The attempted assassination Saturday of former President Donald Trump and what some critics see as a harried response by some of the female agents on his detail are spurring new scrutiny of the Secret Service's focus on diversity hires.
U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle speaks during a Republican National Convention security news conference Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Milwaukee. The attempted assassination Saturday of former President Donald Trump and what some critics see as a harried response by some of the female agents on his detail are spurring new scrutiny of the Secret Service’s focus on diversity hires.
Guys is it just me or is the agent who cowered behind DJT instead of protecting him the same one who couldn’t holster her gun?Other images seemed to show the female agents were too short to properly shield the Republican frontrunner once he stood up. Mr. Trump stands at 6-foot-3. The comment referenced U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle’s position as head of security for Pepsi before she was named the Secret Service director in 2022.The security lapses at the Trump rally also brought the Secret Service director’s stated interest in hiring more nonwhite, nonmale agents into the spotlight.
The FBI identified the suspected gunman as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.
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