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Javers captioned the image:
"It’s official: The White House basement is flooding."
It’s official: The White House basement is flooding. https://t.co/f1DR6awE89— Eamon Javers (@Eamon Javers) 1562594044.0
In a later update, Javers notified Twitter:
"Update: swamp draining in progress. WH leaks appear contained. Press pool dry."
Update: swamp draining in progress. WH leaks appear contained. Press pool dry. https://t.co/crYTdjelG5— Eamon Javers (@Eamon Javers) 1562595809.0
@EamonJavers That’s one way to drain the swamp... Is there a human sucking up size?— silenceiscompliance (@silenceiscompliance) 1562605400.0
Then in a further update, the CNBC correspondent added:
"Update 2: WH staffers now looking for the source of the leak."
Update 2: WH staffers now looking for the source of the leak. https://t.co/k8V0GHdenE— Eamon Javers (@Eamon Javers) 1562605542.0
...as well as:
"That hole is really deep. There’s a ladder for people to climb way down below the surface."
That hole is really deep. There’s a ladder for people to climb way down below the surface. https://t.co/EMpYrE6nlx— Eamon Javers (@Eamon Javers) 1562609404.0
@EamonJavers It’s just the White House crying. 🙁— Kelley Lin (@Kelley Lin) 1562603544.0
People could not resist making jokes about a Trump White House plagued by leaks and mired in a swamp.
@EamonJavers Trump is finally taking the country underwater...So much for draining the swamp— Michael Martin (@Michael Martin) 1562594780.0
@EamonJavers Tell Trump that you’ve found the source of the leaks.— Woke 🤨 (@Woke 🤨) 1562597069.0
@EamonJavers These heavy-handed metaphors keep popping up to remind us that contrary to what was promised the White… https://t.co/4zPfE3b4bw— Adam Best (@Adam Best) 1562598729.0
@adamcbest @EamonJavers https://t.co/8w9L0AXajo— The Rookie ❤️ (@The Rookie ❤️) 1562600008.0
@EamonJavers What a swamp!!!! Kick out the Republican rats 🐀!— RawrMEWLLER_SAVAGE_Do_Nothing_Wirch (@RawrMEWLLER_SAVAGE_Do_Nothing_Wirch) 1562600450.0
@EamonJavers The leaks from this White House just don't stop.— 🏳️🌈 PirateCat 🏴☠️🐱🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 (@🏳️🌈 PirateCat 🏴☠️🐱🇨🇦 🏳️🌈) 1562599672.0
@TimODee16 @EamonJavers It's the White House, they can't find a leak to save their life.— Stories Of Laverna🏳️🌈🐙🤘🏴☠️ (@Stories Of Laverna🏳️🌈🐙🤘🏴☠️) 1562599200.0
People had questions about the very long tunnel under the White House.
@EamonJavers Is it just me or does this look like a portal to Hell? 🤔— Linda Childers (@Linda Childers) 1562604257.0
Some wondered if a recent event's funding could have been better used to fight the White House flooding.
@EamonJavers @themistocles_w But instead of fixing a Historical Building with the taxpayers money. Let’s have a big… https://t.co/yqfmevd5y9— mynana58 (@mynana58) 1562595266.0
Some thought perhaps the wet spot was not the result of the heavy rains or a water leak.
@EamonJavers @EileenPMcLaugh2 You sure that's not where Benedict Donald was standing, when he heard about Epstein?— Sandra Burleson #resist (@Sandra Burleson #resist) 1562596059.0
@EamonJavers Maybe it's when @realDonaldTrump peed himself when he learned of the Epstein arrest.— Holden Caulfield (@Holden Caulfield) 1562594210.0
@EamonJavers Was that what happened when @realDonaldTrump found out about the Epstein arrest? https://t.co/rZJ6unFVNP— Bonnie (@Bonnie) 1562598006.0
Others offered visual aids to the discussion.
@EamonJavers https://t.co/6Utu4WePKx— Sharon 🎆 (@Sharon 🎆) 1562598917.0
@EamonJavers Everything Trump touches, dies.— _____🧷_____ (@_____🧷_____) 1562596016.0
@squeekymom0626 @EamonJavers King Midas in Reverse - CSN&Y https://t.co/yvbyKTWZXz— L Latimer (@L Latimer) 1562604878.0
But some people thought it might be a sign.
@EamonJavers Anymore sinkholes lately? Plague or pestilence?— Ron (@Ron) 1562599429.0
@EamonJavers @brittanyadesso Wasps in Alabama, Floods in the WH..sounds like something is coming...— BAFTM (@BAFTM) 1562594686.0
The White House is getting a little taste of the climate apocalypse. https://t.co/POUcz530Mb— csdickey (@csdickey) 1562598279.0
#Earthquakes in #California; #Thunderstorms and #Tanks in DC; #Trump STILL in the @WhiteHouse? Can the Four Horsem… https://t.co/nNUlKnUNp2— TrumpsBrain (@TrumpsBrain) 1562281863.0
The flooding is likely the result of heavy rapid rainfall that caused flash floods throughout Washington DC.
DC is really flooding y'all https://t.co/hKql997Tdu— Dolapo (@Dolapo) 1562616767.0
If you'd like to take a stab at draining the swamp, the card game DRAIN THE SWAMP is available here.
