Republicans have complained that a designated protest area is in too close proximity to the convention’s security perimeter.
The Republican National Committee logo is shown on the stage at the North Charleston Coliseum, on Jan. 13, 2016, in North Charleston, South Carolina. | Rainier Ehrhardt/APThe Republican Party is firing its latest salvo in its fight with the Secret Service over placement of a protest zone at the GOP convention in Milwaukee in July.
“Rather than dissipating, the overall security climate has worsened significantly over the past month of the USSS’s inaction,” Steggerda wrote. “Your failure to act now to prevent these unnecessary and certain risks will imperil tens of thousands of Convention attendees, inexcusably forcing them into close proximity to the currently planned First Amendment Zone.”
Republicans have over the last month sent three letters to the service outlining their concerns. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has also written a letter. Additionally, Florida Sen. Rick Scott, a member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, has spoken with the organization, according to a person familiar with the talks who was granted anonymity to discuss the matter.
A Secret Service spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment. Earlier this month, a USSS representative told Thethat the service was “confident” in its blueprint and that its development was “based on security considerations, including risk and threat assessments, and is not a political matter.”
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