Staff Reports
The attempted assassination Saturday of former President Donald Trump and the visible disarray displayed by some of the female agents in his detail has ignited a firestorm over the Secret Service's obsession with diversity hires. Predictably, liberal lunacy has led to placing lives in jeopardy just to satisfy some politically correct quotas.
Social media erupted on Sunday as countless Americans questioned the competence of the female agents who appeared slow to act during the chaos in Butler, Pennsylvania. Videos and photos don't lie – the agents seemed more like they were fumbling through a dress rehearsal than protecting the life of one of the most important political figures of our time.
Guys is it just me or is the agent who cowered behind DJT instead of protecting him the same one who couldn’t holster her gun?
Who is she?
She needs to resign or be fired. pic.twitter.com/WEmjLPQFLd
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 14, 2024
Adding to the comedy of errors, some images showed the female agents were simply too short to shield the towering Republican frontrunner adequately. At 6-foot-3, the former president was protected by a group of middle schoolers. To make matters worse, as Trump was hurried into his vehicle, one of the female agents showed off her skills by struggling to holster her own weapon. Talk about a diversity disaster!
Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee nailed it when he sarcastically suggested that Pepsi's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) hire might not be the best pick to head the Secret Service. He's referring to Kimberly Cheatle, the current U.S. Secret Service Director who came from running security at Pepsi before being appointed in 2022. Sure, Cheatle has 27 years in the Secret Service, but the training to safeguard Mountain Dew and Doritos doesn't cut it for handling presidential protection.
This colossal blunder has cast a glaring spotlight on the Secret Service's misguided priorities of filling their ranks with nonwhite and nonmale agents. Ms. Cheatle herself has openly championed the need for more diversity hires, stating last year she aimed for 30% of recruits to be women by 2030. One hopes she reconsiders whether social engineering is more important than safeguarding national security.
In the wake of this tragic incident, Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, chair of the House Oversight Committee, is set to have Cheatle testify before Congress on July 22. Now might be a good time for the nation to ask why DEI has become more critical than competency in one of the most essential security agencies in the country.
The FBI identified the suspected gunman as Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, who thought it would be a good idea to open fire from a rooftop. While Secret Service agents managed to neutralize the suspect quickly, it's clear the agency's priorities need a hard reset. Mr. Trump was lucky to be treated and released with just a graze wound, unlike Corey Comperatore, a rally attendee and former fire chief, who lost his life. Two other men continue to fight for theirs, critically injured because political correctness has infiltrated even the highest echelons of national security.
