Well, well, well—look who’s suddenly not a sanctuary city anymore. Washington, D.C., once one of the loudest voices in the sanctuary city movement, has quietly scrubbed its official website of any mention of the term.
That’s right—the same Mayor Muriel Bowser who, back in 2016, proudly declared D.C. would “double down” on being a sanctuary city, is now singing a very different tune. Why? Because reality has come knocking, and suddenly, the political posturing of the past doesn’t look so good when your city is drowning in an immigration crisis.
The now-deleted D.C. government webpage used to proudly boast about Bowser’s commitment to resisting immigration enforcement. Back then, she was spending taxpayer money to fund legal defenses for illegal immigrants and promising that D.C. would stand against Trump’s deportation policies—right alongside fellow left-wing strongholds like Chicago and Los Angeles.
Now? She wants everyone to know that she doesn’t even use the term “sanctuary city” anymore because it’s “misleading.”
Her reasoning? “It’s misleading to suggest to anyone that if you’re violating immigration laws, that this is a place where you can violate immigration laws.”
Oh, now it’s misleading? After years of telling the world that D.C. was a safe haven for illegal immigrants? After throwing open the doors and telling activists that she would fight against deportations? Now, suddenly, she wants to talk about how illegal immigrants are “vulnerable to federal immigration enforcement.”
This is the same mayor who, in December, when asked whether D.C. would comply with ICE detainer orders, responded with “We will follow the law.”
That’s quite a shift from the days of fighting deportations with taxpayer-funded grants.
Bowser’s sudden shift is just another political survival move by a Democrat caught in the mess they created. With millions of migrants now overwhelming blue cities—thanks to Biden’s border disaster—even staunch sanctuary city mayors are realizing that they are the ones paying the price.
She’s not alone, either. Look at New York’s Eric Adams or Chicago’s Brandon Johnson—mayors who once championed sanctuary city policies but are now pleading for federal aid because they can’t handle the migrant influx.
The sanctuary city virtue-signaling era is over, folks. Now that Democrat-run cities are actually experiencing what Texas, Arizona, and other border states have been dealing with for years, the reality is setting in: uncontrolled illegal immigration is unsustainable.
But don’t expect an apology. Bowser isn’t admitting she was wrong—she’s just trying to quietly backtrack before voters start holding her accountable.
Just in case you thought Bowser’s political makeover was only about immigration, let’s not forget: last week, she announced that the Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House would be painted over.
That’s right—the same mayor who spent years pandering to BLM, who literally renamed a section of the city in its honor, is now quietly erasing it. No big speeches, no big press events—just a fresh coat of paint over one of the most visible monuments to 2020’s radical activism.
Bowser is in full damage control mode. First, she’s walking back her sanctuary city rhetoric, and now she’s distancing herself from the BLM movement she once championed. Why? Because she’s finally feeling the political heat, and she knows that the radical left-wing policies she embraced are now political liabilities.
