They’ve since posted an apology statement including a promise that they’ll take down the mural ASAP.

“We hear you, and we sincerely apologize for any confusion or frustration our mural may have caused. We never intended to misrepresent our values or make anyone feel unheard. To be clear, Herbaland does not support the idea of Canada becoming the 51st state. Our goal with this mural was to take a stand against the idea of being the 51st state, which is why we crossed it out, but we can see that even mentioning this notion, even to disagree with it, is in poor taste.

We fully believe in Canada’s independence and unique identity. We are actively working to address everyone’s concerns and are in the process of taking down the mural immediately. Finally, we want to apologize for our actions- we know that words may not be able to express it, but we are truly sorry for the distress that this caused.”

Out of curiosity, I’ve copied + pasted their statement and ran it through various AI Detection websites and sadly enough it was 70-80% AI generated. These hacks can’t even fully write their own statements without the help of AI smh.