Ex-Secret Service Agent Defends Female Agents Following Trump Shooting | TMZ Live

Cheryl Tyler, a former Secret Service Special Agent, is defending her female peers from a wave of criticism following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

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[maryinsentani]

This woman can say whatever she wants and wave her credentials all over the place. They did NOT become a human shield. She blamed the victim. Bottom line, those women and most of the men were grossly incompetent.

[len]

So she’s saying don’t believe your lying eyes. 😂😂😂😂

[citygirl]

Only took her 15 seconds to bring up race. Shocker.

[wilhelmvillagracia]

Of course she defended....she is pateint zero of DEI

[tinalschmidt-banks]

Women should not be trying to protect men way bigger than them. That is just stupid

[diana]

Those two women were fumbling and bumbling around with their weapons.

[len]

Don’t forget she was the FIRST black women in her position!!!! She needs you to know this!!!

[barbaradownie]

THAT PUNY WOMAN TRYING TO COVER TRUMP AS HE WAS TAKEN TO THE CAR WAS SO PITIFUL

[KinoTechUSA]

Oh, the DEI appointee defends other DEI appointees😂. What a low effort psyop. 👎

[cathere]

OK, enough of the nonsense. I'm a 70 year old female veteran (USMC and US Navy/ retired from the US Navy in '99) Even though I haven't been to the range or handled a weapon in a military and/or law enforcement capacity since then, I STILL can holster a weapon. You PRACTICE over and over again until it becomes "muscle memory" or second nature. You don't HAVE to think about it.
At my PEAK (physical condition wise at 5'5", 125 pounds) there is NO WAY in HELL I would allow myself to be put in that situation where I COULD NOT be able to protect the US President. There ARE jobs in the military and law enforcement (I was in BOTH as well as corrections) that women excel in BUT when it comes down to putting SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE in danger vs "equal rights", I say HELL NO! Feminists can scream at me all they want, I don't CARE. THIS ISN'T about ego, it's about OTHER people's LIVES! IMHO, those BIMBOS shouldn't have been in THAT job!
( Sorry for the rant but this one ticked me off! LOL)

[bobbyaustin]

You want the highest standards and the best people for the job . Period. No lowered standards for women thats dangerous.

[flimmaytinstone]

If they don’t use DEI in professional sports why in the hell should they use it to hire for a job as important as protecting the president of the United States? It makes no sense.

[southernbreeze]

say what you want, that group of confused, panicky female "agents" around the suv was shocking

[daviddoran]

Why do they always bring up that I was the first woman, I was the first black, it's constant. It's if you're the best person for the job. This is why we have so many fat cops, couldn't run a half block.

[nevrstopdrivin]

Is she the trainer that taught those sandwich makers how to holster a weapon?

[normanphair]

She trained those people, now we know what the problem is

[Candy-O]

Of course TMZ is on the wrong side of everything.

[cleroyster]

Defending ineptitude? Defending pulling the regular agents, for female DEI rookies? Defending the standing down of snipers, who had the shooter in his sights for minutes before he shot? Defending not pulling Trump, when the shooter had been seen on the building? Defending the shooter set up on the local police headquarters building ? What more is there to defend???

[dpharr]

I guarantee she didn't meet all the standards and she has never been tested in combat

[buzzkilljfk]

What's the point of this? We all saw what we saw and it was bad.