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Lightning struck the US Capitol building and Washington Monument simultaneously on New Year’s Eve.
Lightning struck the US Capitol building and Washington Monument simultaneously on New Year’s Eve.
Lightning struck the US Capitol building and Washington Monument simultaneously on New Year’s Eve which garnered responses from netizens on social media.
A user remarked on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), “After posting the videos of lightning simultaneously striking the U.S. Capitol building and the Washington Monument on New Year’s Eve, I have lots of people telling me it’s a sign or omen. Much of it based on their own political beliefs. I also think it’s a sign. A sign that lightning often strikes the tallest objects.”
After posting the videos of lightning simultaneously striking the U.S. Capitol building and the Washington Monument on New Year’s Eve, I have lots of people telling me it’s a sign or omen. Much of it based on their own political beliefs. I also think it’s a sign. A sign that… pic.twitter.com/bpP5xvA6iL— Dave Statter (@STATter911) January 1, 2025
Another said, “The Capitol is struck by lightning, Washington Monument right after & thunder roars…all as 2025 is ushered in.”
In what may be an inauspicious start for the 2025 Republican trifecta, it looks like the Washington Monument and the US Capitol building were struck by lightning tonight. pic.twitter.com/Pzc8jlgXFs— katya (@EhresmanKatya) January 1, 2025
A user called it an inauspicious start and said, “In what may be an inauspicious start for the 2025 Republican trifecta, it looks like the Washington Monument and the US Capitol building were struck by lightning tonight.”
