Secret Service under Homeland Security inspector general investigation after Trump assassination attempt
FOX NewsJul 25
Director: Secret Service 'Failed' Before Trump Assassination Attempt
Above: US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle leaves after testifying before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on July 22, 2024. Image copyright: Kent Nishimura/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Facts
US Secret Service (USSS) Director Kimberly Cheatle on Monday told the US House Committee on Oversight and Accountability she takes "full responsibility for any security lapse" that occurred leading up to the July 13 assassination attempt on former Pres. Donald Trump.
She also said "we failed" and she called the shooting at Trump's outdoor campaign rally in Butler County, Penn., "the most significant operational failure" of the USSS in "decades."
The Spin
Right narrative
Cheatle's evasive testimony is enough to get her fired if she refuses to step down. But her incompetence in the leadup to the near-assassination of Trump would've had her gone days ago had it not been for the Diversity Equity Inclusion (DEI) policies that landed her in her job and caused her to attempt to protect Trump with a less-competent security detail. Unfortunately, under Democrats, DEI has become more important than safety, and that must change.
Left narrative
Americans are all under threat of being attacked by someone armed with an AR-15 as long as Republicans continue to prevent strict gun regulations from being passed. Even after Trump, who's one of the most-protected people in the country, was shot with essentially a weapon of war, Republicans would rather talk about DEI instead of what would've best prevented this incident — tighter gun control.