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Secret Service Agent: DEI Contributed to Near-Killing of Trump
RealClear Politics ^ | 3 Feb, 2025 | Susan Crabtree

Posted on 02/03/2025 9:40:44 AM PST by MtnClimber

Secret Service Agent: DEI Contributed to Near-Killing of Trump By Susan Crabtree - RCP StaffFebruary 03, 2025 Secret Service Agent: DEI Contributed to Near-Killing of TrumpRashid Ellis A Secret Service agent is for the first time publicly speaking out against the agency’s diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, which he says contributed to the first assassination attempt against President Trump last summer.

A 13-year veteran of the agency who has served in an elite unit and top protective assignments, Rashid Ellis sat down for an interview with the Independent Women’s Forum, a Virginia-based conservative nonprofit.

IWF is in the process of making a documentary, titled “Qualifications, Not Quotas,” about Ellis’s experience and released an explanation of the documentary and a trailer Thursday providing a snapshot of his experience and concerns.

“My initial thoughts when seeing the Butler assassination attempt was dread,” Ellis states solemnly in the trailer. “My stomach was in knots watching it because we had known for years that this was coming.”

Secret Service Agent: DEI Contributed to Near-Killing of Trump By Susan Crabtree - RCP StaffFebruary 03, 2025 Secret Service Agent: DEI Contributed to Near-Killing of TrumpRashid Ellis A Secret Service agent is for the first time publicly speaking out against the agency’s diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, which he says contributed to the first assassination attempt against President Trump last summer.

A 13-year veteran of the agency who has served in an elite unit and top protective assignments, Rashid Ellis sat down for an interview with the Independent Women’s Forum, a Virginia-based conservative nonprofit.

IWF is in the process of making a documentary, titled “Qualifications, Not Quotas,” about Ellis’s experience and released an explanation of the documentary and a trailer Thursday providing a snapshot of his experience and concerns.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: assassination; butlertrumprally; criminalnegligence; dei; derelictionofduty; leftism; misconduct; negligence; pennsylvania; secretservice; trump
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1 posted on 02/03/2025 9:40:44 AM PST by MtnClimber
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It seemed like they assigned the most DEI group to protect Trump when Jill Biden and Kamala Harris, at the last minute, pulled Trump’s normal detail to protect them at appearances in Pennsylvania on the same day.


2 posted on 02/03/2025 9:40:55 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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LOL looks like the agent is brandishing a dummy pistol.

At least he has appropriate trigger control. But so did my kids when they were about 8 years old.

3 posted on 02/03/2025 9:47:48 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: MtnClimber

Pres Jill planned hit .
Lady MacBiden wanted to keep her power and money .
Waterboard the Baby sitter Adulteress.


4 posted on 02/03/2025 9:49:32 AM PST by ncalburt ( Gop DC Globalists are the evil )
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To: MtnClimber

The planning and pre-event security were the biggest failures in that incident, but the most visible failure was the actual protection team. They were clearly far from the best, and it was a huge embarrassment to the Secret Service.

On the other hand, that incident might well have sealed Trump’s victory.


5 posted on 02/03/2025 9:50:47 AM PST by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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Back in the late 90s, I remember seeing a kick azz documentary about SS professionals and their training, doing high end coordinated executive protection maneuvers, 2 second weapon disarming, kav maga type take downs, and J-turn gateways in limo mock ups! Flash forward to July 2024, and we have nervous Melissa McCarthy who can’t holster a pistol.


6 posted on 02/03/2025 9:54:14 AM PST by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: ETCM

Fight, fight, fight.


7 posted on 02/03/2025 9:54:28 AM PST by gunnut
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To: MtnClimber

Why is that weapon blue? Is it a training weapon and this is a stock photo?


8 posted on 02/03/2025 9:56:19 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/courts-police-fire/a-pretty-awesome-career-eiu-honoring-secret-service-director-as-distinguished-alumni/article_d52d221f-fe76-5941-8279-387d1b515200.html

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9 posted on 02/03/2025 9:57:26 AM PST by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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It seemed like they assigned the most DEI group to protect Trump

Except for Sean Curran who Trump has made Director of the SS.

10 posted on 02/03/2025 10:00:19 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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11 posted on 02/03/2025 10:02:05 AM PST by AnthonySoprano (She hails from the Slave Masters - A family of Sugar Plantation Oligarchs)
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To: MtnClimber

Does that include Bill Barr and Sessions being hired?


12 posted on 02/03/2025 10:03:44 AM PST by joesbucks
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Rene Russo was not a DEI hire. She is a competent agent who saved the President.


13 posted on 02/03/2025 10:10:18 AM PST by rey
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To: MtnClimber

Dwarf bodyguards endangered his life.


14 posted on 02/03/2025 10:30:46 AM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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Why is that weapon blue? Is it a training weapon and this is a stock photo?


What, you want to give DEI hires real guns and live ammo?


15 posted on 02/03/2025 10:31:40 AM PST by rdcbn1 (TV )
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To: MtnClimber

Anyone who watched the Butler video of the SS agent who couldn’t holster her weapon knows this.


16 posted on 02/03/2025 10:39:32 AM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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Because Trump turned his own head to save his own life, we live in an America that is shaped by him. Imagine what America would be like today if he hadn’t.


17 posted on 02/03/2025 10:42:43 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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Were there any non DEI hires that contributed to the errors and oversights that led to the near assassination of Trump?


18 posted on 02/03/2025 10:43:30 AM PST by Round Earther
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To: BradyLS

Reminds me of an old show.

19 posted on 02/03/2025 10:44:07 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MtnClimber

Now that insiders feel safe to talk, we should hear more about this.


20 posted on 02/03/2025 10:44:48 AM PST by Zathras
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