D.C. mayor draws criticism for sweeping report that questions the naming, placement of scores of buildings and sites.
The White House lashed out, calling the moderate Democrat a “radically liberal mayor.” Bowser quickly retreated, modifying the document to remove specific federal properties over which the District has no control.
Lang said she is deeply concerned about racial justice, which she said might include how the city honors historical figures such as Alexander Graham Bell and slave-owning presidents James Monroe, John Tyler and Zachary Taylor. “Democrats need to keep their eye on the ball and not say things that are, on balance, a loser when everything is on the line,” said the strategist, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the matter.
Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.’s nonvoting delegate to Congress, said it is ludicrous to believe, as some members of Congress purported to, that the committee wanted the marble monuments on the Mall relocated or torn down.
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