Criminal vandals destroyed a 225-year old monument to Christopher Columbus in Baltimore early Monday morning. It is the oldest still standing in the nation dedicated to the explorer.

Someone took a sledgehammer to Baltimore’s 200-yr-old monument to Christopher Columbus early this morning https://t.co/Tc7ZoPXfUr pic.twitter.com/eaJzsBeTMV — Baltimore Brew (@BaltimoreBrew) August 21, 2017

It was built by Frenchman Chevalier d’Anemours, or d’Anmour, at Belmont, his 50-acre estate near Harford Road and North Avenue. The vandal left a sign by the destruction, saying “Racism: Tear it down,” and another sign saying “The future is racial and economic justice.” You can watch it happen and listen to the extreme hard-left America hater on this video:

It’s not different from this next action: