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niyad

(133,085 posts)
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 12:21 PM Jul 2024

Hmm, curious here. There is some screaming from the reichwing hysterics

that the incident on Sat. was FLOTUS' fault. According to the hysteria, the SS refused to allocate additional (don't forget, he HAS SS protection as a former occupant of the People's House) resources to TRAITOR** because Dr. Biden was also in PA.

Now, my question is, WHY did they suddenly feel the need for extra resources? What were they hearing? And, if they were, in fact, hearing things to cause them to feel the need for extra resources, why not cancel or reschedule? And, of course, if there WAS nothing being heard, then they are just creating bs out of thin air again.

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Hmm, curious here. There is some screaming from the reichwing hysterics (Original Post) niyad Jul 2024 OP
Such BS.... Sogo Jul 2024 #1
Well, of course! She is, after all, a mere woman! niyad Jul 2024 #8
I'd go for the thin air theory DFW Jul 2024 #2
That, and the whole DEI-women agents/woman SS head bs. niyad Jul 2024 #9
Note the screaming only came after the fact. republianmushroom Jul 2024 #3
Excellent point. niyad Jul 2024 #7
Its bs they have three presidetial candidates to doc03 Jul 2024 #4
Are they actually on detail to brainworm? I thought he had not met the criteria? niyad Jul 2024 #10
I just assumed they were watching the worm. nt doc03 Jul 2024 #13
They are not. As I remembered, he has not met the criteria for a 3rd party niyad Jul 2024 #22
It's bullshit, as usual. Trump has a regular, assigned Secret Service detail. Ocelot II Jul 2024 #5
Thank you. niyad Jul 2024 #11
Great questions SARose Jul 2024 #6
It is a puzzlement! niyad Jul 2024 #12
Secret Service Denies Diverting Resources to Jill Biden chowder66 Jul 2024 #14
Thank you. As I noted in another thread, even assuming that were true, which we niyad Jul 2024 #15
+1 chowder66 Jul 2024 #18
Trump could have had as much more security as he wanted. He just had to pay for it. He could whine about brewens Jul 2024 #16
TRAITOR** pay for anything??? his own money??? Are you short on caffeine niyad Jul 2024 #19
It wasnt even the ss who was covering that are - it was leo's getagrip_already Jul 2024 #17
Are they all Uvalde hires? niyad Jul 2024 #20
That's echo chamber BS underpants Jul 2024 #21
What is, exactly? And why? niyad Jul 2024 #23
Because one of them gets a nonsense point and they all echo it underpants Jul 2024 #25
So very true. niyad Jul 2024 #27
From the Secret Service Nevilledog Jul 2024 #24
That part we know, and nothing in my OP indicated otherwise. The question niyad Jul 2024 #26
Usual bright shiny thing is my guess. Flooding the universe with shit takes. Nevilledog Jul 2024 #28
Proof that some people have wayyyyyyyyy too much time on their hands!!! niyad Jul 2024 #29

DFW

(60,312 posts)
2. I'd go for the thin air theory
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 12:23 PM
Jul 2024

They are just taking anything they can conjure up and call it an issue.

doc03

(39,110 posts)
4. Its bs they have three presidetial candidates to
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 12:28 PM
Jul 2024

cover. They didn't have anyone to speak of in the primaries to cover. Trump doesn't deserve protection anyway, he is traitor IMO.

niyad

(133,085 posts)
10. Are they actually on detail to brainworm? I thought he had not met the criteria?
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 12:37 PM
Jul 2024

niyad

(133,085 posts)
22. They are not. As I remembered, he has not met the criteria for a 3rd party
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 12:59 PM
Jul 2024

candidate to receive protection. Reichwing media screaming this morning for him to have it.

Ocelot II

(130,826 posts)
5. It's bullshit, as usual. Trump has a regular, assigned Secret Service detail.
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 12:29 PM
Jul 2024

Nobody is reassigned away from that detail to cover other events or protectees, as FLOTUS also has her own assigned detail. Local law enforcement handles security outside the perimeter of the rally area, and it's quite possible that it was their oversight, not the SecServ's, that made it possible for the shooter to reach the roof of the building - or poor communication between the two agencies, not a shortage of personnel.

SARose

(1,831 posts)
6. Great questions
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 12:30 PM
Jul 2024

I still don’t understand how a bullet from an AR15 didn’t destroy his ear?

I saw a brief news blurb from Sky News

Rooftop was identified as security concern in days before Trump rally - sources
By Sarah Fitzpatrick, Julia Ainsley, Mike Hixenbaugh, Andrea Mitchell and Jon Schuppe at NBC News

The rooftop used by a gunman to shoot at Donald Trump was identified as a potential security vulnerability in the days before the former president spoke at a rally, Sky's partner network NBC News is reporting.

Two sources have told NBC the rooftop was spotted as a potential weak point by the Secret Service, which protects American presidents and former presidents.

The building, owned by a glass research company, is adjacent to the Butler Farm Show, an outdoor venue in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Snip

More

Don’t know?

chowder66

(12,349 posts)
14. Secret Service Denies Diverting Resources to Jill Biden
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 12:41 PM
Jul 2024

Sorry about the source....

The U.S. Secret Service has denied diverting resources away from protecting former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally where he was the target of an assassination attempt, in order to protect first lady Jill Biden.

Susan Crabtree of RealClearPolitics reported on social media that unnamed sources told her resources were diverted away from Trump to protect the first lady, who was also campaigning in Pennsylvania on Saturday.

snip....

Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the Secret Service, responded to Crabtree's post, saying it was false.

"We did not divert resources from FPOTUS Trump & protection models don't work that way," Guglielmi wrote.

https://www.newsweek.com/secret-service-divert-trump-jill-biden-denial-1925058

I agree that you have good questions.

niyad

(133,085 posts)
15. Thank you. As I noted in another thread, even assuming that were true, which we
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 12:47 PM
Jul 2024

already KNEW was not the case, Dr. Biden is CURRENT FLOTUS. TRAITOR** is a FORMER, and a candidate. hmmmm. Oh, I forgot! She is merely a woman.

 

brewens

(15,359 posts)
16. Trump could have had as much more security as he wanted. He just had to pay for it. He could whine about
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 12:48 PM
Jul 2024

that after the fact, but it's all on him.

niyad

(133,085 posts)
19. TRAITOR** pay for anything??? his own money??? Are you short on caffeine
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 12:52 PM
Jul 2024

this morning???

getagrip_already

(17,802 posts)
17. It wasnt even the ss who was covering that are - it was leo's
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 12:51 PM
Jul 2024

Local law enforcement was responsible to clear and monitor the area the buildings were in.

The ss snipers were looking at structures well beyond that zone, knowing Leo's had it covered

So what was butler pd's excuse?

underpants

(196,824 posts)
25. Because one of them gets a nonsense point and they all echo it
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 01:16 PM
Jul 2024

There were plenty of resources at Trump’s event. It was a cluster just like everything else associated with him. It was also their culture almost killing their hero.

niyad

(133,085 posts)
26. That part we know, and nothing in my OP indicated otherwise. The question
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 01:16 PM
Jul 2024

was, what the hell is this hysteria all about? The usual bright shiny things?Or something more creepy?

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