"That would obviously severely limit [Trump's] reach in certain parts of the country, and it’s kind of a gift to the Harris campaign."
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‘Gift to Harris campaign’: Secret Service wants Trump to stop doing outdoor rallies
July 24, 2024 |
Tom Tillison |
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Secret Service officials have encouraged Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign to stop doing large outdoor rallies and other outdoor events.
That’s according to the
Washington Post, which cited several sources familiar with the matter. After the failed assassination attempt on the former president in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Trump was shot in his right ear, Secret Service agents “communicated their concerns about large outdoor rallies going forward to Trump campaign advisers,” the newspaper reported.
The Trump campaign is reportedly scouting basketball arenas and other indoor arenas that can hold large crowds — Trump held a rally one week after the shooting with running mate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), which was indoors at Van Andel Arena in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. According to the Post, the campaign “is not currently planning any large outdoor events.”
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“That would obviously severely limit the former president’s reach in certain parts of the country, and frankly, it’s kind of a gift to the Harris campaign,” Fox News host Laura Ingraham said in response to the news. “But, whatever the case, this is a tacit admission by the Secret Service that they are unable to protect Donald Trump.”
Tim Miller, a former Secret Service agent who served on President Bill Clinton’s detail, was a guest on
The Ingraham Angle and he pointed to the now-former director.
“The Secret Service should be able to protect any protectee anywhere they go. But I do think that there have been systematic problems with Director Cheatle,” Miller said.
U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) was also featured, and she said Trump should be able to hold outdoor rallies, which often draw tens of thousands of supporters.
“I do believe that if they assigned the proper details and do their job, he will continue to be able to do rallies outside,” Luna said of the Secret Service. “But, again, this was just gross incompetence and it is by the grace of God that Trump is alive and we are glad that she stepped down.”