The nation’s capital city will remove the large painting of the words “Black Lives Matter” on a street one block from the White House as Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser

Facing increasing pressure from the White House and Capitol Hill, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the District will remove the words “Black Lives Matter” from 16th Northwest. The mural was first installed during the chaotic George Floyd protests in 2020.

The District will make changes to the large painting of the words “Black Lives Matter” on a street one block from the White House, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.

D.C. Democrat Muriel Bowser will rename the city's Black Lives Matter Plaza, just a few block from the White House, amid pressure from a Republican congressman that the change me made. The mayor's office on Tuesday told a local NBC News outlet that the plaza will be renamed and replaced by a mural designed by schoolchildren.

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has taken an often-measured, muted approach to Trump since the president returned to power and escalated threats to take over the city.

While she may be willing to negotiate secondary items with the Trump administration, there is one issue Bowser will not budge on: D.C. statehood.

A spokesperson for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed to NBC Washington that Bowser will remove Black Lives Matter Plaza and the “Black Lives Matter” ground mural will be painted over.

A large painting that reads “Black Lives Matter” on a street one block away from the White House is set to be removed. However, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser continues to thwart off “threats” from the Trump administration and congressional Republicans.

As the nation’s capital has come under fire from the President and Congressional Republicans, Mayor Bowser has tried to avoid

The mayor said many of the encampments are on federal property, meaning the government is responsible for them.