Tom Cotton Straight-Up Asks Secret Service Acting Director: Who Denied Resources To Trump?

At today's joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) questioned Acting Director of the Secret Service Ronald Rowe Jr. and Deputy FBI Director Paul Abbate about the assassination attempt on former President Trump.

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[realdealio]

They are PROTECTING the person in charge of the security for the event that day...WHY???

[RyanSteiner-db]

I’m sorry… ROWE JR !!!! YOU ARE FIRED!!!! And should resign immediately!!!!

[mhollman]

Fire anyone responsible for this situation. Hold people accountable, this goes beyond incompetence.

[TS-xied]

Unacceptable. The USSS management is unacceptable.

[RyanSteiner-db]

LETS KEEP FIRING UNTIL WE GET TO THE BOTTOM 1000% TRUTH

Truth !
Truth !
Truth !

[osdmhgr]

Back packs, Bikes, ladders, are not allowed 🚫 in to a rally. They all knew.

[Switll]

"A lone gunman!!" flew a drone over the site hours before the rally "A lone gunman!!" Walked around for 1hrs30 min without being questioned "A lone gunman!!" Got a a unprotected roof 150m from Pres trump "A lone gunman!!" Was seen on the roof 3 min before the shooting and reported to the police by the public !! "A lone gunman!!" Was seen by a policemen om the roof and decided to let him still lie on the roof and not engage him "A lone gunman!!" Shot 8 rounds at Pres Trump before taken out !!!! Either the Secret Service is more incompetent than a supermarket "security guard" or they let it happen !!!

[mikebaeyens]

He never answered the question. Sen. Cotton why did you let him get away with it.

[gyterdoneJP]

As someone who served for 27 years in military including hostile theaters, the maze this guy represents is the problem and would be removed in a real threat environment. Point blank, "I don't care about your feelings or those entrusted to make decisions that were obviously negligent". Have they been removed and if not why not? Very simple Q.

[jasonlovelace]

A friend of mine calls the Secret Service "The Useless Service" and the more I hear the Secret Service's directors speak, as well as other Alphabet Cereal Law Enforcement Agencies, the less convinced I am of their capabilities, their qualifications...and the more I think this was an inside job set-up that GOD thwarted.

It's gonna' be a rough next three-plus months politically....

[spinmancorner]

“MEET THE NEW BOSS ~ SAME AS THE OLD BOSS”

[thelaserdoc]

No secret service agents were fired when they stopped the car for the JFK assassination either.

[brianmeek]

Who was fired after Kennedy 0, who was fired after Reagan 0, who was fired after 2 attempts on Ford 0, grandstanding

[auntlala]

Everything is political look at what has happened to Trump so far FJB ..

[oldandtiredshouldberetired]

If he had a cell phone and looked middle eastern or was wearing an anti abortion t-shirt you could be guaranteed he'd have been detained.

[ludovic]

Cotton are you on here for a show or can you ask Rowe to answer the F'ing question? Do your job for the American people and knock off the BS showmanship, OK?

[DWPastorBarry]

I’m still waiting for a Senator to outright say that this was an INSIDE JOB.

[catman]

Iran will be the scapegoat for what is going to happen.

[Truthwarrior-lxib]

What a disappointment from Cotton. They must have dirt on him also.

[RyanSteiner-db]

This is not about what we can do moving forward…. This about what has been DONE 17 ish Days Ago and who will be accountable for those actions or inactions…. RESIGN NOW MR. Rowe!!!