The Secret Service failed President Trump and our nation on Saturday by allowing a would-be assassin to climb a building and fire a bullet at our president, striking his ear and killing a beloved father in the crowd.
Many of these Secret Service agents were DEI hires.
Libs of TikTok pointed out:
Secret Service Director a few months ago: We’re focusing on hiring more women to be more diverse.
Yesterday:
– Female agent couldn’t holster gun.
– Female agent frantically shouted “what are we doing? Where are we going?” after the shots.
The results of DEI. DEI got someone… pic.twitter.com/08zcQUXie7
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 14, 2024
Yet, Secret Service Director Kimberley Cheatle is refusing to resign over the disgraceful response.
🚨#BREAKING: According to ABC News, U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle says she won't resign over the Trump rally incident that took place over the weekend. pic.twitter.com/kolk2sNbzB
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) July 15, 2024
JUST IN: USSS Director Kimberly Cheatle is refusing to step down after a U.S. president was nearly assas*inated under her watch.
Utter insanity.
Cheatle said the "buck stops with me" but then blamed local authorities for not securing the building where Crooks shot from.
"In… pic.twitter.com/GUP93mHi1Z
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 15, 2024
Cheatle sat down with ABC News to give an interview following the assassination attempt.
During the interview, she accepted fault but says she will not resign.
ABC News has more:
As the head of the agency, Cheatle said it’s her responsibility to investigate what went wrong and make sure nothing like it can happen again.
“The buck stops with me,” she said. “I am the director of the Secret Service, and I need to make sure that we are performing a review and that we are giving resources to our personnel as necessary.”
Cheatle responded to reports that the suspect was seen and identified as potentially suspicious before he opened fire, saying that “a very short period of time” passed between then and the shooting.
“I don’t have all the details yet, but it was a very short period of time,” she said. “Seeking that person out, finding them, identifying them, and eventually neutralizing them took place in a very short period of time, and it makes it very difficult.”
Cheatle also said that local authorities were tasked with securing the building where the alleged shooter fired the shots before being taken out by a Secret Service sniper, and confirmed that local police were present inside the building while the shooter was on the roof.
“In this particular instance, we did share support for that particular site and that the Secret Service was responsible for the inner perimeter,” Cheatle said. “And then we sought assistance from our local counterparts for the outer perimeter. There was local police in that building — there was local police in the area that were responsible for the outer perimeter of the building.”
Cheatle said she has reached out to Trump but has not yet spoken with him.
In the days since the attack, Cheatle and the Secret Service have faced heightening scrutiny for failing to prevent the incident from happening, and even calls from some to resign.
ADVERTISEMENTCheatle said she would not resign from her role.
She is expected to testify before the GOP-led House Oversight Committee next Monday, July 22.
Fox News added:
S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle tells ABC News she plans to stay on despite growing calls for her resignation over the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday.
In an exclusive interview, Cheatle condemned the shooting and said the “buck stops with her.” She also said she has no plans to step down.
“It was obviously a situation that, as a Secret Service agent, no one ever wants to occur in their career,” Cheatle said.
Responding to reports that law enforcement officers had seen the shooter before the shooting, Cheatle said she didn’t have all the details.
“Seeking that person out, finding them, identifying them, and eventually neutralizing them took place in a very short period of time, and it makes it very difficult,” she said.
ADVERTISEMENTCheatle has since taken a firm stance that she will not step down, despite being harshly criticized for a failed detail that allowed a gunman to have a clear line of sight of Trump with a rifle nearly 150 yards away.
Yikes.
The safety of our nation’s leaders is in the hands of this woman…
What’s even worse though is though, is our sitting fake president doesn’t even know who she is, despite appointing her to the position…
"Is it acceptable that you have still not heard—at least publicly—from the Secret Service director?"
"Oh, I've heard from him!"
The Secret Service director is a woman named Kimberly Cheatle. Biden appointed her.pic.twitter.com/W2bKXhzbag
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) July 16, 2024
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