D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) issued a Tuesday statement suggesting the city may paint over the Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House. “The mural inspired millions of people and helped our city through a very painful period,

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said on Tuesday the Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House will be redesigned as part of a new mural project after threats by Republicans to cut transportation funding if the plaza was not renamed.

Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House may soon be no more, after a new statement from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and pressure from Congressional Republicans to get rid of it. Why it matters: The two-block-long mural was a giant rebuke to President Trump,