Agency director Kimberly Cheatle has cited ‘workplace safety concerns.’
Kimberly Cheatle, the head of the US Secret Service, has claimed safety concerns prevented her agents from deploying on the roof of the building from which a would-be assassin targeted Donald Trump.
The presidential candidate narrowly escaped death during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday when a lone gunman fored several shots at Trump. His Secret Service detail reacted only after a bullet nicked his ear. One rallygoer was killed and two others were seriously injured.
“That building in particular has a sloped roof at its highest point. And so, you know, there’s a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn’t want to put somebody up on a sloped roof,” Cheatle told ABC News on Tuesday. “And so, you know, the decision was made to secure the building, from inside.”
The shooter, identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, was able to climb on top of the factory building and had a clear line of sight to Trump less than 120 meters away. The roof in question was far less sloped than the one behind the rally stage, where Secret Service counter-snipers were positioned.
Cheatle’s explanation was met with outrage and disbelief among experts. Joe Kent, a former Army Special Forces officer now running for Congress, wondered why the Secret Service didn’t secure access points to the building.
“The Secret Service director said, ‘don’t worry, we didn’t put someone on the roof because it could’ve created a dangerous situation.’ Like what? Someone getting shot in the head?” said Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent turned-conservative talk show host.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has said Secret Service “failure” played a part in Saturday’s events, but that he has “100% confidence” in Cheatle.
The attempted assassination was “unacceptable” and “something that shouldn’t happen again,” the Secret Service director told ABC News, but added that she has no intention of resigning.
Cheatle also did not address criticism that Trump’s protection detail included three women who were much smaller in stature than the Republican presidential candidate. The Secret Service chief, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, has previously said she would prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices, such as hiring more women and minorities.
“DEI is one thing, competence and effectiveness is another, and I saw DEI out there,” former FBI Assistant Director Chris Swecker told the New York Post after the Butler shooting.
When Trump appeared at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday, his security detail was composed entirely of men close to him in height.
And as of this morning the FBI have hosed down the roof where the alleged shooter was allegedly shot, the whole thing stinks to high heaven.
ALL of these Alphabet Agencies are Deep State, and cannot be trusted!!!
Trump will need to bring in U.S. Marines and Navy SEALS who are heavily vetted by the President, and are-
1. NOT Freemasons;
2. NOT Demoncrats;
3. NOT coerced by the Deep State;
4. NOT answerable to any Alphabet Agencies;
5. Have Marine Recon skills and Navy SEAL Special Ops experience;
6. Are E-6 and higher for the Enlisted Protectorate;
7. Are W-3 and higher for the Warrant Officer Protectorate;
8. Are 0-4 and higher in the Commissioned Officer Protectorate.
These specially-skilled Marines would always employ the ‘No Lone Zone’ by operating in pairs, and would operate both in and out of uniform in blending in with the crowd(s) as needed / necessary.
And no Jews. (shooter was a Jew)
And nobody with links to Blackrock.
Note to Trump-
FLUSH THE BLOODY J3W$ OUT OF YOUR CABINET AND OUT OF GOVERNMENT ROLES AT ALL OF THE HIGHER LEVELS. and…KEEP THE KUSHNERS OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS!!!
Get ready to pull the Passports of those who have committed subversion, treason, etc. immediately after taking the Oath of Office, and suspend the Alphabet Agencies pending criminal investigations conducted by local County Sheriffs and U.S. Marshals.
They will obfuscate and cover up, maybe throw a few expendables under the bus until next year when Trump is President then something else will happen and JDVance will take over the Presidency. In the meantime Vance will be saying and doing all the right things and gaining the confidence of the people but then when in power..watch out.
Same old story.
Alejandro Mayorkas Is part of the cabal he needs to go,for many reasons INCLUDING this one along with every woman in the SS – and that’s me – a woman -saying this.
Those 2 stupid women “protecting” trump were a joke. One fumbling with her gun, the other not even tall enough to shield trumps head. Get rid of them. Get rid of the cheetos woman as well.
It’s glaringly obvious this was a set up to take trump out. The closest roof and no SS on there.
So the head of the USSS is about to be fired for this right?…. some how I doubt it I would bet she votes democrat. What a lame excuse, so lame it’s not plausible.
There are ways to secure yourself to a sloping roof. It’s been done for years and years without accidents. But heck, what would we know? Ropes are quite handy things, so are laddery type arrangements.
Hasn’t she watched NCIS? Too much Charlie’s Angels I think.
So the White House has sloped roofs – is this stupid woman suggesting there’s no one on that roof due to H&S???
Nope, not failure.
They’re not a bunch of dum dums. I’m not buying that.
They were in on it.
Kimberly Cheatle reserves the right to employ short fat woman and will continue to do this wherever possible. Because it’s the right thing to do.
In spite of all the conspiracy theories that will pop up like new spring grass, the simple answer is incompetence….want decent protection, hire ex-military contractors, not keystone cops……………
Its to dangerous to put a military trained person on a sloped roof!! What sort of woke lefty dribble is that? Oh know we dont want someone hurting themselves so we let a 20 year old nerd climb on it. DEI at its finest. Anyone seen the short of the lady trying to holster her gun? looks like something out of a Benny Hill sketch. Inside job for sure, with a brainwashed kid as the patsy. I can’t believe how dumb the world is getting, well go figure the libtards that run the muppet show are having a field day.
Maybe Dan Bongino should ask why when public have alerted the police and secret service minutes before shots were fired there was someone on the roof, that information either didn’t get to the secret service around Trump and get him off stage. Or, why they let him make himself a target after the shots.
Ridiculous. And he is a former secret service member
The joke just keeps getting louder.
Sir, you haven’t taken into consideration the skill set brought buy the current director from her previous appointment at Pepci-Cola.
Option 1. The deep state set the whole thing up to kill Trump.
Option 2. The shooter was acting alone and was detected by the SS and they let it happen.
Option 3. It was all staged and Trump was in on it and is now part of the Cabal or was always part of the cabal.