Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel E. Bowser announced that the Black Lives Matter mural, painted in the summer of 2020 on a street near the White House, will be removed as part of planned changes to Black Lives Matter Plaza.
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The announcement came just a day after Rep. Andrew Clyde, a Republican from Georgia, introduced legislation proposing to withhold millions in federal funds from the city unless the mural was removed and the plaza renamed.
Andrew Clyde needs to be voted out of office. While getting a Democrat to beat him is unlikely, Sam Couvillon, the mayor of Gainesville, Georgia, is looking to run against him in the primary. He is a bit more politically moderate than Clyde, a fire-breathing MAGA moron.
Take an high quality photo of it before it's removed. Have it reproduced in as a high quality life size mural. Give it a permanent exhibition place in the Museum of African American History and Culture in DC. Problem solved.
She should see them in court. This is a violation of free speech. D.C. citizens pay federal taxes and the mural is not a violation of the law. FIGHT THIS! It's tyranny 😡
Bowser is a do-nothing mayor. She’s all show and no substance. To put it bluntly she’ll lick any boot to keep her position as mayor despite any moral right or wrong.
Ugh, that's disappointing. No wonder she's capitulating. Hopefully her term ends soon? There should be zero tolerance from the left for reps at any level unwilling to put up a fight ✊🏼
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I hope they paint a huge Palestinian or Ukrainian flag there. Keep hitting points they don't want us to make until we've hit them all. Then, just paint an anti-nazi mural.
Well, that was sure easy! And what is the next demand? Fire all Dems? Jail all unhoused? Instill curfew? It’s all on the docket, and she has shown she will comply.
It speaks to your privilege that you think you would make a different choice and think things would come out better in the aftermath... Think about it from Bowsers perspective and you will see a nation of people too lazy to vote, let alone have her back when shit gets real.
Is this their go to? If they don't like something, they scream " we will with hold funds" to get people to bend at the knee? When will people finally say enough is enough? A bully is a bully. At age 8 or 50. Stand up to them!
Why would she imagine painting it over would prevent this legislation from passing? What precedent is there to show that buckling to these kinds of demands will save DC?
Andrew Clyde is one of many Radical Right Congressional Leaders that have proven he only cares about the color of one's skin and the income one makes. These should be automatic disqualifications from his position.
I get that it’s really easy for me to “say this shit“ here on social media… But we should be DISOBEYING these people… Not obeying them. And when the money dries up and people can’t get Services just tell them why and whose decision it was.
🧵 Good. The BLM organization officially celebrated the Hamas terrorist attack on Oct. 8th, 2023, the day after Hamas burned babies alive, gang r@ped and sl@ughtered women, m¿rdered over 1,200 Jews, abducted over 250 Jews, and drove in pickup trucks around Gaza with half n@ked
🧵 de@d Jewish women as children ran behind and cheered in the streets. I donated money to them and protested side by side with them over the de@th of one black man. Never again. May their organization be erased permanently.
Now would be a good time to to tell you BLM groups are local and independent and many are completely unaffiliated. Not excusing their position, just clarifying for you.
My mother (1914-2012) grew up in DC and saw the huge KKK parade there in 1925. She was an eleven year old Catholic and knew they hated Catholics too. She remembered every detail, obviously terrorized by it.
Someone make sure we have photos for the Wayback Machine. A mural in my hometown has been getting vandalized all my life, and always gets restored. When we take our country back, we can roll back the clock and restore this mural, too!
Just remove the mural, rename the Plaza, get your money, and rename that plaza back and paint a mural twice as big with Clydes face on a dog in the background somewhere.
NO!!!
Who can and WILL stop this racist action by the convicted felon? Dems in Congress are proving useless, except for Bernie & Al Green. Schumer 😒("We're organizing").
We need the persistence of Bernie, AOC, Crockett, Omar, Duckworth, Jayapal, Tlaib, and others I'm not thinking of this second.
It speaks to your privilege when you stand against the victims of fascism more solidly than you stand against the fascism itself. I needn't remind you that this isn't an election year so evoking the names of those deemed purified falls on deaf ears. All DEMS are doing their best and some Repubs too
As petty and disrespectful as this is, it's a GOP action that will be a useful card to pull out later with voters of color. Beyond that, withholding funds over a mural or anything like that needs to eventually be made illegal.
Wow, I predict a "Streisand Effect" except I dub this the "Fascist Effect." When you try super hard to erase marginalized groups art by being a fascist racist prick, they appear everywhere. Especially Trump Tower... 🙃🫠
Bowser has always been corrupt as shit, doesn’t surprise me. Years ago she was right in the middle of pay to play contract malfeasance a some pretty questionable PAC activity.
We are really starting to find out who has a spine or not.
Exactly how a representative from Alaska held up DC's funding until Metro changed signs from "Washington National Airport" to "Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport."
We what price of trash. Threatens to withhold money to get his way. Yeah I seriously hope when all this done and the next president comes in they’ll sweep the reps. This is disgusting!
What's up with republican reps who don't live in DC constantly pushing changes on the city? "Hurr durr its Reagan airport now; you pay to change all the signage"
We have to understand what these threats look like from her perspective though... If voters were too lazy to turn out for Harris, what makes her think anyone will have her back when shit gets real?
So all of the black people in the United States, take notice! DJT only wanted your votes - he doesn’t give an “F” about you or anyone else except himself and his rich buddies. Sad! 😞
Except it's not a performance. These people truly believe in a white's only America. They are conditioned by evangelical ideals and committed to the cause. They are dangerous and have been playing an almost 60 years long game which has come to fruition. We are in deep trouble. Take them seriously.
2- the conservatives are dangerous and have been pulling strings since the before the formation of the United States. It’s not just 60 years it’s the past 250+ years. Conservative is just another word for loyalist
That is my thinking....they canNOT stand all the peaceful protests.. they keep hoping for reactions like George Floyd (righteous) protests. They want violence via our hands.. so they can launch their premeditated murderous pseudo defense.
All hail the "king". trump has removed any agency that would prevent this type of "extortion" by threatening to withhold fundings. Welcome to fascism and idolatry.
These guys better have security because someone is going to take it upon themselves to beat some ass. You can only push people so far as you spit on them.
Hey, 9th district in Georgia, would be a shame if the road in front of Rep Andrew Clyde's Gun store magically appeared to read Black Lives Matter, over night. . . .
He wants to start a race war. Don't fall for it. I'm sorry, as long as the white grandmas keep showing up in protest, he won't use force. As soon as the black community comes out, force will be used. It's that simple.
Don’t let off any Republicans, as the stand all with their noses firmly planted up Trumps backside. All Republicans following Trump’s leads are just as culpable, just as responsible, and just as reprehensible.
Disappointed, disgusted, enraged... but not surprised. I give it three weeks before a GOP rep introduces a bill that will allow them to call Black people (including their colleagues) the N-word. Their actions are already very nearly THAT blatantly racist.
I’m not going to get upset about this one. Muriel Bowser might be the best DC mayor ever. For all things going on, changing it to Liberty is not all that painful.
Welcome to All Lives Matter Plaza, where all lives matter, unless you're Black, Native American, Asian, Pacific Islander, non-binary, LGBTQIA2S+, differently abled, neurodivergent, or other group that we deem to be unimportant. If you are an ally to any of these, then your life doesn't matter either
Their ideas probably look like this:
- The word black is replaced with white.
- The whole wall is painted white with just the words "King Trump"on it.
- A golden statue of trump is put in its place.
I hope (if this hasn't been done already) that the Mural has been photographed and prints have been made of the highest quality to sell to the public. Use the funds to support programs that help the Black community.
Some Georgia redneck Congressman wants it changed. Careful, Congressman your white sheet is showing. The mayor should paint a mural there, and depict famous DC residents (many of whom are black).
I would LOVE IT if Banksy somehow got involved. Then these racist plutocrats would have to grapple with their hatred of the subject matter vs. the fact that the art would be worth millions
That’s some racists white washing disguised as anti woke anti DEI rhetoric. Their project 2025 reshaping authoritarian takeover is all these little moves that add up to big losses in equality and a destruction of American values.
Folks, please understand that because of taxation without representation, DC government is TOTALLY beholden to the Feds for its entire city budget, which can be cancelled or modified by Trump at any time.
The nighttime poplulation of DC is around 400,000–most are black.
She should let it be known that they threatened her. Anytime they force someone's hand with any kind of threat including violence they should let it be known.
As a federal district, it’s always been totally up to the feds how to allocate funds, and they can cancel any portion of it at any time without the ability of citizens or DC gov to protest or vote to stop the impoundment.
That’s one reason why the Rs always vote against DC statehood.
When I lived in DC in the late 1980s, it was 66% black majority.
That 2% spread today isn’t much larger than Trump’s claim of a “mandate” or “bigly hamberder” or whatever tonic-clonic nonsense spews from his babble-hole.
The difference is much of DC’s population has moved into southern Maryland.
But DC is not a state or a territory. The founding fathers were afraid DC would be a partisan influence on congress if it were a state. They thought that the small physical area would prevent it from becoming too populous. We no longer live in the 18th century.
And that is not to say that we have not been slow to adjust the rules made before 1800, to match conditions that exist in 2025. It is past time to reevaluate how DC is funded and governed.
You have to remember, the world our founding fathers lived in was very different from the world we have today. For many years Washington had no paved streets; legislators who served in Congress stayed in boarding houses.
Well, last night he said America is not woke so to me that means they want to race our existence again. As for me, I will always be woke. They will never stop me🙏🏽
In the country where we have contribute so much it just behooves me why they dislike Black people so much. It’s obvious they have no faith and the jealousy is real.
Repaint it with a mural of Trump licking Putin's feet? Then keep repainting it every time they ask with something more and more annoying until 4 years is finally up when they finally repaint back to it's original mural) (while using gov funds to pay nice lovely artists throughout)
I literally just turned in a paper yesterday about how important this and other murals are/were to the adoption of BLM activism across the country. Devastating.
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Also, obligatory reminder of Andrew Clyde bravely welcoming peaceful tourists on J6
#DCStatehood #WashingtonDC #TaxationWithoutRepresentation
The nerve.
Every time they take it down.
Aspiring artist puts it back.
The neighborhood that burned after Floyd's killing was ours. There are more connections to Trump than most people know. We talk about that in this podcast:
https://wefingtoldyouso.substack.com/p/theyll-settle-for-nothing-but-total-89d
There's always one ready to wear for emergency use.
Who can and WILL stop this racist action by the convicted felon? Dems in Congress are proving useless, except for Bernie & Al Green. Schumer 😒("We're organizing").
We need the persistence of Bernie, AOC, Crockett, Omar, Duckworth, Jayapal, Tlaib, and others I'm not thinking of this second.
We are really starting to find out who has a spine or not.
All of them. Nasty nasty scum.
Rasist white bread piece of trash
Republicans are consistently an embarrassment
This is why Democrats should push for DC statehood
Giving into the people empowers them.
We are slowly sliding into an apartheid society. Just what those Southern White extremists want. 47 give cover to their wildest, wettest dreams.
Don't knuckle under Muriel!
#resist
Pedo lives don't matter.
Rapists lives don't matter.
Billionaire lives don't matter.
Trump's life doesn't matter.
Apparently you think they do...interesting.
Are we threatening the President?
They must think that painting over murals and people will just make them invisible.
1- I’m talking about the Democrats.
2- the conservatives are dangerous and have been pulling strings since the before the formation of the United States. It’s not just 60 years it’s the past 250+ years. Conservative is just another word for loyalist
All hail the "king". trump has removed any agency that would prevent this type of "extortion" by threatening to withhold fundings. Welcome to fascism and idolatry.
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- The word black is replaced with white.
- The whole wall is painted white with just the words "King Trump"on it.
- A golden statue of trump is put in its place.
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-weighs-derek-chauvin-pardon-proposal-ben-shapiro-2039593
Thanks Muriel. Is she jockeying for position with the 🍊💩 like Eric Adams?
Luigi, where’s your brother?
F the racist financial pressure.
It's disappointing that she seems to be caving in to this BS before a vote is even taken on this.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/05/dc-muriel-bowser-black-lives-matter-plaza/81604747007/
and so are all of his NAZI REPUBLICAN BILLIONAIRES
How dare they
The nighttime poplulation of DC is around 400,000–most are black.
No vote=no voice.
General Republican hatred for black elected officials notwithstanding.
That’s one reason why the Rs always vote against DC statehood.
Did you ever pretend to get your wife a job, but sabotage it at the same time?
Do you have an indoor pool?
Do you turn everything into awkward sexualtalk?🥴
lol your name
I think it was important to push back initially.
The bill had not been introduced yet.
They're going to bully her, because they can.
Statehood is the only option.
The demographics are 41% Black, 38% white, 11% Hispanic, and 5% Asian.
DC more closely resembles Chicago than most southern cities.
(Former DC resident)
That 2% spread today isn’t much larger than Trump’s claim of a “mandate” or “bigly hamberder” or whatever tonic-clonic nonsense spews from his babble-hole.
The difference is much of DC’s population has moved into southern Maryland.
Replacing it with "MUSK LIVES MATTER" ???
Fuck em all
I am done
Black Lives Don't Matter Plaza