On December 22, 2021, Washington, D.C., Mayor Murial Bowser announced a city-wide Wuhan coronavirus vaccine mandate for entry into restaurants, gyms, bars and event venues. It went into effect on January 15, 2022, conveniently after the mayor's busy holiday party schedule.
Given none of the Wuhan coronavirus vaccines actually stop the transmission of the virus, Bowser's move wasn't backed by science but by a personal need to show D.C. residents and visitors they must comply, "Because I said so."
The Big Board, a small local sports bar serving the city's best burgers, objected, telling patrons all would continue to be welcomed in the establishment.
The effort to push back on the arbitrary mandate lasted just three weeks. On February 2, 2022, a Washington, D.C. health official visited the establishment and slapped a closure notice on the windows.
"The government doesn't send me a paycheck. I send the government money. I am not an agent of the government to do this. If they want to come down and check people's medical status, they're more than welcome to. I don't have the people for that," The Big Board owner and military veteran Eric Flannery told the Daily Signal about the situation. "When people ask me, 'Where are you going to get on the other side of this?', I don't know. I just know that I'm doing the right thing and that this place is supposed to be open."
But while the city is focused on shutting down local, small businesses whose employees are trying to earn an honest living, they're allowing criminals to run wild.
Less than 24 hours after the Washington, D.C., health department slapped a closure notice on The Big Board's glass window, a criminal with a knife stole a vehicle with a woman and child still inside. It happened just four blocks away.
Down the road at Union Station, formerly the most beautiful train station in America, the front circle has turned into a tent city that gives San Francisco a run for its money. Travelers to the Nation's Capital are welcomed by the smell of urine, vomit and heckling from half-clothed, drugged-out transients on the verge of overdosing. Last week, a series of Swastikas were scratched onto the entryway by a previously deported, criminal illegal alien living outside the station.
This is a small picture of the city's rapid urban decay, which has been inaccessible to everyday Americans for a long time. The riots of summer 2020 catapulted the city's descent into the current free fall of decline.
Washington, D.C., isn't just another Democrat-run city in America. It's a place full of rich history, monuments and is supposed to represent the most powerful country in the world. The Nation's Capital belongs to all Americans who have a right to access it safely. At the present time, it is not a safe or welcoming place for America's citizenry to visit, not to mention being closed to the rest of the world. The pathetic and dangerous state of the city under the "leadership" of Mayor Bowser and her band of tyrannical officials is an ongoing embarrassment and shame.
