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,

A spokesperson for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed to News4 that the Black Lives Matter Plaza will be rennamed. There’s no timeline yet for the change. This comes a day after Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia has introduced legislation that,