Posted on 07/14/2024 4:26:20 PM PDT by Libloather
MILWAUKEE – The Secret Service will make no changes to security at the Republican National Convention in the aftermath of an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, the agency said Sunday.
“We are confident in the plans that we have and are moving forward with those plans,” Audrey Gibson-Cicchino, the Secret Service’s RNC convention coordinator, told reporters.
Trump, 78, will arrive in Milwaukee on Sunday ahead of the four-day convention during which he will be formally named the Republican nominee for president.
Earlier in the day, President Biden announced that he had directed the Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to “review all security measures” for the GOP convention in light of the shooting at a Trump rally Saturday that left the former president bloodied, one rally-goer dead and two more injured.
“That security plan will remain in place,” Gibson-Cicchino said, referencing the current security footprint, which will allow armed protesters to enter a so-called “soft perimeter” near the convention site.
Closer to Fiserv Forum, where Trump and other GOP pols will address delegates, a “hard” perimeter has been set up by the Secret Service, restricting those parts of downtown Mikwaukee to only credentialed convention attendees.
RNC officials and the Secret Service have spent 18 months making security preparations for the thousands of delegates, politicians, press and protesters that have already descended on the Midwestern city for the conference, which starts on Monday.
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I wonder how many back doors and side doors will be left unprotected at the RNC.
Trump should have a new entry song - “Rubber Band Man”...
Private contractor security. Take the feds out of it.
We are already suspicious of another assassination attempt. Basically Mayorkas is the head of the Secret Service. Will Republicans finally charge him as well as AG Garland?
“We have confidence in what failed completely.”
Confident in what way, exactly?
Uh, were they confident in their plans yesterday, too?
Why upgrade protection, seems they got what they wanted on Saturday with the present level of protection.
Nothing has, or will, change...
Only one shoe has dropped, IMHO...
The communists NEVER give up... The WH will not permit it...
Regarding violence the 2020 Republican Convention was violent every day and night of the convention.
Remember this?
Sen. Rand Paul: I was ‘attacked by an angry mob’ following Republican National Convention
So apparently catastrophic failure is a completely acceptable outcome?
They certainly can. A breezy "We got this" after the events of Saturday is the very last thing they want on record. Which it now is.
Something else -
RNC chair says convention ‘very comfortable’ with security following Trump rally shooting
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4771160-rnc-chair-convention-security-trump-rally-shooting/
...to let the next shooter succeed where the last one failed.
“We are confident in the plans that we have and are moving forward with those plans.”
Unfortunately, this is exactly what concerns people.
Such a conflict.
I’m not looking for another attempt.
That was a PERFECT set-up.
A rifle shot from a perch is better than a hand gun in a crowd.
The BEAUTY of yesterday’s attempt was that shooter was NEVER going to talk.
Too many variables for attempt in a crowd.
The Democrap Convention should be FUN!
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