Toddler Runs onto White House Lawn, Triggers Lockdown

Last night, a child managed to expose a massive flaw in the president’s security detail: people can fit through the bars of the White House fence. If they’re toddlers.

According to NBC, a toddler managed to run away from his parents, squeeze through the fence, and ran onto the lawn of the White House. The Secret Service quickly took him into custody, but luckily for the baby and his parents, they weren’t of Arabic origin were released quickly.

“We were going to wait until he learned to talk to question him, but in lieu of that he got a timeout and was sent on way with parents,” a Secret Service spokesman joked.

[h/t NBC]
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