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From The Hill: A video show Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) aggressively confronting the head of the Secret Service at the Republican National Convention, just days after the assassination attempt against former President Trump put the agency under intense scrutiny.
“This was an assassination attempt. You owe the people answers. You owe President Trump answers,” Blackburn can be heard saying in the clip shared on X, in which she and her fellow senator appear to be following Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle through the halls of the convention in Milwaukee, Wisc.
In another video, Barrasso said he and Blackburn “went face-to-face” with Cheatle, “asking for specific answers about what happened with President Trump in Pennsylvania and how that shooter was able to get off a clear shot when the FBI and SS knew that there was a suspicious person an hour in advance of when the shooting occurred.”
When confronted by the senators, Cheatle retorted that she doesn’t “think that this is the forum to have this discussion,” and claimed she was only there to “thank the partners that have helped secure the Republican National Convention, and I would not want to take away from their evening.”
“She would not answer our questions. She wanted to say it was not the time or place,” Blackburn said, adding, “But I’ve got a message for her: she can run, but she cannot hide.”
Many social media users commenting on the video are voicing their disgust that Cheatle had the audacity to even show up at the RNC.
WATCH BELOW:
The American people deserve answers from the Secret Service. pic.twitter.com/PNFF11v00Q
— Marsha Blackburn (@VoteMarsha) July 18, 2024
Video #2:
BREAKING: Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle gets cornered by US Senators demanding answers on why she wanted Trump murdered. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and other prominent senators can be seen in this
Do not let up guys. We can’t let them get away with what they did on July… pic.twitter.com/3i11u0tjC3
— George (@BehizyTweets) July 18, 2024
“Someone has died. The President was almost killed. The head of the Secret Service needs to go,” declared Barrasso in a social media post.
Blackburn added, “This situation was entirely avoidable. There is no excuse for the tragedy that took place on Saturday evening. Secret Service must be held accountable for this cover up. Director Cheatle must go.”
This situation was entirely avoidable. There is no excuse for the tragedy that took place on Saturday evening.
Secret Service must be held accountable for this cover up.
Director Cheatle must go. https://t.co/FBptPJBXZw
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) July 18, 2024
House Speker Mike Johnson said, “President Biden needs to fire the Director of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, immediately. We lost an American hero on Saturday and were millimeters away from losing President Trump. It is inexcusable.”
President Biden needs to fire the Director of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, immediately.
We lost an American hero on Saturday and were millimeters away from losing President Trump. It is inexcusable. pic.twitter.com/yJAJf8gG6L
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) July 18, 2024
