Mama duck leads ducklings on waddle to White House grounds

CNN’s White House correspondent Jim Acosta captured a video of a family of ducklings walking onto the grounds of the White House on Monday night.

The mother duck and her ducklings were captured heading under security barricades to enter the property. 

Acosta’s post went viral and was viewed over 1 million times on Twitter.

Mama duck and ducklings enter the WH grounds. pic.twitter.com/qHx3Dr2mfz

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 13, 2019

Ducks are regular visitors to the White House and the National Mall in Washington, particularly in the spring. Last year, a photographer for The New York Times captured a photo of a family of ducks walking down K Street.

{mosads}In 2017, a ramp for ducks was built at the U.S. Capitol, to some controversy. 

This being Washington, there were jokes from some on Tuesday about whether President Trump would use his zero tolerance policy on illegal immigration when it came to ducks trespassing on White House grounds.

Will the White House try to separate them? https://t.co/JhiCQmnAKQ

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 13, 2019

Build a wall! Immigrant ducks. The Mallards will pay for it!

— Woman In The Moon (@SassyKadiK) May 14, 2019