The massive “Black Lives Matter” (BLM) mural stretching down the pavement of 16th Street leading up to the White House in Washington, D.C., is now being removed by city workers. According to D.C.’s Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser, the site—which saw violent BLM protests break out in the spring and summer of 2020—will be incorporated into the “America 250” celebrations and feature several murals painted by local city artists.
Notably, Mayor Bowser’s decision to remove the massive BLM mural comes after Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill—led by Representative Andrew Clyde (R-GA)—introduced legislation to encourage its removal. The bill would “withhold certain apportionment funds from the District of Columbia unless the Mayor of the District of Columbia removes the phrase Black Lives Matter from the street symbolically designated as Black Lives Matter Plaza, redesignates such street as Liberty Plaza, and removes such phrase from each website, document, and other material under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia.”
During a series of town hall meetings in the capital city, Mayor Bowser acknowledged her decision was part of a greater effort to ease tensions with President Trump and his administration. Responding to pushback from BLM and other far-left activists, the Democrat mayor argued, “We have bigger fish to fry.” Bowser added: “Well, I’m not going to talk about specifics, about my conversations, but I think it’s safe to say that people don’t like it, didn’t like it. It’s safe to say, you can imagine that, yes.”
In addition to removing the mural, city officials have also begun clearing homeless encampments that have long plagued the capital. President Trump has pushed for a federal takeover of Washington, D.C., to restore public order and clean up the blighted encampments. […]
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