Breaking: White House Experiences Minor Flooding in Absolutely Perfect Location - Office Space for Swampy Journalists

By Josh Manning July 8, 2019 at 10:48am

Even the White House has not been immune to consequences of a Monday morning D.C. deluge that has left portions of Washington buried under massive amounts of water.

The wet weather system dropped 3-4 inches of rain on portions of the capital, which left many urban areas underwater as drainage systems struggled to deal with the floodwaters.

#DCsBravest have removed several occupants to safety from cars in high water at 15th St and Constitution Ave NW. pic.twitter.com/MKXSMJzsua

— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) July 8, 2019

Cynics everywhere might rejoice at the idea of the capital (an ideological swamp, built in a literal swamp) being turned back into a swamp. But everyday Americans sick of the media’s continual war against President Donald Trump will doubtless take special glee.

Why such glee? Because the flood occurred in as symbolic (and delightful) a location as possible — office space for the press pool in the White House basement.

The White House basement is flooding. pic.twitter.com/huFDurxI4c

— Sean Doody (@swdoody) July 8, 2019

Floodwaters seeped into the basement in an area used by “print, radio, and television journalists,” according to The Hill.

It’s official: The White House basement is flooding. pic.twitter.com/f1DR6awE89

— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) July 8, 2019

While no reports of sopping, swampy journalists have bubbled up (get it?), Americans looking for something, anything to humble arrogant, elitist journalists will enjoy knowing that as these journalists advance the figurative D.C. swamp, they’re having to work in a literal swamp … indoors.

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Josh Manning is a contributing editor at The Western Journal. He holds a masters in public policy from Harvard University and has a background in higher education. He recently co-authored Out of the Shadows: My Life Inside the Wild World of Hunter Biden, the tell-all memoir of Lunden Roberts's tumultuous relationship with Hunter Biden and Stolen Valor: The Military Fraud and Government Failures of Tim Walz.

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Josh Manning grew up outside of Memphis, TN and developed a love of history, politics, and government studies thanks to a life-changing history and civics teacher named Mr. McBride.

He holds an MPP from Harvard University and a BA from Lyon College, a small but distinguished liberal arts college where later in his career he served as an interim vice president.

While in school he did everything possible to confront, discomfit, and drive ivy league liberals to their knees.

After a number of years working in academe, he moved to digital journalism and opinion. Since that point, he has held various leadership positions at The Western Journal.

He's married to a gorgeous blonde who played in the 1998 NCAA women's basketball championship game, and he has two teens who hate doing dishes more than poison. He makes life possible for two boxers -- "Hank" Rearden Manning and "Tucker" Carlson Manning -- and a pitbull named Nikki Haley "Gracie" Manning.

He recently co-authored Out of the Shadows: My Life Inside the Wild World of Hunter Biden, the tell-all memoir of Lunden Roberts's tumultuous relationship with Hunter Biden and Stolen Valor: The Military Fraud and Government Failures of Tim Walz.

Education

MPP from Harvard University, BA from Lyon College

Location

Arkansas

Languages Spoken

English, tiny fragments of college French

Topics of Expertise

Writing, politics, Christianity, social media curation, higher education, firearms