DC’s Bold Cleanup: Wokeness Gets Jackhammered
The woke tide is finally receding in America—and it’s leaving a big mess behind. Companies that once plastered “equity” all over their websites are now scrubbing away those diversity slogans faster than teens deleting embarrassing photos.
DEI departments, which mushroomed during 2020, are being cut back in no time. Even university presidents who once bowed to loud mobs are suddenly remembering what real academic standards look like.
And nothing says “game over” like the sound of jackhammers ripping up pavement where progressive promises were once carved in stone. Black Lives Matter Plaza is officially history. The giant yellow letters on 16th Street in front of the White House are gone. Construction crews finished the demolition on Monday.
From ‘Daily Caller’:
“Less than one month ago, I introduced legislation to force D.C. to remove Black Lives Matter Plaza,” Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia said Monday in an X post. “Today, BLM Plaza is officially GONE.”
“We’re making our nation’s capital great again!” Clyde said, joining one of many celebratory reactions by conservatives online.
Mayor Bowser put up those huge yellow letters back in June 2020—just days after protests in D.C. turned wild. These weren’t calm demonstrations. They were mobs that stormed the White House, injured law enforcement, vandalized businesses and historic monuments, and even set fire to St. John’s Church near the White House. Torch a church? That’s not justice—that’s chaos.
It’s no wonder Bowser’s office spent $4.8 million to create a plaza that was meant to shout out a message. “A strong message that Black Lives Matter, and that power has always been and always will be with well-meaning people,” they claimed. But as it turns out, sometimes money can’t buy respect.
Then came a familiar Republican punch. Rep. Andrew Clyde introduced legislation threatening to cut federal funding from D.C. unless the mural vanished. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy even sent a letter to Bowser, citing “safety concerns” about art that seemed more designed to grab headlines than to help road users. With D.C.’s budget already in trouble, it was only a matter of time before Bowser decided to back down.
The jackhammer sounds aren’t just construction noise. They mark a real shift—a physical reminder that the era of performative wokeness is losing its grip. Each block of asphalt, every scrape of that bright yellow paint, sends a clear message: it’s time to ditch radical ideas that only split us apart.
Bowser has promised a redesign of the plaza in time for America’s 250th anniversary in 2026. One can only hope the new look celebrates something that truly unites us—maybe a nod to our Constitution or our founding principles. Now, that would be something to build on.
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