Amid the claims about the White House going dark, a CNN reporter wrote on Twitter that the exterior lights are actually turned off every night around that time. As the 11 p.m. curfew arrived, the exterior lights outside the north side of the White House were turned off, with The Guardian reporting that "in normal times, they are only ever turned off when.
An image of the White House with the lights off was taken in 2014 and has been darkened. The claim of a blackout since Biden's term started is false. What's the protocol for lighting the exterior of the White House? I'm surprised folks collectively noticed the lights out as something new.
If it's not normal protocol, when was the last time the exterior lights were intentionally turned off like this? That building is a symbol of our nation's leadership. CLAIM: Photo shows all the exterior and interior lights out at the White House on Sunday night, as President Donald Trump hid in a bunker. AP'S ASSESSMENT: False.
The original photo was posted to a stock image site in 2015, before Trump took office. THE FACTS: An image shared thousands of times online that appears to show all the lights out in and around the White House was taken before. A viral photo showing the White House with its lights off, shared by numerous Democrats during demonstrations in Washington, D.C., is at least five years old and was edited to make it seem darker.
One photo taken on Jan. 30 shows exterior lights illuminating the White House, and another photo taken Jan. 23 shows what appear to be several lights on both inside and outside.
Lights at the White House "go off every night around 11 p.m.," according to a June 1, 2020, tweet from CNN Chief White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins. (3 Nov 2020) The White House exterior lights went out shortly after 3:00 A.M. Eastern Time (0800G) on Tuesday morning.
It happened shortly after President Donald Trump returned from his campaign. Video courtesy of CryptoManiac 101 White House for the First time in history switched off their exterior lights during the ongoing protests at night. A cursory search of Getty images for pictures of the white house at night provides many, many pictures showing the interior lights off, but exterior lights on.
I looked through the first several pages and did not see a single picture where the facade of the white house was not lit.