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The Secret Service’s Failure-to-Protect Is Being Blamed on “an Operational Failure”
Update: Here is Rep. Jim Jordan giving Cheatle hell. As you can see, the Republicans are not even in the ball park. The issue as framed by Republicans and media is: did the Secret Service provide enough resources to protect Trump. This is not the issue. The media will treat Jordan as a Republican male picking on a woman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4rJ8tmAAI0
Rep. Jordan should be asking: “Did the Secret Service collect the fired bullets?” “All of them?” “Are they all from the same rifle?” “What is the explanation for the acoustic evidence showing shots from different distances?” “How can the same rifle be in different locations?” “This implies more than one shooter.” “Did the Secret Service overlook other disturbed ‘lone gunmen’ in addition to Crooks, or does the acoustic evidence indicate a deep state plot to kill Trump?” “Is the Secret Service making any effort to discover if there was a plot?”
These are the questions that need to be out there. These are the questions and answers that matter. The Republicans are not up to the job, and the deep state is being given a pass.
The Secret Service’s Failure-to-Protect Is Being Blamed on “an Operational Failure”
The assassination plot is being covered up
Paul Craig Roberts
Secret Service Director admits “significant operational failure.” No Deep State plot. Just an operational failure. https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/secret-service-director-admits-significant-operational-failure-in-trump-assassination-attempt-5691473?utm_source=RTNews&src_src=RTNews&utm_campaign=rtbreaking-2024-07-22-1&src_cmp=rtbreaking-2024-07-22-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=digital&est=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAceE5JjMByMKG77wDxNBNQoYsGSf8AwYnR4TN9A%3D%3D
The official narrative has taken the form I said it would.
The issue for the Republicans is Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle’s resignation and not whether there was a Deep State attempt on Trump’s life. For example, Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, defined the issue as the Secret Service “lacks the proper management.”
The fight over whether Cheatle’s “significant operational failure” is consistent with her remaining in command will exhaust the subject of the assassination. The acoustic evidence showing more than one shooter will not be reported and carefully investigated. The issue of a Democrat/Deep State plot will not be raised.
Cheatle is correct that the Secret Service failed. It failed to assassinate Trump.
As the Secret Service now operates in the failure-to-protect mode, there will be another try. An established excuse is in place. Prior to the next attempt, watch for media articles about how difficult it is to protect presidents and presidential candidates. “An almost impossible job,” we will be told, the proof being success for most attempts. Trump survived not due to the Secret Service but to turning his head at precisely the right moment to escape death. Liberals will say the Second Amendment enables mass shootings and attempts on presidents and turn the issue into one of gun control.
Or perhaps Trump has finally got the message and will pull in his horns. Maybe he already has. Unifying America is taking the place of fight, fight, fight. Unifying America means giving in.