Trump - Butler, PA

[jon-nyc]

That’s gotta lead to some problems. Secret service gonna let a private security guy with a gun near the former president?

[Jolly]

Depends on what they do, I'm sure. I'm also sure they're probably vetted out the whazoo.

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Trump - Butler, PA:

I understand that former presidents get a lower, thinner, level of protection than the current POTUS. How does the former president's protection compare to the presumptive nominee's protection? Does the presumptive nominee's protection rise after the convention?

Secret Service sez...

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3082252/secret-service-rejects-accusations-security-diverted-trump-jill-biden/

[Jolly]

The Secret Service canceled their press conference the other night.

And you have accusations from various sources about deficiencies of one kind or another.

Plus, Congress said they plan to hold hearings on the Secret Service and their role, responsibility and response in this assassination attempt.

[LuFins Dad]

Come on, I am sure that each and every member of the team is a highly skilled professional.

Link to video

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in Trump - Butler, PA:

each and every member of the team is a highly skilled professional

Yep. They all are wearing the right sunglasses...most of the time.

[Axtremus]

@LuFins-Dad , consider the possibility that her holster may have been grabbed or nudged out off its usual place in the midst of chaos.

[Jolly]

@LuFins-Dad said in Trump - Butler, PA:

Come on, I am sure that each and every member of the team is a highly skilled professional.

Link to video

Those are retention holsters. They require a specific draw and reholstering. If adrenaline is screwing up your fine motor skills, it's a difficult task. Plus, her vision is not on the holster.

So, it's a training issue. They say it takes 10,000 reps to permanently imprint muscle memory. I don't think there are any shortcuts for DEI hires.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Axtremus said in Trump - Butler, PA:

@LuFins-Dad , consider the possibility that her holster may have been grabbed or nudged out off its usual place in the midst of chaos.

Yeah that's not how muscle memory works.

[taiwan_girl]

In the video, there is a guy in the forefront (in a ball cap) giving the middle finger to someone. Not sure what that is about.

[Jolly]

@taiwan_girl said in Trump - Butler, PA:

In the video, there is a guy in the forefront (in a ball cap) giving the middle finger to someone. Not sure what that is about.

Oh, I think we all know what that is about.

[George K]

@89th said in Trump - Butler, PA:

If you watch the speech, Trump just barely shifts his head towards the podium when he’s struck. Had he not done that it would’ve gone through the right side of his head.

[Jolly]

Hand of God.

[Horace]

We’ve all been paying a “Trump is mortal” tax. Today, that tax js being lifted off the stock market, now that Trump is established as an immortal God.

[LuFins Dad]

@taiwan_girl said in Trump - Butler, PA:

In the video, there is a guy in the forefront (in a ball cap) giving the middle finger to someone. Not sure what that is about.

Some of the NBC personnel on site reported some animosity directed towards members of the media after the shooting. Apparently, some of the Trump supporters felt that many of the media had amplified the dangerous rhetoric about the fundamental threat to the nation that Trump represents…

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in Trump - Butler, PA:

the media had amplified the dangerous rhetoric about the fundamental threat to the nation that Trump represents

The head of the Lincoln Project asserted that the only way to stop Trump was to put a bullet in him.

So, there's that....

[Horace]

Let us at least agree that anybody who denies the mainstreaming of no holds barred anti-Trump rhetoric, is a flat out imbecile. Or maybe just a disingenuous putz.

[Copper]

Agreed

[Jolly]

Agreed.

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly said in Trump - Butler, PA:

Hand of God.