{"id":2250564,"date":"2024-05-22T16:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T20:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-briefly-put-on-lockdown-because-of-suspicious-package-containing-vials-of-blood-authorities-give-all-clear\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T16:21:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T20:21:22","slug":"rnc-briefly-put-on-lockdown-because-of-suspicious-package-containing-vials-of-blood-authorities-give-all-clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-briefly-put-on-lockdown-because-of-suspicious-package-containing-vials-of-blood-authorities-give-all-clear\/","title":{"rendered":"RNC briefly locked down due to suspicious package with vials of blood, all-clear given by authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frnc-briefly-put-on-lockdown-because-of-suspicious-package-containing-vials-of-blood-authorities-give-all-clear%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2250564&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Republican National Committee (RNC) headquarters in Washington, D.C., was\u2063 briefly \u200don lockdown \u200dafter a package containing vials of\u200d blood was found. The \u2063U.S. \u200cCapitol Police cleared the area and are investigating the source of the package. Congressional offices were instructed to avoid the\u2064 area during the investigation. The \u2064RNC\u2062 headquarters in Washington, D.C., briefly went on lockdown due to a package with\u200c vials \u2064of blood. The U.S. Capitol Police cleared the area and are probing the package&#8217;s origin. \u2064Congressional offices were advised\u2064 to steer clear during the inquiry.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/republican-national-committee-rnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican National Committee (RNC)<\/a> headquarters in Washington, D.C., briefly went under lockdown on Wednesday morning as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-officials-say-investigation-into-deadly-nitrogen-leak-at-poultry-plant-could-take-years\/\" title=\"Ga. officials say investigation into deadly nitrogen leak at poultry plant could take years\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">law enforcement<\/a> responded<\/a> to a package found to have contained vials of blood.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement after the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jparkABC\/status\/1793271534011707581\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201call clear\u201d<\/a> had been given, the U.S. Capitol Police said officers responded to the 300 block of First Street SE \u2014 the RNC\u2019s Capitol Hill address \u2014 over the report of a suspicious package at around 7:45 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe package was just cleared by our Hazardous Incident Response Division,\u201d the U.S. Capitol Police said. \u201cIt contained two vials of blood. The source of the package and its contents will be further investigated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At 8:29 a.m. local time,\u00a0NBC News correspondent Dasha Burns <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DashaBurns\/status\/1793257867257970977\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">broke the news<\/a> in a post to X, saying that the RNC\u2019s building went under lockdown \u201cuntil further notice\u201d and that sources had told her a hazmat team was on site.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Capitol Police told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-who-resisted-reopening-schools-took-thousands-from-teacher-unions\/\" title=\"Democrats Who Resisted Reopening Schools Took Thousands From Teacher Unions\">congressional offices<\/a> they were investigating a \u201csuspicious substance\u201d at the RNC\u2019s address, according to a notice <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndrewSolender\/status\/1793262797595324553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained by Axios<\/a>. \u201cStaff and other personnel are directed to AVOID THIS AREA until further notice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716470637760000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3BTx-GPNihJOacB7B3tA9V\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sam Lister, a Capitol Hill producer for Scripps News, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/slisker\/status\/1793262892126515308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared<\/a> on X how there was \u201cYellow caution tape everywhere to block the street and lots of folks standing outside on the sidewalk near the RNC.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: RNC headquarters in Washington DC on lockdown <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mSIfOtkESF\">pic.twitter.com\/mSIfOtkESF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TVNewsNow\/status\/1793268744996761832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>By 9:30 a.m., the U.S. Capitol Police had <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/1793273072146939996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">given<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jparkABC\/status\/1793271534011707581\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201call clear.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Parkinson, a reporter and producer for ABC News, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jparkABC\/status\/1793271534011707581\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in a post to X<\/a> that an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-protest-election-integrity-bill-inside-georgia-state-capitol-clash-with-police\/\" title=\"Democrats Protest Election Integrity Bill Inside Georgia State Capitol, Clash With Police\">officer told<\/a> him that \u201cnobody is messing around\u201d after a pair of pipe bombs were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/feds-still-looking-for-d-c-pipe-bomb-suspect-3-years-later\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found outside<\/a> the RNC\u2019s and Democratic National Committee\u2019s offices in Washington, D.C., in January 2021.<\/p>\n<p>More than three years later,\u00a0federal officials have yet to say they have found a suspect linked to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corrupted-phone-data-hindered-jan-6-pipe-bomber-search-ex-fbi-official-says\/\" title=\"Phone data corruption impeded Jan. 6 pipe bomber search, ex-FBI official claims.\">pipe bomb scare<\/a>. A bulletin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/feds-still-looking-for-d-c-pipe-bomb-suspect-3-years-later\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued by the FBI<\/a> in January said a $500,000 reward, which would be given in exchange for information leading to an individual\u2019s arrest and conviction, \u201cremains in effect.\u201d The bureau also said \u201cidentifying the perpetrator of this attempted attack remains a priority\u201d for law enforcement and offered information on how to contact investigators.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RNC headquarters in Washington, D.C., was briefly locked down as law enforcement investigated a package with vials of blood. 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