This roughly 50-foot-wide yellow 'BLACK LIVES MATTER' mural sits just in front of Lafayette Park, the site of huge protests over the death of George Floyd.
on Monday evening just before Trump walked through Lafayette Park to pose in front of the church for photographs while holding a Bible.
The White House security perimeter has expanded since then, with a tall fence erected around most of the White House compound. Municipal dump trucks blocked off the street, preventing cars from passing through as people painted the street-width letters, and NBC WashingtonA Washington, D.C. flag was painted at the end of the mural, on the side closest to the White House.
Bowser, a Democrat, has criticized the federal government's handling of the protests in the city. She visited the protests on Wednesday and said Thursday she would"push back" on thethe forcible removal of protesters ahead of Trump's visit to a church near the protest site Monday"shameful" and has slammed Trump's response.
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