DC Mayor Muriel Bowser explains plans to remove Black Lives Matter street mural: ‘We have bigger fish to fry’

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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser explains plans to remove Black Lives Matter street mural: ‘We have bigger fish to fry’

As the nation’s capital has come under fire from the President and Congressional Republicans, Mayor Bowser has tried to avoid […]

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