# Possible truck bomb puts US Capitol on Lockdown

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**Created:** [August 19, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-truck-bomb-puts-us-capitol-on-lockdown/949162 "2021-08-19T17:59:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-truck-bomb-puts-us-capitol-on-lockdown/949162/1 "2021-08-19T17:59:04Z")

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The situation is still active. The guy in the truck appears to be holding a detonator.

[https://abc7chicago.com/capitol-bomb-threat-library-of-congress-evacuated-lockdown/10961684/](https://abc7chicago.com/capitol-bomb-threat-library-of-congress-evacuated-lockdown/10961684/)

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-truck-bomb-puts-us-capitol-on-lockdown/949162/2 "2021-08-19T18:46:05Z")

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The man surrendered. It doesn’t sound like he actually had a bomb.

I’m relieved no one was hurt.

> **[North Carolina man surrenders after Capitol Hill bomb threat that forced...](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/19/us-capitol-police-respond-to-report-of-suspicious-vehicle-near-library-of-congress.html)**
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> Floyd Ray Roseberry addressed President Joe Biden on a Facebook video after telling police he had a bomb in a truck next to the Library of Congress.

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**Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-truck-bomb-puts-us-capitol-on-lockdown/949162/3 "2021-08-19T19:34:30Z")

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I wonder if MTG and Matt Gaetz will visit him in prison.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-truck-bomb-puts-us-capitol-on-lockdown/949162/4 "2021-08-19T19:41:50Z")

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> [@aceplace57](#):
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> The man surrendered. It doesn’t sound like he actually had a bomb.
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> I’m relieved no one was hurt. -
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> [https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/19/us-capitol-police-respond-to-report-of-suspicious-vehicle-near-library-of-congress.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/19/us-capitol-police-respond-to-report-of-suspicious-vehicle-near-library-of-congress.html)

From the link.

> Roseberry claimed on the video that he had a seven-pound keg of gunpowder and 2.5 pounds of the explosive tannerite in the truck.

Was it a boy or girl?

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**Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-truck-bomb-puts-us-capitol-on-lockdown/949162/5 "2021-08-19T20:47:24Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> Was it a boy or girl?

So, despite the threats, nothing actually went boom. It was a stillbirth.