Posted on 07/15/2024 2:45:45 PM PDT by Rummyfan
The agency has sacrificed its basic mission on the altar of DEI.
It was a shot heard around the world.
On Saturday, a gunman whom the FBI has identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks fired a burst of rifle shots at former president Donald Trump, grazing his ear and nearly killing him. The attempted assassination is an historic, and perilous, moment. We’ll get commentaries and investigations, and the government will announce reforms.
But amid all the chaos weaves the thread of another story, one that reveals a mounting problem in our political life. A surprising number of the Secret Service agents protecting the former president were women. And, according to video recordings of the scene, many did not acquit themselves favorably.
Scene one: after President Trump ducks, a group of agents leaps to him and protects him with their bodies. A female agent who rushes to the stage acts bravely, without a doubt, but the point of the “huddle” is to protect the president. The agent was much shorter than President Trump, leaving his head and neck exposed after he stood up.
Scene two: as Trump enters the escape vehicle, a female Secret Service agent fumbles her gun and cannot find her holster; another female agent appears confused and, in the moment of crisis, decides to use both of her hands to put on her sunglasses; a third looks frightened and uncertain.
These agents wear the typical Secret Service outfits—Kevlar vests pressing against white shirts; black blazers with gold pins; dark sunglasses—but to an impartial observer, they do not appear to have the same poise, confidence, and strength as the male agents around them.
The obvious question: Why so many female agents? The answer, unfortunately, is the same as in many other institutions: DEI.
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“In a moment of crisis, I’m worried about my sunglasses and can’t holster my firearm.”
Fat female Barney Fife.
Did she have her bullet in her gun?
Trump took a bullet for the Secret Service.
“ Trump took a bullet for the Secret Service.”
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Sadly and ironically TRUE.
No one wonders if the SS left the roof uncovered on purpose so the shooter could go there.
The Secret Service wants to place blame on the local police authorities for the shooter being there. The bottom line is that the Secret Service is required to work with local law enforcement to make sure that every site has been properly secured and cleared of any potential threat to a President or former President’s life. You don’t simply assume that local law enforcement has all the bases covered without the Secret Service physically going around the whole site, checking the site, side-by-side with those local law enforcement agencies, to make sure the whole area, and the buildings within had been properly scoped-out and completely secured. In the end, it was the Secret Service’s responsibility for making sure that the site was adequately covered by both local cops and their own agents. They either failed miserably through incompetence or did so on purpose.
They’re going to have to stack the Oompa Loompas 2 high to cover all of Trumps six foot fourness.
They personnel should be charged with Voluntary Manslaughter.
They caused the death of Corey Comperatore, who was protecting his family.
Their failure to do their job caused his death.
I saw a program with audio. The SS girl was shouting, “what do we do....what do we do...”. She didn’t know the protocol.
Lack of training?
They personnel should be charged with Voluntary Manslaughter.
They caused the death of Corey Comperatore, who was protecting his family.
Their failure to do their job caused his death.
Dangerous situation for accidental discharge...easy to do with Glocks.
My question is, after the counter sniper teams saw a threat, a police officer encountered him, people were yelling and screaming about him, why was Trump still on the stage? Why didn’t they get him the hell out of there?
Never assume. Verify!
I used to work in luxury hotels. Big ones. Everyone was trained that if you tell a guest their request will be taken care of it is now your responsibility to make sure it is. Just don’t call maintenance or housekeeping expecting it’s done.
This is a good example of how they are hurting and taking down America in any way they can. Death by a thousand cuts.
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The agent with the ponytail looked totally lost.
The entire world knows the SS is as corrupt as the rest of DC and likely in on the attempt.
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And now the Secret Service is a global laughingstock too. But at least the director is a lesbian. Why she is an employed lesbian today is beyond me.
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