The mural, which covers two city blocks, was painted in 2020. A jackhammer began chipping away at the bright yellow letters on Monday morning.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she will remove the Black Lives Matter mural near the White House amid heavy pressure from House Republicans and President Trump. Bowser commissioned the mural in June 20

The street mural, just steps from the White House, is being removed after a Republican legislator threatened to withhold federal funding for DC unless the area was renamed "Liberty Plaza"