I worked in HR in hi tech years ago...East Indians were considered “white”...for affirmative action purposes, because it was recognized they were not discriminated against or under represented.
Not to mention, one mere glance at Kamala tells the tale.
Could this have been because so many of Trump’s regular detail had been (”conveniently”?) poached for Jill Biden’s concurrent appearance in Pa.?
I'm not sure if the snipers are one protectee's "regular detail," as opposed to the personal body detail close by his side, but it is certainly possible that a family member of a sitting president might take precedence. Your and my distaste for Doc Jill shouldn't mean squat.
What distinctions? No one is saying the SS is not responsible.
Of course the SS is stonewalling. But, as far as misdirection and/or lies, other sources than the SS & FBI are rife with that, for sure. We need to be just as careful believing the nutters as the government.
Only so much room in a headline—and what is relevant to this story is that this is the first time the SS deployed CSs for Trump in this campaign cycle....
I wasn't referencing the headline so much as Jesse's cutting off the very short answer by Rowe, which is in full in my post number 17.
That is silly. No one is shifting blame away from SS. Who said any counter snipers were all placed in worthless positions? One of them disappeared Crooks.
The title suggests that this was the first time counter snipers were deployed. That is quite different than saying counter snipers other than SS were deployed previously. People need the facts to judge relevance for themselves. I think it is an important distinction.
This was the first time actual SS snipers were on site. At the previous ones, LOCAL counter snipers WERE in place. Whenever you see a shortened response, check to see if something important has been cut off.
... Locals sent a "suspicious dude" message up the line and it got lost in the mail....
GB, don't you mean it got lost in the interpretation?
Why, yes, I do. Sorry. SS admits it knew of the suspicious individual and assumed the locals were "working it." Locals assumed SS had taken the ball and were running with it.
It never occurred to the Secret Service that local law enforcement might have a different communications system that would require coordination with a central communications tent or other site....
Who said that? Secret Service comms can't be chock full of "old guy passing out from heat" and "little boy can't find mommy" and "lady scared of her drunk boyfriend."
Locals sent a "suspicious dude" message up the line and it got lost in the mail. SS totally admits culpability there. And its bad.