Doug Emhoff out of school because of a 'security threat'

BREAKING NEWS: Secret Service rush Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff out of school because of a bomb threat: Kamala Harris’ husband told ‘we got to go’ by agents and children are evacuated

  • Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff was rushed out a Washington D.C. high school Tuesday afternoon by his Secret Service detail because of a security threat
  • Emhoff was at Dunbar High School in Washington D.C. for a Black History Month event when agents pulled him from the room at 2:18 pm
  • The agent said something like ‘We have to go’ and led Emhoff from the room
  • School evacuated, DC public schools says there was a bomb threat

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff was rushed out a Washington D.C. high school Tuesday afternoon by his Secret Service detail because of a bomb threat.

Emhoff was at Dunbar High School in Washington D.C. for a Black History Month event when agents pulled him from the room at 2:18 pm.

The agent said something like ‘We have to go’ and led Emhoff from the room. 

Students and teachers were also evacuated.  

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff was rushed out a Washington D.C. high school Tuesday afternoon by his Secret Service detail because of a security threat

Emhoff was at Dunbar High School in Washington D.C. for a Black History Month event

His staff said there was a security threat reported by the school to Secret Service. 

Washington D.C. public school spokesperson Enrique Gutierrez said there was a bomb threat. 

‘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. The building is clear. But I don’t have any specific details at this moment,’ Gutierrez said.

‘It was a bomb threat.’

Dunbar Principal Nadine Smith said the school followed safety protocols. The children were sent home for the day.

‘Our protocol is to clear the building and move the kids away. DCPS just gave us directions to make sure, to go ahead and send the kids home. We won’t be able to clear the building for probably another hour or two,’ she said

A school announcement came over the intercom at 2:34 pm calling on teachers and students to evacuate the school.

Emhoff is married to Vice President Kamala Harris. 

He was at the school to meet with students who are participating in a program that helps them relate to history on a personal level. 

The program is for students grades 8-12 and is conducted with a partnership with the National Park Service. 

The students in the program are finalizing an oral history project designed to help them connect their family histories to overall African American history. The students are producing videos about the importance of National Park Service sites to African American history. 

Dunbar High School is the nation’s oldest black high school and opened in 1870. 

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