The Trump campaign blasted Vice President Kamala Harris for allegedly wanting to “cancel American traditions,” citing her 2019 comments in support of efforts to rename Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day.

“Kamala Harris is your stereotypical leftist. She doesn’t want that alone increase taxes And abolish the police — she also wants to cancel American traditions like Columbus Day,” Karoline Leavitt, the Trump campaign’s national press secretary, told Fox News Digital exclusively.

“President Trump will ensure that the great legacy of Christopher Columbus is honored and will protect this holiday from radical leftists who want to erase our nation’s history, like Kamala Harris.”

Leavitt referenced Harris’ 2019 comments when she spoke to voters in New Hampshire, about a month after launching her ultimately unsuccessful 2020 bid for the White House.

THE DAMAGED STATUE OF COLUMBUS THAT WAS THROWN INTO A VIRGINIA POND FIND MORE HOSPITAL HOME IN THE NYC SUBSIDE

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a church service at Koinonia Christian Center in Greenville, North Carolina, Sunday, October 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

“Count on my support,” Harris told a voter when asked if she supports renaming Columbus Day “Indigenous People’s Day,” according to footage from the event.

Harris cited recent legislation she helped write that makes lynching a federal crime as she delivered her response to New Hampshire voters.

“People didn’t want to deal and accept and especially admit that we are the scene of a crime when it comes to what we did with slavery and Jim Crow and institutionalized racism in this country, and we have to be honest about that,” said she, the Washington Times reported in 2019. “If we’re not honest, we’re not going to address the remnants of all that damage, and we’re not going to correct course, and we’re not going to be true to our values ​​and morals.”

“Similarly, when it comes to Native Americans, indigenous people, there is still a lot of work that we need to do, and I appreciate and applaud your point and your efforts, and count on my support,” she said. her support for renaming the holiday.

Columbus Day is a federal holiday that officially celebrates and recognizes the arrival of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in the Americas in 1492. The holiday will be celebrated on Monday this year.

COLUMBUS, VERIFIED AFTER 500 YEARS, CONTINUES TO SHOW HE WAS JEWISH: DOCUMENTARY

Portrait of Christopher Columbus, 1519. Found in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Artist: Piombo, Sebastiano, del (1485-1547). (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Activists in recent years have tried to disconnect the day from Columbus, claiming that the day celebrates colonialism and the genocide of indigenous peoples in favor of celebrating Native Americans. Activists have also worked to remove Columbus statues from cities, including toppling such statues during the 2020 riots.

WILL THE 4TH OF JULY, LIKE COLUMBUS’ DAY, SIMPLY DISAPPEAR SOON?

President Biden was the first president to formally recognize Indigenous Peoples Day in 2021, but states have taken different approaches to celebrating the day.

In 2021, Harris’ first year as vice president, she said the US “should not shy away” from its “shameful past” of European explorers “ushering in a wave of destruction for tribal nations.”

Former President Donald Trump has a significant lead over Vice President Kamala Harris among male voters, according to a recent New York Times/Siena College poll. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

“Each October since 1934, the United States has recognized the voyage of the European explorers who first landed on the shores of America,” she said. ‘But that’s not the whole story. That has never been the whole story.

“These explorers ushered in a wave of destruction for tribal nations – committing violence, stealing land and spreading disease,” she said.

FOX NATION’S ‘UNCANCELLATION COLUMBUS’ EXPLORES THE LEFT’S EFFORTS TO REJECT THE LEGACY OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two after assessing the Hurricane Helene recovery response Oct. 5, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

“We must not shy away from this shameful past, we must shed light on it and do everything we can to address the impact of the past on indigenous communities today.”

A review of Harris’s X account before her vice presidency shows that she exclusively celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day during Columbus Day every year she was in office.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign for comment on her previous statements and Leavitt’s comment, but did not immediately receive a response.