Secret Service approval rating hits 10-year low, lowest ever among Republicans

ACCORDING TO A NEW GALLUP POLL –

AMERICA’S CONFIDENCE IN THE SECRET SERVICE IS AT A TEN-YEAR LOW.

THE SECRET SERVICE APPROVAL RATING DROPPING BY MORE THAN 20 POINTS IN THE MOST RECENT SURVEY –

WHICH WAS CONDUCTED THIS MONTH **PRIOR TO THE SECOND ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP –

BUT ABOUT TWO MONTHS AFTER THE FIRST ATTEMPT ON TRUMP’S LIFE.

HERE’S A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS –

SHOWING THE RECENT AND SHARP DECLINE IN PUBLIC OPINION OF THE AGENCY.

ONLY 8 PERCENT OF AMERICANS POLLED RATED THE SECRET SERVICE AS “EXCELLENT.”

24 PERCENT CONSIDER THE AGENCY “GOOD”.

MEANWHILE – 

25 PERCENT SAY THE AGENCY IS DOING A “FAIR” JOB AND 36 PERCENT SAY THE AGENCY IS PERFORMING POORLY.

GALLUP HAS SEEN THIS SORT OF SHARP DECLINE IN PUBLIC TRUST OF A FEDERAL AGENCY ONLY A HANDFUL OF TIMES.

THE SECRET SERVICE’S 23 POINT DROP IS COMPARABLE TO THE LARGEST DECREASES RECORDED FOR ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY IN GALLUP’S HISTORY.

RATINGS FOR THE CDC FELL BY 24 POINTS BETWEEN 2019 AND 2021 AFTER THE COVID PANDEMIC.

AND THE FEDERAL RESERVE’S RATING FELL 23 POINTS BACK IN 2009 AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION.

THE AGENCY’S SUDDEN SLIP IN PUBLIC OPINION FOLLOWS THE JULY 13TH ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON TRUMP –

WHICH RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY LAPSES –

TRIGGERING A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP WITH THE AGENCY’S DIRECTOR RESIGNING –

AND CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS AND INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE AGENCY’S PROTOCOLS AND STAFFING.

AND WHILE THERE IS BIPARTISAN CONCERN OVER THE AGENCY’S CAPABILITIES TO PROTECT –

THE CONCERN WEIGHS HEAVIER ON REPUBLICANS.

ONLY 20 PERCENT OF REPUBLICANS GAVE THE AGENCY A POSITIVE RATING.

THE LOWEST FIGURE EVER RECORDED BY GALLUP FOR THIS GROUP.

DEMOCRATS’ APPROVAL RATING IS 47 PERCENT –

WHICH IS STILL AN 18 POINT DROP FROM THE YEAR PRIOR.

ACTING SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR RONALD ROWE ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THAT DISCIPLINARY ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN AGAINST PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURITY FAILURES AT THE BUTLER PENNSYLVANIA RALLY WHERE THE FIRST ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT OCCURRED.

THE SCRUTINY SURROUNDING THE AGENCY WAS RECENTLY HEIGHTENED AFTER A SUSPECT WAS FOUND HIDING IN BUSHES WITH A GUN AT TRUMP’S GOLF COURSE A WEEK AGO.

THIS GALLUP SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED PRIOR TO THIS SECOND ATTEMPT ON TRUMP’S LIFE.

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