For weeks, I wanted to believe that massive incompetence led to the events in Butler. I really did because the alternative didn’t bear thinking of. I thought the lawfare campaign was banana republic stuff, but assassination? That is Putin-level evil.
But consider the facts: the security “breakdowns” were so massive and implausible when combined that any large police force could have done a better job than the most elite protection unit in the world. The shooter was identified, tracked, photographed, filmed on the roof, the Secret Service was warned multiple times, the shooter was in the line of sight of the snipers, and Trump was trotted out onto the stage and kept there as the shooter was lining up his shot in full view of the Secret Service snipers.
Me, too. I have wanted to believe that this was garden-variety incompetence. But I’m not so sure anymore. There are just too many “steps” to assume that it was merely a mistake. At best, we are talking negligence. But likely more than that. Likely a deliberate and malevolent negligence.
Now we learn from a whistleblower that the Acting Director of the Secret Service personally pulled resources from the Trump team, including the very people whose job it was to identify and track a potential threat. They weren’t there, despite it being a critical resource to deal with precisely this type of threat and standard to provide them.
… Can you give an innocent explanation? I can’t. Even Dan Bongino, who has been a week or two ahead of the rest of the media on this story, and his evidence has proven impeccable (he was a Secret Service protective detail agent for over a decade and has inside sources) is now voicing suspicions, despite being reluctant in the first week or two to consider anything besides massive incompetence.
… If you can give an innocent explanation for the mountain of evidence that this was allowed to happen, I really want to hear it, because a plot to get Trump killed is the worst-case scenario. I really don’t want to believe it.
It’s time to stand up and tell the truth. THAT is giving honor to the wonderful agents of yesteryear. Please, let’s not let their names be sullied by those who are doing this!