After surviving a subsequent assassination attempt in less than two decades, security forces are being questioned once more.
Members of Congress, including Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL ), are asking how an armed man was once again able to get so close to the GOP presidential nominee. This time, it appears no bullets were fired at him as agents spotted a gunman in time to keep Trump safe.
” If they need more tools from Congress, if the Secret Service needs some type of new technology, if they need more tools to local law enforcement, let us in Congress know”, Waltz said on Fox News. We ca n’t think about this until the future, they say.
Waltz claimed that acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe had assured a task force that Joe Biden had mandated that Trump and Kamala Harris receive the same level of security as the present leader.
However, Ric Bradshaw, the sheriff of Palm Beach County, claimed that this was n’t the case on Sunday afternoon.
” At this stage that he is at best now, he’s not the hanging leader”, Bradshaw said. ” If he was, we would have had this entire golf course surrounded. However, because he’s not, safety is restricted to the places the Secret Service deems safe. I’d assume that there will likely be much more people around the perimeter of the course the next time he approaches the sure.”
Waltz is a member of the Congressional work force that is looking into Trump’s first death, and it released a statement saying it is looking for more details about the new execution effort.
” We have requested a presentation with the U. S. Secret Service about what happened and how safety responded”, it said. We are appreciative that the former president was unharmed, but we continue to be greatly concerned about political violence and denounce it in all its manifestations. As more information is learned, the Task Force may update us.
In the aftermath of the first death effort against Trump, which occurred in July, past Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle was forced to resign.
Waltz even attributed political speech that claimed Trump would be a despot or that Adolf Hitler would end his life.
” It has got to stop”, he said. ” Enough is enough. Quit it, on the Left, from doing this”.
Ari Fleischer, a former White House press minister, claims that Trump deserves to be treated as though he is currently leader.
” After two fruitless assassination attempt against Trump, the USSS should stop treating him as a candidate”, he wrote. They must address him like they would a sitting president, mainly by expanding the perimeter’s protection. Stop being administrative. Do what’s needed.
Ryan Wesley Routh has been identified as the believe.
An AK-47 design rifle with a range, two backpacks hung on the border, and a GoPro cameras allegedly intended to be used to picture the suspect were among the items discovered in the bushes where he was spotted, according to an evening press briefing from the authorities.
Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA ), who heads the Congressional task force, said its members have already had a conference call about the new attempt on Trump’s life.
” I ca n’t imagine being Mr. Trump or any of the Trump kids knowing that their father has been targeted twice,” Kelly told NOTUS.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a fellow GOPer, demanded that the Secret Service remain moved out of the Department of Homeland Security and up into the Treasury Department.
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” Moreover, it is time to improve assets”, he posted on X.
Even though it is still gathering information from the first assassination attempt, which occurred in Pennsylvania on July 13, the parliamentary work force now has a following assassination attempt to look into.
