{"id":598949,"date":"2021-07-21T12:51:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T16:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=598949"},"modified":"2021-07-21T12:51:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T16:51:05","slug":"months-after-greenlighting-pro-blm-mural-dc-mayor-removes-anti-castro-mural-painted-on-the-same-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/months-after-greenlighting-pro-blm-mural-dc-mayor-removes-anti-castro-mural-painted-on-the-same-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Months After Greenlighting Pro-BLM Mural, DC Mayor Removes Anti-Castro Mural Painted On The Same Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmonths-after-greenlighting-pro-blm-mural-dc-mayor-removes-anti-castro-mural-painted-on-the-same-street%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=598949&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/BLM-3-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Mayor Muriel Bowser scrubbed a mural calling for Cuban liberty from the streets of Washington, D.C.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Activists painted \u201cCuba Libre\u201d \u2014 \u201cFree Cuba\u201d \u2014 in front of the Cuban embassy, located on 16th Street several blocks north of the White House. Bowser, a Democrat, scrubbed the mural one day after it appeared.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.4727272727273\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Someone left a message in front  of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CubanEmbassy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CubanEmbassy<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/washingtonDC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#washingtonDC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CubaLibre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CubaLibre<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOSCuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOSCuba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/We9v3xjfE6\">pic.twitter.com\/We9v3xjfE6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dianela Urdaneta (@DianelaUrdaneta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DianelaUrdaneta\/status\/1416055405000732676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/dc-mayor-scrubs-anti-castro-slogan-from-cuban-embassy-entrance\/\"><span>The Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/a><span> reported:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"19\">\n<p><i><span>Activists drew inspiration from the Black Lives Matter movement, whose slogan decorated the road in front of the White House for months. Comedian Alex Gonzalez of Los Pichy Boys, who has spent 15 years speaking out against the communist regime and streams videos about the crackdown in Cuba to his half-million followers on Instagram, said Bowser is siding with an oppressive regime.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Bowser administration defended the decision to crackdown on the anti-Castro activists. \u201cThe \u2018Cuba Libre\u2019 painting on the street was unauthorized, so DPW crews power washed to remove it,\u201d Erica Cunningham, the public information officer for D.C. Public Works, told the Free Beacon.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>In June 2020, Bowser ordered city officials to paint the phrase \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d on another portion of 16th Street closer to the White House, which was then officially dubbed \u201cBlack Lives Matter Plaza.\u201d As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/protesters-add-defund-the-police-to-black-lives-matter-painted-near-white-house\"><span>The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a><span> reported, social justice protesters later added the phrase \u201cDefund The Police\u201d without explicit approval from the District, leading to its removal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last week, Bowser <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/DCWASH\/bulletins\/2e87351\"><span>announced<\/span><\/a><span> that Black Lives Matter Plaza would become permanent following a construction project lasting until October.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.727810650888\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Construction to make <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackLivesMatter<\/a> Plaza a permanent installation will begin on Monday and is expected to conclude by October 1.  <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude97  16th Street NW b\/t H and K Sts will be closed to through traffic<br \/>\ud83d\udeb6 Sidewalks will remain open to pedestrians<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lHMNctSkds\">https:\/\/t.co\/lHMNctSkds<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6WoOp49DNv\">pic.twitter.com\/6WoOp49DNv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DDOT DC (@DDOTDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DDOTDC\/status\/1416110460739407874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cuban-artist-slams-blm-all-black-lives-matter-except-cuban-black-lives\"><span>The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a><span> previously reported, Black Lives Matter slammed the United States government for attempting to \u201ccrush\u201d the Cuban Revolution with its embargo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The group\u2019s statement read:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"18\">\n<p><i><span>Black Lives Matter condemns the U.S. federal government\u2019s inhumane treatment of Cubans, and urges it to immediately lift the economic embargo. This cruel and inhumane policy, instituted with the explicit intention of destabilizing the country and undermining Cubans\u2019 right to choose their own government, is at the heart of Cuba\u2019s current crisis. Since 1962, the United States has forced pain and suffering on the people of Cuba by cutting off food, medicine and supplies, costing the tiny island nation an estimated $130 billion.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The people of Cuba are being punished by the U.S. government because the country has maintained its commitment to sovereignty and self-determination. United States leaders have tried to crush this Revolution for decades.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) \u2014 who is Cuban-American \u2014 slammed the organization: \u201cThe extortionist ring known as the Black Lives Matter organization took a break today from shaking down corporations for millions &amp; buying themselves mansions to share their support for the Communist regime.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Muriel Bowser scrubbed a mural calling for Cuban liberty from the streets of Washington, D.C.Activists painted \u201cCuba Libre\u201d \u2014 \u201cFree Cuba\u201d \u2014 in front of the Cuban embassy, located &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}