Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn ripped Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle for prioritizing a reception over a probe into the attempted assassination of former President Trump.
Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn slammed Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle for prioritizing a cocktail party over an investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Trump. Cheatle ducked a fuming group of senators who wanted to discuss security lapses that nearly cost Trump his life, but Blackburn and several other lawmakers confronted the embattled security boss Wednesday at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
The senator said she and other lawmakers were on a call with Cheatle last week and were told they would have an opportunity to pose questions. 'We had a question queue,' she said. 'For some reason it got cut off. It didn't go very long and many of us did not get questions answered.' Much of the allotted time was monopolized by Cheatle, who gave a meandering and evasive account of what took place at the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally, she said.
Despite being unable to talk to Cheatle, Blackburn said she was heartened by the RNC and bullish about Trump's electoral prospects in November. 'Thursday night was just the perfect finish for the RNC,' she said. 'I think it's been one of the strongest conventions I have ever seen. For President Trump to take the stage and speak and he did so beautifully. laid out a positive forward vision. The delegates were so excited to hear from him.
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