Black Lives Matter Plaza is newest casualty of GOP battle on range

A Black Lives Matter monument is the most recent to get the boot by Democrats preemptively bending the knee to President Donald Trump.

On Tuesday, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser introduced that town would paint over Black Lives Matter Plaza, which was initially painted on the road throughout two blocks north of the White Home after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020.

The town’s resolution to axe the mural comes after GOP Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia launched a invoice that might require D.C. to vary the title of the plaza or forfeit federal funding.

“The mural inspired millions of people and helped our city through a very painful period, but now we can’t afford to be distracted by meaningless congressional interference,” Bowser wrote.

That is the most recent occasion of Democrats preemptively giving in to Trump. 

Democrats had been criticized for his or her toothless response to Trump’s joint handle to Congress on Tuesday, throughout which some Democrats held indicators studying “Musk Steals” and “Save Medicaid.” Some Democrats boycotted the occasion altogether, whereas others introduced Individuals harmed by Trump’s insurance policies as company walked out or had been forcibly eliminated.

This follows the sample of Democrats voting for Trump’s Cupboard nominees, together with Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins.

Equally, institution Democrat Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia stated just lately that authorities staff ought to comply with Elon Musk’s order to summarize 5 issues they completed at work the earlier week or threat being fired. 

And it’s not simply Democrats who’re giving in to Trump. Tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, and Google have bowed to Trump by altering their maps and flocking to Mar-a-Lago, and private and non-private universities just like the College of Minnesota and the College of Southern California quietly eliminated Variety, Fairness, and Inclusion initiatives in “anticipatory compliance” with Trump.

Now Black Lives Matter Plaza is the most recent pillar to crumble as Bowser joins the Democrats capitulating to Trump. 

The phrases “Black Lives Matter” are painted in brilliant yellow alongside sixteenth Avenue NW, which lies instantly in entrance of the White Home—solely 0.3 miles from its doorways. Although it was briefly paved over in 2021, Bowser quickly introduced that the mural would completely return—till now.

However in true MAGA style, Republicans aren’t stopping on the mural.

On Tuesday, far-right political commentator Ben Shapiro known as for the pardoning of Derek Chauvin, the officer who murdered Floyd. And Trump’s co-president Musk appears to agree.

“Something to think about,” he wrote on X.

Trump himself has a lengthy historical past of focusing on range and the Black Lives Matter motion, which he has known as “toxic propaganda.” So he’s absolutely happy with Bowser’s resolution to color over Black Lives Matter Plaza. 

It’s a present Trump didn’t even should ask for. 

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