A lot of times, one of the things that we have consistently pushed for on my side of things — and when I say my side, is once we are looking at a tragedy in which law enforcement made an error — it is the bias training and whether or not our officers are getting it,
I wanna talk about training and I want to talk about the fact that there’s been a little bit of dancing around as it relates to this being a suspicious person and this being a situation that was perceived to be a threat, and it seems as if there’s a different analysis that takes place,
I have learned so many times, in having to deal with law enforcement, that there usually is not a perception of a threat when it is a young White male, even if they are carrying a long gun. Yet a lot of times, at least in this country, when it comes to law enforcement, there is a perceived threat just by somebody having a little bit more melanin in their skin."
The one thing we have to have in this country are agencies that transcend politics and have the confidence of independents, Democrats, Republicans, progressives and conservatives,
An individual with a backpack is not a threat,
No, thank you.”
If Donald Trump had been killed, you would have looked culpable,
A denial of a request does not equal a vulnerability,
Like every Secret Service agent, we don't shirk our responsibilities,
Those are absolutely questions that we need to have answers to,
Normally, according to the local sheriff, they have done these events in the past with Secret Service and always had one of their people in that Secret Service control room. Apparently, that was not allowed this time for some reason,
If there was an idea that there was somebody here that was suspect, why even allow President Trump to even go up to the podium … and why did we go ahead and continue with the program
As you are aware, The United States House of Representatives is investigating the United States Secret Service’s…preparation for, and response to the attempted assassination of President Donald J. Trump on July 13, 2024, which resulted in the death of Corey Comperatore, serious injury to two other attendees, and nearly resulted in the first assassination of a candidate for President in nearly 60 years,
You should have come today ready to give us answers. I call upon you to resign today."
That is one of the things that during the investigation we want to take a look at and determine whether or not other decisions should have been made,
The people that are in charge of protecting the president on that day would never bring the former president out if there was a threat that had been identified,
I can point you to this communication as two minutes before the shots started ringing out. Director Cheatle, yes or no, was there ever a moment where the Secret Service actually considered pausing the rally
We are still looking into the advanced process and the decisions that were made."
According to NBC, just two minutes later, at 5:53 pm, the Secret Service notified its snipers about the gunman. The rally wasn't paused at that point either, correct?”
The Secret Service would have paused the rally had they known or been told there was an actual threat,