The nation’s capital city will remove the large painting of the words “Black Lives Matter” on a street one block from the White House as Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser struggles to fend off threats of encroachment from both President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress.
Bowser pointed to the change on the social platform X on Tuesday, writing: “The mural inspired millions of people and helped our city through a painful period, but now we can’t afford to be distracted by meaningless congressional interference. The devastating impacts of the federal job cuts must be our number one concern.”
The move shows Bowser’s striking shift in tone toward Trump and congressional Republicans since the president’s first term in office. Bowser, a Democrat, ordered the painting and renamed the intersection Black Lives Matter Plaza as a public act of defiance in June 2020. It came after days of chaotic protests at that location over police brutality following the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
People of DC 10 minutes later:
OK we get it — Black Lives Don’t Matter to the current federal GOP administration — nor do Brown, Red , Yellow nor most WHITE Lives Matter to them
Can we remove the orange menace with the same method?
DC city government is fairly directly controlled by Congress. There’s not much of a firewall there. So I’m not really surprised.
Modern book burning.
The Nazis are calling from inside the house.
We gonna stamp them out like last time or let them run the show?
Anyone near there wanna go chain yourself to it?
Orange man should pose in front of it with an upside down Bible. Could be a good photo op.
Go stand on it. Bonus points for wearing a dressing gown with pocket fluff.
Bowser pointed to the change on the social platform X on Tuesday, writing: “The mural inspired millions of people and helped our city through a painful period, but now we can’t afford to be distracted by meaningless congressional interference. The devastating impacts of the federal job cuts must be our number one concern.”
The move shows Bowser’s striking shift in tone toward Trump and congressional Republicans since the president’s first term in office. Bowser, a Democrat, ordered the painting and renamed the intersection Black Lives Matter Plaza as a public act of defiance in June 2020. It came after days of chaotic protests at that location over police brutality following the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
