Let me be absolutely clear: the assassination attempt on President Trump was a catastrophic failure on the part of the United States Secret Service.
I spent 12 years in the Secret Service working under President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama, and, after analyzing the footage, it’s clear that glaring mistakes were made. Mistakes that — had Trump ’s head been just centimeters in the wrong direction — would have resulted in the former president bleeding out on national television.
How is it that multiple layers of law enforcement missed a man scaling the roof of a building less than 500 feet from the president? And why didn’t the security personnel heed the warnings of rally-goers who were caught on video alerting agents to the shooter? Don’t tell me it’s a budgetary issue. This year’s federal budget is $6.9 trillion. The federal government squanders inconceivable amounts of Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars. The government has more than enough taxpayer funding to protect former President Trump. This brings me to problem number two — failed leadership.
Cheatle should immediately resign and cooperate in any investigation into her actions. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chair Rep. James Comer has called on Cheatle to testify at a hearing on Monday, July 22. Good. A would-be assassin nearly killed President Trump, did murder an innocent MAGA supporter, and critically injured two other rallygoers. This was no victory.
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