RESTLESS NIGHT
DC mayor kicks out 200 National Guardsmen from hotel before bragging about shining ‘night light’ for Trump at BLM mural
THE MAYOR of Washington DC has kicked out 200 National Guardsmen from their hotel rooms while they're protecting the city, before bragging about shining a Black Lives Matter "nightlight" for Donald Trump.
The news comes just hours after Mayor Muriel Bowser asked and to remove its soldiers from the district.
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The National Guard said in a statement, obtained by , on Friday: "Last night, we were informed that our service members would be relocated from their hotel rooms."
Bowser said that the soldiers were removed due to budgeting issues and said "this is overbilling."
On Friday, the mayor told reporters that "at no time did we intend or certainly would we be able to affect evicting any Guardsman from any hotel," and clarified that the hotel rooms were reserved for responders and are paid for by the city.
She said: "So our message to the hotel was that if they are going to use the rooms that we reserved, then they are going to have to pay for them, and you have to refund us our money.
"At no time did we intend or certainly would be able to affect evicting any guardsmen from any hotel."
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reacted to the news that afternoon, tweeting: "The incompetent Mayor of ,
@MayorBowser, who’s budget is totally out of control and is constantly coming back to us for “handouts”, is now fighting with the National Guard, who saved her from great embarrassment...
"...over the last number of nights. If she doesn’t treat these men and women well, then we’ll bring in a different group of men and women!"
Just hours after, Bowser hit back at Trump by posting a video of a "" projection with the caption: "We turned on the night light for him so he dreams about #BlackLivesMatter Plaza."
The video also shows the which has been painted along the road to .
Bowser contacted the Public Works Department for help to create the giant, yellow letters that span two blocks of 16th street in the nation’s capital.
Each of the letters span the width of the two-lane road — the paint of which began on Friday morning.
16 Street, where the mural is painted, leads to Lafayette Square and .
Bowser has deemed the area with the huge lettering “Black Lives Matter Plaza” — which she designated with a street sign.
Protests have erupted in the city as people are demanding racial justice following the death of .
The 46-year-old died last Monday in after was filmed kneeling on his neck during an arrest.
over the death of Floyd, with Chauvin set to face the more serious charge of second-degree murder.
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