I am completely serious.
They did not shoot, and I do not think they —the Secret Service— was shouting, or giving orders.
But they had their rifles leveled at the crowd, as they were driving along in their SUV.
I do not mean they were in possession of weapons —it would be strange if they did not have any, or if they did not have very powerful weapons somewhere, or even on their person physically; that is a very basic tool of protecting POTUS, whomever he is.
Instead, what I mean is that those weapons were loaded, shouldered, and leveled at the crowed, and that they had every appearance of aiming in such a way that suggested that there was a high likelihood of some threat, or some type of violence.
I do not know what their orders were, or what type of information they may have been acting on.
I was hugely shocked to hear about this.
I’m shocked as well.