The Black Lives Matter painting on 16th Street in Washington, D.C., only two blocks from the White House, was a bow shot across the spear to Donald Trump following the passing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
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That was in June 2020. Mayor Muriel Bowser was able to take pride in the city craft because she was pictured admiring the work while photographing it.
However, a lot has changed since the BLM phrase was depicted on the street. The national Black Lives Matter movement spent more than$ 100 million on some intriguing projects, including a$ 6 million mansion for BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors and exorbitant salaries for friends and relatives of BLM officers.
There was$ 60 million still in the bank without anyone in charge after Cullors left the group. From there, things started to go uphill for BLM.
Local chapters ‘ individuals were detained after their hands were found in the cookie jar. The Democrats were therefore clobbered for supporting the BLM’s” Defund the Officers” stupidity in the 2022 and 2024 votes. Democratic lawmakers vehemently opposed BLM, claiming they had not heard of it or something similar.
Bowser and another big-city Progressives have traveled the distance to ride the BLM pony. Bowser is being forced to acknowledge the reality that BLM is a fake and that it was just the most recent attempt to milk white sadness for whatever activists can find thanks to legislation from Republicans in Congress. The BLM road painting will be painted over as a result of Bowser’s decision to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary in 2026.
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According to Bowser,” we didn’t manage to get distracted by irrelevant legislative interference,” the mural’s quote read,” The painting inspired millions of people and helped our town through a painful period.” The statement also made reference to a recently introduced bill that calls for the change of the plaza. ” The harrowing effects of the national job cuts may be our top problem.”
In the midst of one of the worst murders in modern story, the organization that demanded defunding the police was ignored.  ,
” Black Who” What”?
Since the president’s first term in office, Bowser’s dramatic shift in tone toward Trump and parliamentary Republicans is apparent in the move. In June 2020, Bowser, a Democrat, ordered the decoration and changed the name to Black Lives Matter Plaza, where it is located. Following the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police agent, there were times of hysterical protests there over police brutality.
Her response to the rallies directly clashed with Trump. Bowser threatened to summon his authority to overtake the Metropolitan Police Department after the president at the time accused him of losing command of her area. He didn’t follow through and established his personal multiagency quarantine, which included helicopters flieing reduced to goad protesters.
Bowser has worked to minimize conflict and minimize any conflicts in Trump’s next White House tenure. After Trump’s election, she and the president have met at his Mar-a-Lago estate and have officially highlighted their points of agreement, including a shared desire to return national employees to their jobs for full time.
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The” Home Rule” legislation, which removed the district’s authority from Congress, has been opposed by some members of Congress. Given the Senate’s legislature law, it’s unlikely to pass. However, D.C. is a crumbling town, and artwork over the painting dedicated to a group of thieves and cybercriminals won’t remove the odor of corruption that encircles the city.  ,