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Obama, Pelosi, Leahy cheer on Batkid

Five-year-old leukemia survivor Miles, also known as Batkid, runs into a former bank vault to arrest the Riddler Nov. 15 in San Francisco.  (Ramin Talaie/Getty Images)

Five-year-old leukemia survivor Miles, also known as Batkid, runs into a former bank vault to arrest the Riddler Nov. 15 in San Francisco.  (Ramin Talaie/Getty Images)

A 5-year-old dressed as Batman has some of the most powerful people in America tweeting about him.

The Twitter feeds of President Obama, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) cheered on Batkid — a.k.a. Miles — who on Friday had his Make-A-Wish dream come true via an elaborate day spent traveling the streets of San Francisco as a miniature Batman.

Here's a sampling (and for more, see the Los Angeles Times's Batkid live blog and our post about his exploits):

Update 5:03 p.m.: The FBI gets in on the action, posting a press release promising the Penguin and the Riddler face "long prison terms" thanks to Batkid.

 

(Leahy is a huge Batman fan and has appeared in Batman movies in cameo roles.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And from the FBI:

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Aaron Blake covers national politics at the Washington Post, where he writes regularly for the paper’s Post Politics and The Fix blogs. A Minnesota native and graduate of the University of Minnesota, Aaron has also written for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and The Hill newspaper. He joined the Post in 2010. Aaron, his wife, Danielle, and his dog, Mauer, live in Northern Virginia. Follow him on Twitter at @AaronBlakeWP.

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