On Tuesday, During the White House press briefing of Psaki about the coronavirus pandemic, a strange noise was heard. Conspiracy theories claim that the building has “ghosts”. She controlled her laugh and tried to continue the briefing without interruption.
She then glances towards the direction of the mysterious and back at reporters, telling them: “Have no fear, the ceiling is not falling.”
Psaki shared the guidelines that those who are vaccinated do not have to wear face masks outdoors.
A journalist said it was the ghost of former President Abraham Lincoln (1861 to 1865). The noise came back and Psaki got confused.
She joked: “OK, maybe it’s former President Lincoln’s ghost, I’m going to go with that.”
The weird noise was also picked up by conspiracy theorists who shared the footage on Twitter and debated if it really could be something paranormal in the 200-year-old building.
One person tweeted: “Jen Psaki press briefing interrupted by curious creaking sounds… President Lincoln’s ghost?”
“It never happened before. Believe it or not, they will come and haunt you,” another person said.
“An odd noise interrupted the #WhiteHouse press briefing today. What was it?!?” someone else asked.
A fifth viewer noted: “Although, wouldn’t Lincoln’s ghost be at Ford’s Theatre? Or even back in Illinois?”
It revealed that it was a squeaking robotic arm from a camera attached to the ceiling but rumours of ghosts in the building are long-standing.
The former first lady Michelle Obama told school children visiting the White House in 2009 that she and former President Barack Obama sometimes heard strange noises in the hallway at night.
Jenna Bush Hager, former President George W. Bush’s daughter, claimed she once inexplicably heard 1920s piano music coming from a fireplace.