Crews have begun work to remove the large yellow “Black Lives Matter” painted on the street one block from the White House. D.C.

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"

Anger as crews begin destruction of ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural near White House - The mural was originally painted in response to George Floyd’s death in 2020