White House Lights

Photos on social media showed the white house with nearly all its exterior lights out.

White house lights. Curfew imposed on residents in washington. This photo was artificially darkened and the lit lantern removed to create the image of a completely dark white house with its lights out. Curfew as the protests continued those white house lights were turned off. Due to editor error this article originally featured an image of the white house that was taken several ago.

That white house lights out photo is fake the photo showing a completely dark white house is fake. Usually there are lights illuminating the white house at night. Visit insider s homepage for more stories. The white house went almost completely dark on sunday night shutting off its external lights as several fires burned nearby.

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. The currently visible image. According to ap it was edited from this original getty image that was posted on 6 december 2015. The white house turned off the external lights sunday night as protests raged nearby and the unusual reaction served as a metaphor for president donald trump s leadership during the latest crisis.

As the nation was rocked by waves of protests the white house went dark on sunday night.