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SalamanderSleeps

(1,035 posts)
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 11:58 AM Jan 2026

Abolish the Secret Service.

If this is ever, over and done with, I have one with suggestion.

They take the same oath that every postman and soldier swears, yet it is apparent, they are unable to keep their promise.

Their job is to protect the office of the president, not enable an individual that is insane.

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Abolish the Secret Service. (Original Post) SalamanderSleeps Jan 2026 OP
NO Groundhawg Jan 2026 #1
No? A little background would be helpful. SalamanderSleeps Jan 2026 #3
No, let's NOT abolish the secret serve. Nothing else needs to be said. Groundhawg Jan 2026 #5
Can we first abolish the LA Dodgers? 31st Street Bridge Jan 2026 #2
keep thinking SalamanderSleeps Jan 2026 #4
You do realize that Greg_In_SF Jan 2026 #6
All of this is true. SalamanderSleeps Jan 2026 #7
I hope for a Secret Service Agent on the presidential detail, who will Jack Valentino Jan 2026 #8
The Secret Service Greg_In_SF Jan 2026 #9
That's their job! Wanderlust988 Jan 2026 #11
I think you mean used to... lame54 Jan 2026 #10
Nobosy should Boo1 Jan 2026 #12
 

Greg_In_SF

(1,312 posts)
6. You do realize that
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 04:26 PM
Jan 2026

The Secret Service is the agency that, in addition to protecting our national leaders, also investigates financial crimes, counterfeiting, identity theft, etc.....right??

Jack Valentino

(5,184 posts)
8. I hope for a Secret Service Agent on the presidential detail, who will
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 01:07 AM
Jan 2026

end our national nightmare in a heartbeat





Yes, it's a sad moment that many of us have personally experienced ---
when we realize that our dog needs to be 'put down' as an act of mercy...





 

Greg_In_SF

(1,312 posts)
9. The Secret Service
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 01:37 PM
Jan 2026

oath makes no mention of not having to protect the President or Vice President if you think either one did something wrong. Neither has been charged with or convicted of child molestation.

lame54

(39,964 posts)
10. I think you mean used to...
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 01:41 PM
Jan 2026

These are Trump's people
He admires fraudsters and often pardons them

Boo1

(425 posts)
12. Nobosy should
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 03:11 PM
Jan 2026

Want a secret service that picks when and who they want to protect.

We have 3 constitutionally defined ways to remove a bad president. Impeachment, the 25th, and elections.


Nowhere is an option "the secret service decides they don't like him."

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