Meet the Mouse that Fell from the White House Ceiling: WATCH

GayNrd Editors October 2, 2019

A mouse fell from the ceiling at the White House yesterday, surprising a handful of reporters present.

Mouse in the @NBCNews booth at @WhiteHouse today after falling from the ceiling and landing on @PeterAlexander pic.twitter.com/qN5Ww06QFp
— Jabin Botsford (@jabinbotsford) October 1, 2019

The Washington Post reports: The rodent fell onto the lap of NBC News White House correspondent Peter Alexander about 10:45 a.m., eventually seeking refuge amid a tangle of wires behind a shelf. Some reporters ran for cover, while others sought to corner the mouse and capture it. The rodent sneaked under the door into the main hall of the press area before it eventually ran into the briefing room, where reporters lost track of it. Social media was bombarded with images of the mouse and the subsequent hunt.”

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Mice, rats, cockroaches and other creepy-crawlies aren’t new to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., proving an enduring problem for commanders in chief and a popular metaphor for their critics. As Caroline Harrison, wife of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president, once noted: “The rats have nearly taken the building so it has become necessary to get a man with ferrets to drive them out. They have become so numerous and bold that they get up on the table.”