP chair