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Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff was whisked away by the Secret Service after an apparent “security threat” at Dunbar High School in Washington Tuesday afternoon.
Emhoff was in the middle of a presentation when he was escorted out of the room. There was a bomb threat, according to a DC Public Schools spokesman.
“U.S. Secret Service was made aware of a security threat at a school where the @SecondGentleman was meeting with students and faculty. Mr. Emhoff is safe and the school has been evacuated. We are grateful to Secret Service and D.C. Police for their work,” Emhoff’s spokesperson Katie Peters wrote on Twitter.
U.S. Secret Service was made aware of a security threat at a school where the @SecondGentleman was meeting with students and faculty. Mr. Emhoff is safe and the school has been evacuated. We are grateful to Secret Service and D.C. Police for their work.
— Katie Peters (@KatiePeters46) February 8, 2022
He was in the school’s museum for about five minutes before a member of his security detail approached him saying, “we have to go.” Emhoff was removed from the building into his waiting motorcade.
The school was evacuated shortly after when an announcement came over the intercom asking students and teachers to leave the building.
“We had a threat today to the facility so we did — basically we took the precaution of evacuating everybody, as you saw. I think everyone is safe,” said DCPS press secretary Enrique Gutierrez. “The building is clear. But I don’t have any specific details at this moment. It was a bomb threat.”
Emhoff was at the high school to learn about their Black history curriculum, including a program in partnership with the National Park Service.
