在对如何应对首都乔治·弗洛伊德的抗议活动——市长穆里尔·布瑟下令在通往白宫的街道上画一幅“黑色生命攸关”的壁画——存在了一周的分歧之后，她周日说，总统唐纳德·特朗普美国的行动和评论最终促使更多的人周六出现在华盛顿示威。
布瑟在美国广播公司的“本周”节目中说:“美国人看到的是联邦警察部队对和平的美国人使用催泪瓦斯——他们的反应向总统表明，美国人将行使他们的第一修正案权利，他们将和平地行使这些权利。”
她告诉联合主持人玛莎·拉德达茨，“正如你在接下来的日子里所看到的，特朗普实际上做的是让更多的人和更多的人去那里参加和平抗议。”
本周早些时候，特朗普叫做布瑟，在一些抗议变得具有破坏性之后，推特上出现了“严重无能”。市长反过来写信给总统，要求从该市撤走“特别的联邦执法军事存在”，她还要求几个州的州长也从华盛顿撤走他们的州国民警卫队。
2020年6月3日，DC首都华盛顿，警察在抗议乔治·弗洛伊德死亡的活动中与白宫附近的示威者对峙。
在布瑟出现在“本周”节目后，总统在推特上说他已经命令国民警卫队撤出华盛顿，“现在一切都在控制之中。”
周四，城市工人在白宫附近画了一幅鲜黄色的“黑色生命物质”壁画，她将该区域重新命名为“黑色生命物质广场”
然而黑人的生活很重要华盛顿的组织给壁画贴上标签一个“表演”的手势。
“布瑟一直站在BLMDC历史的错误一边，”该组织在推特上发布。“这是为了安抚白人自由主义者，同时无视我们的要求。“黑生命的重要性意味着解散警察。”
2020年6月6日，在DC首都华盛顿，示威者躺在人行道上，抗议警察的暴行和种族主义。
周六，当人群在华盛顿散去时，这座城市的壁画中又出现了一处。在“黑色生命至关重要”的壁画旁边，抗议者在白宫前的第16街用黄色添加了“解散警察”。
“嗯，这不是壁画的一部分，我们当然鼓励表达，但是我们把城市街道用于城市艺术，”布瑟说。
当Raddatz问及该市是否会移除抗议者在壁画上的新添加部分时，布瑟只是说她没有机会回顾它。
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser says Trump's response to protests brought out more demonstrators
Following a week of disagreements over how to respond to the George Floyd protests in the nation's capital -- with Mayor Muriel Bowser ordering a "Black Lives Matter" mural painted on a street leading to the White House -- she said Sunday that PresidentDonald Trump's actions and comments ultimately spurred more people to show up to demonstrate in Washington on Saturday.
"What Americans saw was federal police forces tear gassing peaceful Americans -- and how they responded made clear to the president that Americans would exercise their First Amendment rights and they will do it peacefully," Bowser said on ABC's "This Week."
She told Co-anchor Martha Raddatz, "What (Trump) actually did -- as you saw for the remaining days -- was turn out more people and more people who were there for peaceful protests."
Earlier this week, Trumpcalled Bowser,"grossly incompetent" on Twitter after some of the protests grew destructive. The mayor, in turn, wrote to the president asking for the "extraordinary federal law enforcement and military presence" to be removed from the city and she asked several state governors to remove their state National Guard troops from Washington as well.
Police face off with demonstrators near the White House during a protest over the death of George Floyd in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2020.
After Bowser's appearance on "This Week," the president tweeted that he had ordered the National Guard to withdraw from Washington, "now that everything is under control."
On Thursday, city workers painted the bright yellow "Black Lives Matter" mural near the White House and she renamed the area, "Black Lives Matter Plaza."
However, theBlack Lives Matterorganization in Washingtonlabeled the murala "performative" gesture.
"Bowser has consistently been on the wrong side of BLMDC history," the group posted on Twitter. "This is to appease white liberals while ignoring our demands. Black Lives Matter means defund the police."
Demonstrators lie on the pavement during a peaceful protest against police brutality and racism, June 6, 2020, in Washington, DC.
As the crowds dispersed Saturday in Washington, an addition to the city's mural was revealed. Next to the, "Black Lives Matter" mural, protesters added "Defund the Police" in yellow on 16th Street in front of the White House.
"Well, it's not a part of the mural and we certainly encourage expression, but we are using the city streets for the city art," Bowser said.
When pressed by Raddatz about whether the city would remove the protesters' new addition to the mural, Bowser only said she hadn't had the opportunity to review it.
