Posted on 07/17/2024 2:12:56 PM PDT by conservative98
The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Trump on Saturday was identified as suspicious by law enforcement more than an hour before he opened fire, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., tells Fox News.
“He was identified as a as a character of suspicion because of saw a rangefinder as well as a backpack. And this was over an hour before the shooting actually occurred,” Barrasso said. “So, you would think over the course of that hour, you shouldn't lose sight of the individual. Somebody ought to be following up on those sorts of things. No evidence of that happening at all.”
Fox News was also told that the Secret Service was aware of the threat before Trump walked on stage and narrowly survived an assassination attempt.
A Secret Service agent in charge of security for the event was on the phone with local and state police about the threat while the shooting took place.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., who also took part in a briefing with the Secret Service and the FBI, said she was “appalled to learn the Secret Service knew about a threat prior to President Trump walking on stage.”
“I have no confidence in the leadership of Director Cheatle and believe it is in the best interest of our nation if she steps down from her position,” Blackburn wrote in a post on X.
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If the Secret Service director steps down it doesn’t buy us anything. What did Bagdad Bob do for us?
They would be hiding this information if it weren’t for the videos rally attendees recorded.
It was intentional.
Why was Donald Trump not removed from the premises if there was an active/ongoing threat?
He could have been camped out in a tent and they weren’t going to do a thing
Every new video that emerges destroys their pathetic lies.
A wild guess is the FBI or others will say the suspect was on their radar earlier and maybe they interviewed him and let him go. How many terrorist and other stories have that element? Plus nutjob school shooters.
Even carrying the range finder had the excuse “hunters and golfers know what these are.”
As Biden would say “C’mon.” The shooter even was seen looking at law enforcement officers and agents through the range finder. No deer found, apparently.
Every new video that emerges destroys their pathetic lies.
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That’s for sure. It’s all so overwhelmingly against them.
It has all the hallmarks of a James Clapper and/or John O Brennan CIA-style “hit job.”
Blackburn: “I have no confidence in the leadership of Director Cheatle...”
Wow. Strongly worded! *shiver*
I’m betting a lot of these people in the Biden Administration are running for the tall grass looking to cover their own asses. The entire event, on every level, reeks bad.
And there were literally tens of thousands of cameras at the event.
Just saw an ABC News video of the apparent shooter behind the chain link fence, sizing up the view of the Trump audience and dais.
Scary to think what came not long after.
Like those aftermath pictures of Mark David Chapman before shooting John Lennon and John Hinckley before shooting President Reagan.
Did they sit back and take advantage of the situation. Possibly/Probably/Yes
You sure nailed it! CYA on a big scale.
More and more crap from the Left is falling apart these days.
Sounds more and more like the Government knew there was going to be an assassination attempt and let it happen.
The secret service considered this schmuck a “threat” yet they allowed Trump to go on stage..
ZERO DOUBT IN MY MIND it was an ordered hit..will believe that til my last breath..this was ordered and the ONLY reason why they failed is because Trump moved his head which he hardly EVER does during rallies he always looks straight ahead
This could have been so so so much worse..we could have had 50 dead at this rally, no one was protecting anyone at this thing
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