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Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser plans to paint over the mural and all it took was one Republican in Congress threatening a bill that would take millions of federal dollars away from D.C. should they keep it.
Bowser's announcement about what she referred to as the 'evolution of the plaza' represents a remarkable retreat from her defiant posture toward President Donald Trump during his first term that led her to order the creation of Black Lives Matter Plaza.
Bowser drew Trump's ire in 2020 when she ordered the slogan be painted in large yellow letters on 16th Street during historic racial justice protests outside the White House. Bowser's move became a national symbol of resistance against Trump, who reacted by calling the mayor 'incompetent,' and Republicans have taken aim at the plaza ever since.
Bowser's decision on the plaza came after Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Georgia) filed legislation Monday to force D.C. to cooperate in erasing and renaming Black Lives Matter Plaza or else Congress would withhold millions of dollars in federal transportation funds.
I think it's safe to say Bowser didn't think Trump would ever return to the White House.
Here's what the mural looks like on Google Maps:
In the past, the plaza has had different names. It's sort of a D.C. tradition to rename it every few years and paint a new mural.
Representative Andrew Clyde of Georgia asked for it to be changed to "Liberty Plaza." Mayor Bowser hasn't told us what the new name is, but says she's changing it for America's 250th birthday.
If she's a good Democrat, I'm guessing she'll rename it something like "Slava Ukraini Freedom Plaza."
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