HE STOOD OUT FROM EVERYONE ELSE
He didn’t even try to fake it.
Posted on 07/23/2024 8:45:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Secret Service has reportedly urged former President Donald Trump’s campaign to halt outdoor rallies and other events with large crowds after the attempt on his life.
After a gunman shot Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania, officials discussed concerns about another attempt on the former president’s life with his campaign, according to The Washington Post.
The people familiar with the matter spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private discussions.
For upcoming events, Trump’s team is scouting indoor venues, such as basketball arenas and other large spaces where thousands of people can fit, people familiar with the request said. The campaign is not currently planning any large outdoor events, a person close to Trump said.
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Trump has held hundreds of outdoor rallies since launching his first presidential bid, often bragging about — and sometimes falsely inflating — his large crowds. They have become something of a cult favorite among his most passionate fans, with tailgate parties in parking lots, vendors lining open areas near the rally and large parades of traffic, often with gargantuan pickup trucks.
They usually include large rosters of speakers before Trump takes the stage, with crowds sometimes enduring the heat or the cold for many hours. Interestingly, the crowd sometimes departs before Trump, who is regularly late, finishes speaking.
Sarah Matthews, a former Trump spokeswoman, told The Post:.
“We’ve seen from the early days of his presidency even, and before that during his first campaign in 2016, how important crowd size is to him. It gives him a lot of joy and energy being with large crowds. He feeds off their energy. It’s almost like a source of comfort for him,” said Matthews, who served as a deputy press secretary in the Trump White House.
Indoor rallies are more expensive, campaign advisers said. But one campaign official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private plans said the indoor events are inherently safer because it is easier to control who comes through a finite number of doors, and there are fewer line-of-sight issues.
“Obviously with an indoor venue, you have a capacity,” she said. “It doesn’t pack the same punch. There’s something about being at one of those outdoor rallies.”
The agency finds Trump’s rallies challenging because of their large, complex outdoor venues. The former president’s large events require extensive security planning, with agents arriving early to prepare.
The authorities have been investigating the shooting and the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks. While they have unearthed some details surrounding the assassination attempt, they have still not discovered what drove Crooks to shoot the former president.
The shooting has placed the Secret Service under scrutiny for its failure to prevent Crooks from taking a shot at the former president despite warnings from rallygoers. Former Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle stepped down from her position after enduring a grilling from Republican and Democratic lawmakers during a recent hearing in which she failed to answer basic questions about the incident.
Football stadiums!
“We can do this the easy way or the hard way.”
His St cloud MN one is in a hockey arena
Yeah. They hate being outside, especially on sloped roofs.
The Deep State Cabal including all the alphabet agencies want the rallies stopped because they’re so successful.
Apparently, the SS is impotent at doing their jobs.
President Trump should use Special Ops aka Delta Force to protect him instead of Deep State traitors.
What about Kamala’s outdoor rallies? I”m sure she’ll get more than everything she needs.
I liked when he used to pull Trump Force One right up in front of a huge hanger..
Now the SS says not to do that? That smells more like the SS using its own incompetence or complicitness in arranging an assassination as a tool to shut down the enormously popular Trump rallies and impair his political campaign. No bias there. /s
What Trump should do is hire a real security service that is professional and loyal to him. There are no shortage of candidates who can pass any vetting.
“If you ask me, Mr. Trump, you should start keep all your rallies indoors, from this point on. How about just rent a high school gymnasium or a restaurant dining hall. That would make our jobs so much easier!
See what I mean, Sir?”
Football stadiums!
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Yes. And lots of packed arenas.
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This is as bad as Russia, Russia, Russia.
Joe was taking Millions from Russian Oligarchs, but they blamed Trump.
Here, they walked Trump out into the crosshairs of their boy, and they want to blame the Victim for turning his head.
Well, Kamala cant fill an HS gym, so I see their bias
So, the SS admits they cannot protect anyone in an open-air venue.
I heard Trump has been meeting with Erik Prince, founder of BlackWater.
He needs a bullet proof plexiglass screen around him.
That and the secret service needs to actually do its job.
Seems like they’re not up to the job
It's like another "gag order" for Trump to have to operate under.
Will they want to "keep him safe" in a jail cell next?
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