What you’re about to read is absolutely disgusting. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) dropped a jaw-dropping revelation about the security detail at President Trump’s recent rally. According to whistleblowers, the security team wasn’t up to its usual standards—far from it. Allegedly, several members of the security detail were not trained Secret Service agents but were instead from the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
That’s right. Not even the Secret Service, folks. Instead, we had DHS officials moonlighting as President Trump’s protectors, which begs the question: What in the world happened to the actual Secret Service agents?
Hawley, who’s not exactly known for mincing words, fired off a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding answers. He didn’t hold back, highlighting several alarming lapses in security protocol at the July 13 rally. According to his sources, the event was a “loose” security operation. Detection canines? Nowhere to be found. People without proper designations gained backstage access. The security buffer around the podium? Practically non-existent.
???????? Whistleblowers tell me that MOST of Trump’s security detail working the event last Saturday were not even Secret Service. DHS assigned unprepared and inexperienced personnel ???? pic.twitter.com/eo4jNmJWFT
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) July 19, 2024
If this sounds like a setup for a political thriller, it’s because it practically is. What makes this even more scandalous is the apparent authorization by the Biden Administration. Whistleblowers allege that it was none other than Mayorkas who gave the green light to replace seasoned Secret Service agents with DHS officials.
Senator Hawley, who sits on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has vowed to hold Homeland Security accountable. However, he might hit a snag in the form of Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), the committee chair, who is less enthusiastic about rocking this particular boat.
And then there’s the elephant in the room: How did a 20-year-old gunman manage to fire multiple high-caliber rifle rounds at President Trump from a rooftop during the rally? According to Hawley, the answer lies in the shoddy security measures. The gunman, identified as Thomas Crooks, had a direct line of sight to the stage, an oversight that could have been avoided with proper security planning. With more questions than answers, it looks like we’re all in for a wild ride.