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Former President Donald Trump praised a female Secret Service agent at a rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on Saturday who shielded him with her body during the assassination attempt that nearly killed him at a rally earlier this month.
The Secret Service has faced intense criticism since the event for leaving Trump exposed to gunfire from a nearby rooftop, and also for using female agents who were smaller than Trump and who, critics said, struggled to respond. The use of female agents has been ascribed to “diversity, equity, inclusion” policies, which are a major target of criticism by the Trump campaign and the conservative movement. But Trump defended an agent who ran to his side.
FILE -Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents after an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., Saturday, July 13, 2024. Months before the assassination attempt, some Pennsylvania lawmakers had proposed to outlaw the type of rifle used in the shooting. Every one of them — there wasn’t one that was slow. A woman who was on my right, she was shielding me.
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