Secret Service under fire

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in Secret Service under fire:

Except that is not what tomorrow’s meeting/hearing is about.

You expect them to stay on topic, LOL?

[LuFins Dad]

Oh, I’m sure that they will go afield, but the meeting was scheduled due to a petition by senior agents weeks before the Trump shooting asking for an investigation regarding horrendous new training, hiring, and assignments. They point to an incident where Kamala was driven past a live bomb, and one of her female agents assaulting a superior, then displaying bizarre behavior and still maintaining her position.

I think you keep it focused on areas already alleged by senior agents and investigate how that may have impacted Butler.

Leave the hearing regarding manufacturer, bullet size/ballistics for another day/director.

[jon-nyc]

That list of questions seems to be designed to further and/or debunk conspiracy theories. The hearing is about USSS incompetence.

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Secret Service under fire:

That list of questions seems to be designed to further and/or debunk conspiracy theories. The hearing is about USSS incompetence.

Ayup. That was my additional thought as well.

[kluurs]

That list of questions seems to be designed to aid further and/or debunk conspiracy theories future shooters in their purchases.

[George K]

Looks like the congressional hearing is going ... poorly.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in Secret Service under fire:

Looks like the congressional hearing is going ... poorly.

Poorly for her or poorly for everyone…

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in Secret Service under fire:

@George-K said in Secret Service under fire:

Looks like the congressional hearing is going ... poorly.

Poorly for her or poorly for everyone…

Everyone. She's avoiding answering questions, confirming that she's just an apparatchik.

[Horace]

The opening statement by the GOP senator focused on the SS and its failings, while the opening statement from the Dem senator focused on guns, mass shootings, and authoritarian political violence. He mentioned a "mass shooting" at a club the same night as Trump was shot. The words "gang violence" were not used.

[George K]

Goodness. AOC makes sense?

[Mik]

Strange bedfellows indeed.

[Copper]

She is so smart.

[George K]

A couple of congress critters used their time to talk about gun control and the fallacy of DEI-criticisms.

ETA: And, of course, racism.

[George K]

[Horace]

It is painful listening to this professional avoider of questions. I guess that's her core competency as the figurehead of an agency that might have some explaining to do.

[Horace]

@George-K said in Secret Service under fire:

I would bet a lot of money that he was acting alone. This director doesn't need a reason to deflect questions to others.

[Jolly]

@Horace said in Secret Service under fire:

@George-K said in Secret Service under fire:

I would bet a lot of money that he was acting alone. This director doesn't need a reason to deflect questions to others.

Sends up rockets, though...

[George K]

Why can’t you answer the damn question?

[Horace]

The distance between her claim that the buck stops with her, and her inability to answer any questions or take any responsibility for any specific decisions, is just monumental and pathetic.

[jon-nyc]

@George-K said in Secret Service under fire:

No, that’s DC bureaucracatese for “not my department”.