LOL!
Great observation!
Here’s the real problem, for years the American people have been taught the Secret Service consists of the best of the best in terms of protection, security and preparation. However when have people ever seen them “action”? I watched a video of the SS rushing to action protecting Reagan and it wasn’t anything impressive.
I think for most people it’s hard to navigate reality when you have been conditioned to believe ideas that are completely contrary to the reality.
In theory an armed gunman atop a roof in broad daylight should have never been so close to the former president. The fact that not one law enforcement official intervened or took action to prevent this is sobering/shocking/embarrassing and disturbing.
The reality is that maybe the SS isn’t what we’ve been lead to believe they are. And that’s not meant as an insult to these people. Reality and the theoretical don’t match up.
Side note if you watch the service take Trump to the car they surround him but leave the top of his head fully exposed, so that if there was a second threat they could have a relatively clean shot. In most of our minds the secret service would form a “force field” around the president, but the reality is these are, trained, men and women acting under duress to provide protection in a time of extreme confusion.
They are fantastic when it's someone they don't want to be assassinated. Like Nancy Pelosi for example. If the Secret Service was that incompetent, why don't we see politicians drop like flies via assassination? Many people would like to take them out. But they can't because they are protected. The only time it is possible is when the powers that be allow it, like in JFK or his brother's case. Or in this attempt on Trump.
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna26380757Man arrested with weapons at Pelosi hotelA man who tried to carry two hunting rifles and two pistols into the Denver hotel where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is staying remained in police custody Sunday.A man who tried to carry two hunting rifles and two pistols into the Denver hotel where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is staying remained in police custody Sunday.
Pelosi and other guests briefly left the hotel during the Saturday incident but were never in danger, Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley said.
The man, Joseph Calanchini, 29, of Pinedale, Wyoming, faces a charge of unlawful carrying of a weapon. Police officers at the Sheraton hotel noticed him carrying a rifle-type case at the entrance and detained him.
Wiley said he didn't know if the weapons were loaded.
"The speaker was never in any danger and she appreciates the quick and professional response of the police," said Pelosi spokesman Brendan Daly.
