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The stated mission of the United States Secret Service is to “ensure the safety and security of our protectees.” However, on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania, the Secret Service allowed a lone would-be assassin to fire a shot at former President Donald Trump, grazing his ear with a bullet. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned over the operational failure, which was criticized by both Democrats and Republicans.
Watch the above video as Straight Arrow News contributor Ben Weingarten argues that “whether gross incompetence or something more nefarious” is responsible for the lapses in Trump’s security, ultimate blame lies with what he calls the “Deep State.”
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The following is an excerpt from the above video:
Gross incompetence would be by far the best explanation. It is buttressed not only by the failures, but the fact they come from a security service led by a director picked seemingly out of personal favor over merit by the Bidens, who indicated that agents may not have been perched on the roof from which the shooter fired because of its dangerous “slope.”
The Secret Service has suffered many scandals ranging from White House fence-jumpings to abiding dangerous approaches of former presidents and the compromising conduct of carousing agents in Cartagena.
Congressional investigators were probing allegations of inadequate training among agents already. Past evidence shows the agency suffers from mission creep. DEI policies pervade the agency, suggesting it is prioritizing political correctness over its singular mission.
The more disturbing and conspiratorial conjectures about what transpired are fueled in part by disbelief the Secret Service could have failed so badly, plus the patsy-esque profile of the shooter, the evasiveness of authorities over basic questions about what transpired, and that the untrusted, Trump-targeting FBI is leading the probe into the failures.
Interested in opposing perspectives? Have a look at how our other contributors view this issue from across the political spectrum:
Ruben Navarrette: No one is innocent in Trump assassination attempt.
