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White House on lockdown: Man ‘sets himself on fire’ - Secret Service scrambled
www.express.co.uk ^ | PUBLISHED: 20:21, Fri, Apr 12, 2019 | UPDATED: 20:25, Fri, Apr 12, 2019 | by Joey Millar

Posted on 04/12/2019 12:32:28 PM PDT by Red Badger

THE WHITE House is in lockdown after a man attempted to set himself on fire, a New York Times reporter has claimed.

Photos taken at the scene show security personnel tackling a person on the ground. Police and amublance crews are in attendance.

Nicholas Kristof, a columnist with the New York Times, said: “Someone apparently set himself on fire in front of the White House just now. I was coming out of the West Wing, and the Sevret Service isn’t letting anyone out onto Pennsylvania Ave. They say there are also suspicious packages.

“The whole area in front of the White House is now secured. Nobody coming in, and we aren’t allowed out.”

The Secret Service said on Twitter: “ALERT: Secret Service personnel are responding to a police/medical incident on Pennsylvania Ave. along the @WhiteHouse North Fence Line.”

This is a breaking story, more to follow...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: braking; fire; flames; flamingliberal; kristoff; localnews; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorktimes; nicholaskristof; nicholaskristoff; scooter; suspiciouspackages; tds; theleft; violence; yourefired
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To: Red Badger

My bad.

I jumped to the conclusion that Jim set himself on fire... ;-)


161 posted on 04/12/2019 2:52:46 PM PDT by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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To: All; you; FReepers; Patriots; Deplorables; FRiends; who; Love; free; Republic



Hate to ask and don't want to be pushy,
but could y'all please really try to
Make Your Donation


162 posted on 04/12/2019 3:00:12 PM PDT by onyx (Join 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 MONTHLY! TRUMP'S WAY IS THE WINNING WAY!)
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To: Red Badger

I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire - The Ink Spots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l6vqPUM_FE

Pointer Sisters - Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9S5EZgIJck

Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It7107ELQvY


163 posted on 04/12/2019 3:01:40 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: thoughtomator
If anyone is taking up a collection, I can give at least a gallon.

We'll see how many people match that.

164 posted on 04/12/2019 3:04:40 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: dead

Talk about your flaming liberals!


165 posted on 04/12/2019 3:05:56 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: CrazyIvan

“It will be interesting how this will be spun as Trump’s fault.”

Easy one to spin. Trump’s hateful rhetoric left the man no alternative but to set himself on fire...


166 posted on 04/12/2019 3:06:32 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: Red Badger

He was just trying to dry himself off, the way they do it in Connecticut!
https://www.wtvy.com/content/news/508379212.html


167 posted on 04/12/2019 3:11:17 PM PDT by GOYAKLA (Winning not whining!)
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To: Red Badger

Break out the weenies and marshmallows.


168 posted on 04/12/2019 3:24:12 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: fruser1

“Isn’t that bad for the environment?”

it certainly makes for one hell of a carbon footprint at the time ... afterwards, not so much ...


169 posted on 04/12/2019 3:26:00 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: thoughtomator

“If anyone is taking up a collection, I can give at least a gallon.”

cheapskate ...


170 posted on 04/12/2019 3:26:32 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Magnum44
Cant even get a Hollywood actor to leave the country like they promised.

All these people who said they were going to move when Trump was elected discovered that the countries they wanted to move to didn't have nearly as lenient immigration laws as the United States has. Many of them actually enforce their borders!

171 posted on 04/12/2019 3:28:20 PM PDT by Drew68
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Video of the medical response

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Man-Sets-Himself-in-Fire-in-Front-of-White-House-Sources-508502851.html


172 posted on 04/12/2019 3:42:52 PM PDT by Rio
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To: SERKIT

My fist thought ..... Jim Acosta trying to prove he’s still a hot presstitute !


173 posted on 04/12/2019 3:56:08 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Larry Lucido; SaveFerris
I'm guessing the fire department has all of the shortcuts worked out, with this being the White House and all.


174 posted on 04/12/2019 4:00:21 PM PDT by Gamecock (In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
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To: LeoTDB69

We still don’t know who the man is or why he did this...after all day.?


175 posted on 04/12/2019 4:04:12 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie ( BEST ELECTION EVER....MAGA)
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To: ichabod1
I do not know how long in the snow I wrestled with grisly fear;
But the stars came out and they danced about ere again I ventured near;
I was sick with dread, but I bravely said: "I'll just take a peep inside. I guess he's cooked, and it's time I looked";
... then the door I opened wide.

And there sat Sam, looking cool and calm, in the heart of the furnace roar;
And he wore a smile you could see a mile, and he said: "Please close that door.
It's fine in here, but I greatly fear you'll let in the cold and storm—
Since I left Plumtree, down in Tennessee, it's the first time I've been warm."

176 posted on 04/12/2019 4:13:30 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

Jokes are more powerful than runaway nuclear reactors: they _can’t_ be stopped!


177 posted on 04/12/2019 4:21:19 PM PDT by BradyLS (ODO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: SERKIT

[Did anyone account for Jim Acosta?]

LOL


178 posted on 04/12/2019 4:35:01 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Hell no. In person. I’ll bring the un-popped popcorn.


179 posted on 04/12/2019 4:36:01 PM PDT by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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To: Red Badger

feed the homeless


180 posted on 04/12/2019 4:37:17 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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