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Oh, Ronnie, Honey…Are you going to be okay?

Brian Watt
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Ron Rowe, via secretservice.gov

The most recent mis-Director of the Secret Service, Ronald Rowe, Jr., was grilled Monday morning at a Senate hearing on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The highlight in the questioning of this weasel came when Senators Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz had an opportunity to confront him. (Enjoy the videos below.)

Under the questioning by Hawley, newly-appointed Director Rowe felt it important to exclaim that since the assassination attempt, he has lost sleep. Yet he hasn’t fired or even put any of the agents responsible for the security at the Butler, Pennsylvania shooting on temporary suspension. According to Ronnie, these incompetent boobs are still in his words “operational” — that should frighten anyone, but especially Donald Trump and his family, and perhaps anyone with plans to attend an upcoming rally for Trump or J.D. Vance.

I’m not sure the hearing was orchestrated in such a way as to elicit the new director’s frustration in not getting a sound sleep, but it is rather a telling insight into this man’s weakness and self-centeredness considering that Corey Comperatore was murdered, two others were critically wounded and the former president almost had his head blown off on live television. Now, I’m just spitballing here, but perhaps the sleep of the families of the shooting victims is vastly more important than Ronnie’s…especially now that they just witnessed what an evasive weasel and a buffoon is running the Secret Service, who continues to keep failed agents in the field.

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Discussion (67)

  • EJHill@EJHill

    I have questions.

    #1. How many total agents do you need to protect the following people? At any given time there are "X" agents and you need to fill those slots 24/7?

    • The President of the United States
    • The Vice President of the United States
    • The president’s and vice president’s immediate families
    • Former presidents, their spouses and their minor children under the age of 16
    • Foreign heads of state and their spouses visiting the United States
    • Major presidential and vice presidential candidates and their spouses
    • Events designated as National Special Security Events by the Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

    #2 If you fired or suspended any of the agents assigned to the Trump detail on July 13, how long would take to replace those agents? Do you demand overtime from everyone else and for how long?

  • Bob Thompson@BobThompson

    I've been retired from federal government for 30 years but if the rules are still similar there are a number of corrective actions that could already have been taken. His own removal rather than promotion is one. I don't think Cheatle actually made bad decisions herself but was simply MIA. If there were operational failures by SS personnel at the Butler site, such as allowing Trump to take the stage while facing an unresolved known threat, then career protective employees can be relieved of duty while disciplinary actions are taken. These are actions that should not be delayed.

  • Brian Watt@BrianWatt
    ReplyingtoEJHill

    EJHill (View Comment):

    I have questions.

    #1. How many total agents do you need to protect the following people? At any given time there are “X” agents and you need to fill those slots 24/7?

    • The President of the United States
    • The Vice President of the United States
    • The president’s and vice president’s immediate families
    • Former presidents, their spouses and their minor children under the age of 16
    • Foreign heads of state and their spouses visiting the United States
    • Major presidential and vice presidential candidates and their spouses
    • Events designated as National Special Security Events by the Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

    #2 If you fired or suspended any of the agents assigned to the Trump detail on July 13, how long would take to replace those agents? Do you demand overtime from everyone else and for how long?

    Well, Dr. Jill isn't making any new campaign events, is she? Perhaps a few agents on her detail for rallies can now be reassigned.

    With regard to your questions on the number of agents necessary, I believe this is what Senator Cruz was attempting to ascertain but couldn't get an answer to.

  • Brian Watt@BrianWatt
    ReplyingtoBob Thompson

    Bob Thompson (View Comment):

    I’ve been retired from federal government for 30 years but if the rules are still similar there are a number of corrective actions that could already have been taken. His own removal rather than promotion is one. I don’t think Cheatle actually made bad decisions herself but was simply MIA. If there were operational failures by SS personnel at the Butler site, such as allowing Trump to take the stage while facing an unresolved known threat, then career protective employees can be relieved of duty while disciplinary actions are taken. These are actions that should not be delayed.

    To be clear, there were operational failures up and down the chain of command. If it's true that the security site plan isn't signed off by anyone with executive authority prior to an event then that needs to change immediately.

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