Former secret service agent provides insight after Trump rally shooting

The shooting at former President Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania is being investigated as an attempted assassination of the former president and presumptive Republican nominee, law enforcement officials say. It was not immediately clear whether Trump was shot, but the former president's campaign quickly said that he was “fine.”


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[missmoneypenny]

This was an assassination attempt, let's call it what it is.

[Sharon-ozks]

This is what happens when the media spews so much hatred.

[CrazyWhiteBoomer]

It was a Freakin Assassination Attempt for crying out loud!

[mightyORFEN]

How was this even able to happen? I have heard that people warned about the guy on the building with a rifle. And yet it was ignored.
Suspicious.

[randallanthony]

These guys waited till he got shots off and failed.an attendee got it on tape of secret service not doing anything while the shooter got onto building and was seen by witnesses and did nothing.

[tomthumb]

Prayers to the family and love ones of the innocent spectators who were murdered.

[cryptoking]

Secret service had be involved how can a clear line of sight be open on such a probably target?!

[juniperman]

Most of those guys are about 6-4 225 pounds. They can cover their clients. that one female officer was doing her best to protect him but she only came up to he’s waste. Those kind of jobs should go to the absolute best qualified. Physically and mentally. There is no political correctness when lives are on the line.

[bluestone]

similar to reagan assassination attempt; somebody else got killed.

[judgedreddhd]

Is "Assassination Attempt" too hard for these "journalists" to spell?

[DymaxionDon]

We have an elevated structure just outside the venue with a direct line of sight to the podium and the Secret Service did not notice. This will take a lot of explaining.

[patrickhaarhues]

Secret service really dropped the ball here. People in crowd were pointing at wannabe assassin. Not sure I trust our esteemed FBI TO LEAD INVESTIGATION.

[theresarathell]

Why didnt anyone listen to the people telling the police and secret service there was a shooiter on the roof???

[Cass-eskl]

Why was a roof 150 yards from, the president not covered.? Do these agents really know what to do or did they want something to happen.

[UpDownLeftRight]

This is a problem for the secret service!

[mireyadvorak]

We need to stop all this hatred against each other 🙏🏻 you see nothing good comes out of this. . Enough.. let’s do it for our beautiful country.

[donyalucas]

We must stop spreading hate and watching hateful media

[joshgilbert]

Trump moved his head between the time shooter pulled trigger and bullet struck. saved his life

[solokilimber]

One old man told me one time me to buy a gun I asked why cause I don’t like gun and violence stuffs he say soon American civil war will start because of media hatred and all shit indeed it’s true I see some signs 😢

[eternalinsecurity]

Secret service in on this? Anyone worth their salt would have known sniper locations, and would have had it marked off, unless....