Washington mayor says Black Lives Matter Plaza near White House to be redesigned (Renamed)

Yahoo news ^ | Mar 4, 2025 | Reporting by Kanishka Singh

[11th_VA]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -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.

Republican U.S. Representative Andrew Clyde introduced a bill on Monday that urged the District of Columbia to rename the Black Lives Matter Plaza or have the U.S. Congress withhold federal transportation funds. Republicans hold a majority in both chambers of Congress.

Bowser, a Democrat, has been a vocal critic over the years of Republican President Donald Trump.

The mayor ordered the creation of Black Lives Matter Plaza in 2020 when the U.S. saw large anti-racism protests following the murder of George Floyd, a Black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. Bowser was criticized by Trump at the time.

[FlingWingFlyer]

How ‘bout AMERICAN LIVES MATTER?

[Ann Archy]

How about NOTHING!

[hal ogen]

The always worthless media says the “white police officer knelt on his neck”.

This is typical distortion. The black criminal was jacked with drugs and died because of that.

[T.B. Yoits]

Leave it there permanently. Don't cover up their crimes for them.

Add a hammer and sickle but keep the rest of it as is, as a reminder of Democrats' anti-American vitriol.

[VMI70]

“How about NOTHING!”

Amen!

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Here you go...now build it.

[Phoenix8]

Rumor has it BLM has suggested another alternative name for the plaza:

[1Old Pro]

Clean off that Big yellow BLM letters crap painted on the street

[Cobra64]

Yes.

[Georgia Girl 2]

How about Plaza USA?

[Retain Mike]

"District of Columbia to rename the Black Lives Matter Plaza or have the U.S. Congress withhold federal transportation funds."

How about government doesn't have anything to do with what name a citizen chooses to name their business? Any regulations about signage should first have to pass severe tests from the 1ST Amendment.

[Mashood]

Black OLives Matter

[Irenic]

I agree

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Trumps turn.....MAGA Plaza

Or

J6 lives matter

[packrat35]

I say rename it BLACK CRIMES MATTER

[Verginius Rufus]

I agree with the "nothing" option.

If it has to have a name it should be something patriotic and not divisive. Maybe Bill of Rights Plaza. (There is already a Constitution Ave. nearby.)

[Jeff Chandler]

“Henceforth this will be known as the Rodney King Trayvon Martin George Floyd Plaza.”