There’s video of would-be Trump assassin Cole Allen breaching the Secret Service’s security perimeter by literally running past it.
Those agents don’t seem to be on top alert when the latest disgruntled Democrat come sprinting at them down the corridor, do they?
Here’s a screenshot I took of a Washington Post diagram:
Had he made it down the steps he would have been in the ballroom with President Trump.
So we have an assassination attempt through a Secret Service checkpoint that came very close to being defeated by running, preceded by an assassination attempt where the would-be shooter used a range-finder, then climbed up on an unsecured roof in full view of cops, and nobody did anything about it.
Something has clearly gone very wrong with the Secret Service, either through infiltration or sheer massive incompetence. Trump needs to appoint somebody to do a radical, top-to-bottom overhaul of this agency, on par with the efforts of other Trump appointees to overhaul their ancient, inefficient and corrupt agencies.
I would suggest hiring someone who’s ex-military and who understands how to set up a defensive perimeter, as this task seems to be beyond the capabilities of our current Secret Service…
Update: Within minutes of posting this, Not The Bee sent out a piece in which would-be assassin Allen notes how incompetent the security is there.
what the hell is the Secret Service doing? Sorry, gonna rant a bit here and drop the formal tone.
Like, I expected security cameras at every bend, bugged hotel rooms, armed agents every 10 feet, metal detectors out the wazoo.
What I got (who knows, maybe they’re pranking me!) is nothing.
No damn security.
Not in transport.
Not in the hotel.
Not in the event.
Like, the one thing that I immediately noticed walking into the hotel is the sense of arrogance.
I walk in with multiple weapons and not a single person there considers the possibility that I could be a threat.
The security at the event is all outside, focused on protestors and current arrivals, because apparently no one thought about what happens if someone checks in the day before.
Like, this level of incompetence is insane, and I very sincerely hope it’s corrected by the time this country gets actually competent leadership again.
Like, if I was an Iranian agent, instead of an American citizen, I could have brought a damn Ma Deuce [M2 Browning machine gun] in here and no one would have noticed sh*t.
Actually insane.
Indeed.