by Matt Vespa, Townhall:
It’s been nearly two months since the assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, tried to kill the former president with a rifle on July 13, perched atop an unprotected rooftop less than 200 yards from the rally stage. We don’t know why this roof, a glaring security issue, was left unguarded. The initial response from the Secret Service was that the sloped roof presented physical dangers to the agents, who got laughed out of the room. It was one of the final official statements made about the event by then-director Kimberley Cheatle, who got lambasted by Congress during her testimony and later resigned.
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🚨Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), says forthcoming report on Trump assassination attempt “will absolutely shock the American people.”
“I think the American people are going to be shocked, astonished & appalled by what we will report to them about the failures by the Secret… pic.twitter.com/fvyBU6UZMt
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 12, 2024
Now, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is bracing the nation for the report about the security failures that occurred that day, adding, “I think the American people are going to be shocked, astonished & appalled by what we will report to them about the failures by the Secret Service in this assassination attempt on the former president [Trump].”
The Connecticut liberal didn’t stop there.
“I think they also ought to be appalled & astonished by the failure of the Department of Homeland Security to be more forthcoming, to be as candid and frank as it should be to them in terms of providing information, he added.
These agencies have been cagey and essentially adopted a bunker mentality. The Secret Service initially denied that requests for additional resources to Trump were denied. They later had to admit this was the case, with acting Director Ronald Rowe at the forefront of these matters.
This incident is likely one of the few times that there’s been strong bipartisan support for trashing the United States Secret Service for its appalling failure to protect the former president. The initial reports that the personnel tasked with protecting Trump that day were unqualified were true: most were DHS agents who took a short webinar on threat assessment. It’s been reported that audio issues were present for one of those presentations.
