Secret Service: We don’t need no steenking drones
At the Butler PA rally, the Secret Service was offered drones to help with security but refused the offer:
?? NEW – Whistleblower tells me local law enforcement partners & suppliers offered drones to Secret Service BEFORE the rally – but Secret Service declined pic.twitter.com/UM0jfrMc9z
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) July 25, 2024
No wonder conspiracy theories abound on the right. I don’t go as far as some, but I do believe there was a level of abysmal incompetence that smacks of purposeful neglect. And the neglect was not benign.
The title of this post is a reference to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre:
By the way, there are plenty of conspiracy theories on the left about the Trump assassination attempt. They feature a very different scenario, however: that Trump wasn’t really shot:
From the moment former President Donald Trump was shot at a rally in Pennsylvania, there have been people, usually his political opponents, who have suggested that Trump was not actually shot. Of course, there were the usual conspiracy nuts who claimed it was all made up. But there were also more mainstream figures who suggested that Trump was not hit by a bullet from the would-be assassin’s gun but rather a bit of shrapnel that came from…somewhere. …
The first theory held that a bullet had actually shattered a glass teleprompter panel, and a shard of glass then hit Trump’s ear. That theory suffered from the fact that the teleprompter panels were not hit by bullets and appeared to be intact after the shooting. But that did not stop the theorists from starting with the glass and going on from there.
In somewhat related news, the social media site Gab has this to say:
The gunman who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump appears to have used the controversial alt-right favored social media platform Gab to spread messages “in support of President Biden,” according to the platform’s founder. …
The account @epicmicrowave — which the CEO stressed he has been “unable to confirm” was definitely Crooks’ — “posted on the site nine (9) times total,” Torba tweeted just 30 minutes after getting the law enforcement request.
Perhaps.
ADDENDUM: See also this; the FBI has made it clear Trump was hit by a bullet.
That iconic photo needs to be in a vault somewhere if the Dims are elected.
That scene is from the movie “The Treasure of Sierra Madre,” which starred Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston.
Today, making a film like that would be impossible because of the way to portrays Mexicans.
IF the reporting I’ve heard is correct, it sounds like the big lapse was that the rooftop that Crooks used had a cop on it originally, but he left because it was too hot. Well, and the fact that someone with a rangefinder wasn’t detained for the duration of the event. I’ve heard that there weren’t many rooftops around. Each should have had two cops or agents on it.
I must admit, that the whole chain of events seem like something from the ending of the original Manchurian Candidate, or Wag The Dog movies. Not that I believe any of that, because…
Can you imagine a cabal of several Secret Service agents assisting in such deceptions?? To help Trump! In modern District of Columbia! I don’t think so.
So yet more proof of a once great institution, the United States Secret Service, that has obviously become overwhelmed by incompetency and malignant neglectfulness of their mission. And now the arrogant, unelected ruling class of bloody minded technocrats that holds the vast majority of American Citizens in complete contempt are determined to foist another weak minded puppet open us.
Don’t know much about drones, but Personally, I would’ve been wary of having drones flying around that area.
Example: Iran has some pretty serious drones – SS had intel stating Iran wants to kill Trump – terrorists are said to be coming over our borders.
Some kind of military grade Drone Jammers seems to be what was missing at that Trump speech—well, besides a better SS detail…
With all the open air speech’s Trump has given I hope he finally gets himself a ‘Popemobile’ type of bullet proof glass/?? setup – w/o the motorized part, but easily carried to speech sites and to setup.
Drones arent perfect but if you are not even to cover the main points of contact on your own what exactly are you good for
As for christopher ray im holding my tongue on the proper response to him
JohnTyler on July 26, 2024 at 3:32 pm said:
That scene is from the movie “The Treasure of Sierra Madre,” which starred Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston.
Today, making a film like that would be impossible because of the way to portrays Mexicans.
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I don’t know. The actual Federales are pretty badass.
Note that, like “Elementary, my dear Watson”, the standard version of the quotation is not quite what it says. For that matter, “Pride goeth before a fall” and “Gilding the lily” are also a bit off.
I was of the opinion that the assassination attempt was the result of gross incompetence by the Secret Service (which actually has had quite a history of incompetence and bad behavior by its agents), but now I’m sort of where I am with the Epstein suicide. The government will have to prove to me that they weren’t involved somehow. It now seems likely that either through their deliberate actions or inaction that the Secret Service helped facilitate the attempt on Trump’s life. Christopher Wray’s disgraceful testimony before the House Judiciary Committee did nothing to convince me otherwise.
Question for the legal minds:
Could Trump file a civil suit against the government for failing to properly carry out their duties?
I know that it has been held that law enforcement only has duty to the general welfare, not any one specific person.
However, I don’t imagine that would apply to a single specific presidential candidate / former president. The government was in fact charged with the protection of Donald Trump, and failed to do so.
Grunt:
I think immunity would preclude it. Not sure, though.
Video on the Butler law enforcement in the 2nd floor window who didn’t see the assassin Crooks. Still no fullsome explanation why they failed.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=1236&v=lC_ezhAtGts&feature=youtu.be