Construction workers began removing Washington, D.C.'s Black Lives Matter Plaza mural on Monday, after Mayor Muriel Bowser pledged to redesign the plaza in response to Republican threats to cut the city's transportation funding unless it was renamed.

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