“Black Lives Matter” painted in bright yellow down the middle of a D.C. street.

The street, where peaceful protesters were forced out of the way on Monday just before President Donald Trump walked through on his way to the now infamous Bible photo op, has been renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza—new street signs and all.

Mayor Bowser wanted to make it abundantly clear that this is DC’s street and to honor demonstrators who [were] peacefully protesting on Monday evening.”

Is it “performative,” as the D.C. chapter of the Black Lives Matter movement tweeted?

And it’s a message that needed to be sent—and not only to the occupant of the White House—that who you vote for in local elections, much like black lives, matters.