Bridget Todd
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Did it really? They painted over it? I think they paint they dismantled it. I think that they were like, oh, we're going to like take it up so that it can go someplace else. But we're removing it from this part of the city, if that makes sense.
Did it really? They painted over it? I think they paint they dismantled it. I think that they were like, oh, we're going to like take it up so that it can go someplace else. But we're removing it from this part of the city, if that makes sense.
Yeah. And I do really think it underscores this moment that we're in right now where it does. I mean, I'm curious for your thoughts. It does sort of feel like a pendulum swing in some ways where all of these like largely symbolic gestures are now like being bulldozed over, oftentimes like voluntarily, like without even really being pressured into doing so.
Yeah. And I do really think it underscores this moment that we're in right now where it does. I mean, I'm curious for your thoughts. It does sort of feel like a pendulum swing in some ways where all of these like largely symbolic gestures are now like being bulldozed over, oftentimes like voluntarily, like without even really being pressured into doing so.
Yeah. And I do really think it underscores this moment that we're in right now where it does. I mean, I'm curious for your thoughts. It does sort of feel like a pendulum swing in some ways where all of these like largely symbolic gestures are now like being bulldozed over, oftentimes like voluntarily, like without even really being pressured into doing so.
I feel the exact same way. And Republican Representative Andrew Clyde actually wants it to go further. He introduced a bill that would have amended the U.S. code to withhold certain funds from D.C. unless Black Lives Matter was taken off the street and that area was renamed, quote, Liberty Plaza.
I feel the exact same way. And Republican Representative Andrew Clyde actually wants it to go further. He introduced a bill that would have amended the U.S. code to withhold certain funds from D.C. unless Black Lives Matter was taken off the street and that area was renamed, quote, Liberty Plaza.
I feel the exact same way. And Republican Representative Andrew Clyde actually wants it to go further. He introduced a bill that would have amended the U.S. code to withhold certain funds from D.C. unless Black Lives Matter was taken off the street and that area was renamed, quote, Liberty Plaza.
And for the district to remove all Black Lives Matter Plaza references from city websites and official documents. So they want to like memory hole it and be like it never happened.
And for the district to remove all Black Lives Matter Plaza references from city websites and official documents. So they want to like memory hole it and be like it never happened.
And for the district to remove all Black Lives Matter Plaza references from city websites and official documents. So they want to like memory hole it and be like it never happened.
Exactly. Clyde said, quote, It's time for our nation to leave this failed agenda behind, starting with the removal of BLM Plaza from America's capital. Trump is 100 percent right. We must clean up D.C. for the American people. I believe that removing BLM Plaza must be part of this critical effort.
Exactly. Clyde said, quote, It's time for our nation to leave this failed agenda behind, starting with the removal of BLM Plaza from America's capital. Trump is 100 percent right. We must clean up D.C. for the American people. I believe that removing BLM Plaza must be part of this critical effort.
Exactly. Clyde said, quote, It's time for our nation to leave this failed agenda behind, starting with the removal of BLM Plaza from America's capital. Trump is 100 percent right. We must clean up D.C. for the American people. I believe that removing BLM Plaza must be part of this critical effort.
After all, BLM is a radical defund the police organization, but we are not a defund the police nation.
After all, BLM is a radical defund the police organization, but we are not a defund the police nation.
After all, BLM is a radical defund the police organization, but we are not a defund the police nation.
I would argue that's exactly what he's saying. But D.C. is like getting upset about black people. It's like going to the beach and getting upset when they're sand. Right. It's like we can have a conversation about D.C. 's demographics. But like we are we are a black city. That is what makes D.C. what it is. It's like why I continue to live here. Right.
I would argue that's exactly what he's saying. But D.C. is like getting upset about black people. It's like going to the beach and getting upset when they're sand. Right. It's like we can have a conversation about D.C. 's demographics. But like we are we are a black city. That is what makes D.C. what it is. It's like why I continue to live here. Right.
I would argue that's exactly what he's saying. But D.C. is like getting upset about black people. It's like going to the beach and getting upset when they're sand. Right. It's like we can have a conversation about D.C. 's demographics. But like we are we are a black city. That is what makes D.C. what it is. It's like why I continue to live here. Right.