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In recent years, several people have been able to climb over the fence surrounding the White House and make their way closer to the building itself, in one case, all the way to the entrance under the front portico, before being discovered and arrested by the Secret Service.

He climbed the South Portico steps and removed his mask upon reaching the balcony, American flags flanking him, giving two thumbs-up to the helicopter as it flew off into the sunset.

The administration invited dozens of influencers to the White House for this year’s State of the Union address, where they recorded selfies from the portico as the president’s motorcade came and went from the Capitol.

The building has the air of a train station, fronted by a white portico with graceful arches.

Standing on the sun-dappled members-only portico just off the Assembly floor on a Monday morning weeks after the March primary, Friedman said that when she first decided to run for public office in 2009, Glendale City Council had seemed like it would be the be-all end-all of her political career.