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BREAKING: Man jumps security fence at White House (Original Post) brooklynite Jul 2021 OP
I thought it was going to be TFG Pobeka Jul 2021 #1
Not a chance it was trump SCantiGOP Jul 2021 #4
Yeah I know, and he ran too. Both things impossible for TFG. Pobeka Jul 2021 #7
. Maine Abu El Banat Jul 2021 #14
I heard he once did a triple Lindy to get to the buffet line at merde a lardo... Probatim Jul 2021 #15
WAIT...August 13th us supposed to be the return of the Orange Moron. 634-5789 Jul 2021 #8
OMG. I thought it was the 14th? Pobeka Jul 2021 #11
I heard the 11th LOL Javaman Jul 2021 #17
Woh, I'm going to have mark a lot more calendar days off now just to be sure. Pobeka Jul 2021 #33
I see it posted a lot here now, but what is TFG? Marius25 Jul 2021 #28
The Former Guy ChazInAz Jul 2021 #29
The F'ing Git for some of us. wnylib Jul 2021 #30
In order to not say his name, he is often referred to as The Former Guy, or TFG. Pobeka Jul 2021 #32
You lost, Donald. Tommy Carcetti Jul 2021 #2
Trump would still be in his bunker if he was living there. Renew Deal Jul 2021 #3
Doesn't look like you need to be an Olympian to get over that fence. milestogo Jul 2021 #5
Its not the White House fence. former9thward Jul 2021 #36
that guy's in better shape than the security guards. Grasswire2 Jul 2021 #6
My thought too. Are we to understand... LakeArenal Jul 2021 #21
It never ends well for these fence jumpers luv2fly Jul 2021 #9
Obviously, he needed a place to eat, and sleep... Justice matters. Jul 2021 #31
Should Rebl2 Jul 2021 #10
Darn "tourists" . . . Vinca Jul 2021 #12
Bullets are faster... Just sayin... nt kirkuchiyo Jul 2021 #13
I wish. Unauthorized breach of the perimeter? Get shot. n/t rainin Jul 2021 #16
When I was in the Air Force the sites I visited had signs saying "Use of Deadly Force Authorized" kirkuchiyo Jul 2021 #26
I believe if these rioters were antifa or BLM they would have been shot rainin Jul 2021 #37
White guy. Not shot. mnhtnbb Jul 2021 #18
Are you suggesting that the Secret Service today would should a Black fence violator? brooklynite Jul 2021 #23
Not suggesting anything. mnhtnbb Jul 2021 #27
So they got him. Cool. Now what. ancianita Jul 2021 #19
Likely a mental health examination. brooklynite Jul 2021 #24
On our dime, too. So if he's diagnosed as competent, he can then be charged with trespassing, yes? ancianita Jul 2021 #25
To the bunker! To the bunker! Panic! Panic! keithbvadu2 Jul 2021 #20
He took "better late than never" to heart. N/t LiberatedUSA Jul 2021 #22
Just read "Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service kskiska Jul 2021 #34
Not much of a fence Meowmee Jul 2021 #35

Pobeka

(4,999 posts)
7. Yeah I know, and he ran too. Both things impossible for TFG.
Fri Jul 30, 2021, 12:52 PM
Jul 2021

But in the abstract, it tickled my funny bone.

Pobeka

(4,999 posts)
33. Woh, I'm going to have mark a lot more calendar days off now just to be sure.
Fri Jul 30, 2021, 03:49 PM
Jul 2021

Don't want to miss all the disappointment when it happens!

former9thward

(31,981 posts)
36. Its not the White House fence.
Fri Jul 30, 2021, 04:55 PM
Jul 2021

The main fence is 13 feet high. This guy just jumped some crowd control fencing which is outside. He never was near the White House.

LakeArenal

(28,817 posts)
21. My thought too. Are we to understand...
Fri Jul 30, 2021, 02:53 PM
Jul 2021

that the White House protection can’t run?

We need Derrick Morgan assigned to the White House.

Geez....

kirkuchiyo

(402 posts)
26. When I was in the Air Force the sites I visited had signs saying "Use of Deadly Force Authorized"
Fri Jul 30, 2021, 03:01 PM
Jul 2021

That'll make you think twice. At least I'd hope it would.

rainin

(3,011 posts)
37. I believe if these rioters were antifa or BLM they would have been shot
Fri Jul 30, 2021, 06:25 PM
Jul 2021

as soon as they broke into the capital (or sooner). It pisses me off that they were allowed to injure the police, defile the capitol, threaten everyone there, and then just LEAVE. Ugh!!

brooklynite

(94,502 posts)
23. Are you suggesting that the Secret Service today would should a Black fence violator?
Fri Jul 30, 2021, 02:57 PM
Jul 2021

Last time I checked President Biden's DHS Secretary ran the Secret Service.

keithbvadu2

(36,775 posts)
20. To the bunker! To the bunker! Panic! Panic!
Fri Jul 30, 2021, 02:50 PM
Jul 2021

To the bunker! To the bunker!

Where's the damn door to the bunker?

Call TFG! He knows.



kskiska

(27,045 posts)
34. Just read "Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
Fri Jul 30, 2021, 03:54 PM
Jul 2021

Last edited Sun Aug 1, 2021, 05:29 PM - Edit history (1)

by Carol Leonnig

The SS is woefully unprepared for these things and is horrifically underfunded. The jumper during Obama's presidency made it all the way into the Green Room. None of the outside communications and safeguards worked. Obama and Michelle weren't there, but the two girls were.

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