Posted on 07/14/2024 9:54:13 AM PDT by Morgana
This is the moment a US Secret Service agent struggles to holster her weapon after Donald Trump was shot in an assassination attempt.
Trump, 78, was left bloodied and wounded last night when a bullet pierced the 'upper part' of his right ear in a horrific assassination attempt during a rally in Pennsylvania.
Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, opened fire from a rooftop just 130 yards from where the former president was on stage speaking to thousands of fans in Butler at 6.15pm.
Crooks, from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, was shot dead at the scene by US Secret Service officers.
As loud bangs rang out, Trump suddenly grabbed hold of his ear before ducking to the floor as the Secret Service swarmed around him.
He then got to his feet with blood pouring down his cheek and raised his fist in the air and defiantly shouted 'fight' as he was dragged off stage while the MAGA crowd chanted 'USA'.
There appeared to be chaotic scenes as Trump was bundled into a nearby vehicle as confused-looking Secret Service agents nervously looked around.
One seemed to struggle to holster her weapon into her waistband, while another frantically moved around before touching her ear and facing the crowd as she stood in front of the vehicle.
Republicans have since claimed they made 'repeated requests for stronger protection' for Trump as questions begin to grow over the former President's security.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Flashback: Dems Pushed Bill To Take Away Trump’s Secret Service Detail
https://dailycaller.com/2024/07/13/flashback-dems-pushed-bill-to-take-away-trumps-secret-service-detail/
Definitely could use agents tall enough to shield Trumps upper third.
DEI is more important than competence especially if you don’t really care about the safety of the person. I bet nearly all the SS DEI women were assigned to Trump, since they are useless.
Sputnik
@SputnikInt
‘Trump’s life was saved by a miracle, not by his security’ — Russian Spetsnaz veteran!:
It appears that the people responsible for Trump’s safety dropped the ball judging by the circumstances of the recent assassination attempt, Alexey Filatov, retired lieutenant colonel of the Russian Federal Security Service and veteran counterterrorism specialist, told Sputnik.
While Trump’s security at the rally was provided by three groups – his bodyguards, local police and the Secret Service – it appears that there was no proper communication between them, Filatov, who previously interacted US security services personnel, notes.
Meanwhile, the perpetrator managed to somehow get on a rooftop only about 150 yards (137 meters) away from Trump, a distance where it is “fairly easy” to hit a target the size of a human head using “not even a sniper rifle but a usual automatic rifle with good sights,” Filatov remarks.
“It would be safe to say that the security performed extremely poorly,” he says, noting that for some reason, law enforcement and security personnel did not bother to secure all nearby rooftops in the vicinity.
“You could say that this terrorist act or, shall we say, assassination attempt, it was successful. Donald Trump’s life was saved by a miracle rather than by his security,” Filatov adds.
https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1812455924843389306
Well...she was at least wide enough.
There no “claim” too it hate based “press”. Trumps team has been very vocal about requests for added security
Also, the Democrats in Congress have been pushing a bill to strip Trump of his security detail
So stop lying for once clown show media and start doing the most basic high school level Journalism,
She just looks to be in way over head. Akward.
The presidential detail should be exclusive province of extremely hard men who don’t (bleep) around when it comes to what is essentially combat. DEI has no place in these endeavors whatsoever. Period. End of story.
Why were there no umbrellas or sheets to hide the standing Trump as they hustled Trump to the van. A second shooter would have taken him out. This was mind boggling incompetence.
And DEI hiring, if that is responsible for poor management and all, needs to be addressed. I'm not sure I'm going to fault the holster issue as that can happen to, and from my observation, does happen to all of us at one time or another.
Women should not be SS agents. To emotional and weak.
ETA, the sniper deserves a medal for that kill shot. Remarkable precision. Put him on charge instead of the Pepsi diversity hire.
That’s why they are called, ‘broads.’
Someone last night said the female agent and the lead male agent have been with Trump for years and they are all extremely close.
I see a person miss their holster on a single attempt in the middle of a crisis.
Indeed. In the hospital I work there are women security guards who are nothing but DEI hires and anyone of them could easily be taken out by some of the patients who come into the ER, especially the drunks.
“exclusive province of extremely hard men “
I believe it should be the principal province, not exclusive. For example FLOTUS needs to have women on the detail, for nothing else then to clear the restroom for her.
In this Paul Joseph Watson video you see a brief look the ladder that allowed the assassin to get up on the room of the building he was perched on. How’d that ladder get there without any Secret Service or police noticing?
Strange Questions About the Trump Assassination Attempt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGNRkumDjm0
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