Ex-SEAL congressman posts video from roof where Thomas Crooks shot Trump

An ex-Navy SEAL congressman has demonstrated the true depth of the Secret Service’s failure to protect former President Donald Trump by broadcasting from the roof where would-be assassin Thomas Crooks opened fire.

“I’m up here on the building where the supposed sniper took a shot. It’s not that steep at all, we just had a 70-year-old man back here climb up on the roof easily,” said Rep. Eli Crane (R-Ariz.) in a video shared on X Monday.

“See that water tower behind me? Had Secret Service or anybody had sniper teams up there, this guy wouldn’t have made it five feet up this roof. He would have been taken out,” Crane added. “It makes you wonder why they weren’t able to quickly dispatch the individual.”

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[RogerM]

Almost flat roof, from thin metal sheets making loud noises on the inside if walking over it, a ladder nearby...and even then, they were able to miss him.

[tomround]

And that will be the sum total of his actions. If my negligence at work caused death or injury, I'd be in prison

[DanielIvan]

Looks really steep to me. So who’s going to jail?

[kturkalo]

What's still missing is the view from the counter-snipers' perch. Was the kid really impossible to see until after he started shooting?

[boudicca]

How ridiculous that the window where two police were posted their is a direct line of vision on the adjacent roof.

[bigbarty]

Oooh! That roof looks so steep, I wouldn't want to climb up that! 😂😂😂

[goodlookingman]

I understand SS agents of cops in this building actually saw Crooks from on the roof … why was he not stopped ?

[Eli-qrhc]

They would’ve seen him right outside the window on the roof

[jimbanda]

Raises the question of why the ss snipes return is being called a "one in a million" shot. That roof ridge is fairly low profile, the barns behind the rostrum seem higher 🤔

[CrustyAbsconder]

Crusty Absconder sees no blood-stains on a old white roof ??

[Ryan_]

Plain and simple they ALL wanted trump gone

Smh

[Piccolo_Re]

Did any of the attendees see which side Crooks got onto the roof from? There aren’t any videos of him trying to get up onto the roof that I know of yet. Just videos after he was already up there.

[Ndw]

If you don’t see by now that the whole world is a stage, you’re one of those people that can’t ever be helped, even if evidence is right in front of your face

[DerekSmith-fx]

why is the roof so clean? No blood? no clean spots from cleaning the blood?

[stevenrichards]

Please be careful....2023 was the worst year ever for deaths at Mt Everest...so lets not try to have the Agr Int'l building slopy roof compete with that.

[saltycanadian]

Lean out the window pop pop. Are you kidding me

I thought it was just a simple failure compliance causing injury. Now it starts to seem more and more like there was help.

[sneslive]

Fascinating. It's that exact room with the window opened from the sky view on the day of the shooting. That too has sight on where Trump would have been but also would have seen the shooter.

[trevorkelly]

Great video, My relationship of 5 years ended a month ago. The love of my life decided to leave me, I really love her so much I can’t stop thinking about her, I’ve tried my very best to get her back in my life, but to no avail, I’m frustrated, I don’t see my life with anyone else. I’ve done my best to get rid of the thoughts of her, but I can’t, I don’t know why I’m saying this here, I really miss her and just can’t stop thinking about her

[KH-topr]

-SS was supposedly on the roof but left to go into the building to escape the heat
- The room they were supposedly posted up in has a full view of the roof- as well as a full line of fire right to where the stages and stands were.
- sound feedback analysis shows that some shots did not line up with the shooters distance but rather 78-100ft away from the shooter.
You do the math. This is all so ridiculous. Could they have just been shooting from within the building, using the kid as a cover? 78ft might be a bit far for that scenario. I’d love to go take some measurements and collect some data for myself 😂 too bad that won’t be allowed for some time.