What was at the root of the Secret Service’s failure on July 13?
Three words: diversity, equity, and inclusion. They have no place when people’s lives are on the line.
Former U.S. Army sniper Rep. Cory Mills of Florida recently blasted the Secret Service’s handling of the Trump assassination attempt in an interview with Fox News.
“I can tell you, under this Biden administration, the one thing I’ve seen is massive DEI hires and I can tell you when you primarily go after DEI, you end up with DIE,” he said.
Lawmakers do not appear to be finished after their recent grilling of former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who resigned shortly after appearing before a Congressional committee. Cheatle had set a goal of making the agency 30% women by 2030 — regardless of the merit of the applicants.
Her plans, however, look like they have come to an end.
If anything was clear from the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, it’s that Secret Service agents need to be qualified and not just a particular sex. And basics like being able to take on and off a pair of sunglasses and holster a weapon should be a given. Having them tall enough to actually protect their subject from gunfire might also help.
Fox News reports on one Congressman’s attempt to enact into law a set of standards for Secret Service agents so that another DEI disaster doesn’t wind up with a dead politician. Here’s the start of the story:
The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) should have “one set of standards,” according to Republican Oklahoma Rep. Josh Brecheen.
Brecheen introduced a bill on Tuesday called the Secret Service Readiness Act that aims to create “a uniform fitness standard for Secret Service special agents and uniformed division officers” after the assassination attempt that wounded former President Trump at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.
“We believe that there ought to be one set of standards for Secret Service agents. There shouldn’t be multiple different ways you can qualify based upon your sex or your political beliefs. If people who are being protected by [the] Secret Service – if they want the opportunity to let those who can’t meet full historic standards on their details, let them handle it. Don’t force it upon everybody else and potentially make them more vulnerable to an assassination attempt. There should be one set of standards.”
Brecheen’s comments come after the Oklahoma congressman, along with other bipartisan members of the House Committee on Homeland Security, on Monday visited the site of the rally to get a better idea of how shooter Thomas Crooks was able to open fire on the president from approximately 150 yards.