Washington – The Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., was placed on lockdown early Wednesday morning after two vials containing blood were found in a suspicious package, U.S. Capitol Police confirmed.
The source of the blood is unknown and remains under investigation. Capitol Police, which spearheaded the response, confirmed that its Hazardous Incident Response Unit had inspected and removed the package. Press Secretary Brianna Birch said Capitol Police will further investigate the package’s origin and its contents.
The RNC said in a statement later that day that its staff members “have resumed their duties to continue working undaunted and undaunted to elect President Trump to the White House.”
The RNC has tried to link the incident to the “far left,” but police have not yet released information about a possible motive.
The party headquarters has been targeted in the past. On January 5, 2021, pipe bomb discovered Near both the Republican and Democratic buildings in Washington. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has been evacuated. From DNC headquarters regarding that incident. No one was arrested in connection with the bomb, which was planted the night before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The White House condemned the incident at a press conference Wednesday.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said: “The Capitol Police are investigating, so we’ll leave it up to them to figure out what’s going on.” “That’s concerning. We obviously looked at that report and we’re going to do what we’ve always done from here on out. [to] We condemn all forms of political violence, intimidation, and intimidation, which have no place in any community and certainly in our political discourse. ”
