Staff Reports
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley from Missouri has pulled back the curtain on what appears to be an alarming lapse in security during an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. He unveiled shocking details about the Secret Service agents who were supposed to be keeping the former commander-in-chief safe that day, revealing they were not even Secret Service agents at all. Instead, they were untrained employees from the Department of Homeland Security who had undergone only the most basic, and apparently deeply flawed, training to protect a president.
In a recent appearance on Fox News, Hawley laid bare the astonishing fact that the majority of these so-called “guards” had merely held an online webinar for a couple of hours—the kind of training that wouldn’t even cut it for someone guarding a sandwich shop. Reports suggest that the training was plagued by technical issues, with half the audio not even working. One has to wonder what genius thought it wise to have a former president surrounded by individuals who might have just binge-watched a few YouTube videos on personal security instead of receiving serious, practical training. It raises the question: who made these staffing choices at the Secret Service?
BREAKING: Deep State Whistleblowers revealed to Senator Josh Hawley that most of the agents on Trump's Secret Service detail in Butler were amateur Homeland Security agents who only had two hours of training on a WEBINAR
IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB
God saved Trump's life that day pic.twitter.com/FuUoJTRzHq
— George (@BehizyTweets) September 4, 2024
The situation has sparked outrage in the halls of Congress, especially against Secret Service Director Robert Rowe, who had previously rebuffed Trump’s requests for heightened security. With a bipartisan committee now probing the circumstances surrounding the incident, it seems this revelation will only add fuel to the fire. Hawley speculated that without a courageous whistleblower within the FBI, these shocking details might have remained buried. Funny how it often takes a shining beacon of truth amidst a swamp of incompetence to expose the failures of federal protectors.
To compound the irresponsibility of it all, Hawley explained that DHS personnel were reassigned from more pressing duties, like investigating child exploitation cases, to field security for Trump—something they had no prior experience handling. This raises serious questions about the priorities of federal agencies tasked with protecting American citizens. Meanwhile, local law enforcement, like the Butler County SWAT team, had to come to the rescue when the federal agents failed to neutralize the threat in a timely manner. Talk about being out-hustled by the local boys in blue.
Rowe’s testimony at a congressional hearing concocted an even murkier picture. He lamented that the Secret Service was hands-tied by outdated technology and an overworked staff, especially in a high-stakes election cycle. To top it off, the agency’s drone technology was reported to be non-operational just when it was needed most, with Crooks, the assailant, flying his own drone around the rally before launching his attack. With the Secret Service struggling against both technical difficulties and their own lack of preparedness, it becomes more evident that Americans must ask who’s truly protecting them and whether or not they should be trusted with such critical responsibilities. This looks less like a protective service and more like a disastrous farce, and the consequences of this incompetence could have been catastrophic.
