Here is Rep. Jim Jordan (Republican) giving Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle hell.
As you can see, the Republicans are not even in the ball park.
The issue as framed by Republicans and media is: did the Secret Service provide enough resources to protect Trump.
This is not the issue. The media will treat Jordan as a Republican male picking on a woman.
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Rep. Jordan should be asking the following questions:
“Did the Secret Service collect the fired bullets?”
“All of them?”
“Are they all from the same rifle?”
“What is the explanation for the acoustic evidence showing shots from different distances?”
“How can the same rifle be in different locations?”
“This implies more than one shooter.”
“Did the Secret Service overlook other disturbed ‘lone gunmen’ in addition to Crooks, or does the acoustic evidence indicate a plot to kill Trump?”
“Is the Secret Service making any effort to discover if there was a plot?”
These are the questions that need to be out there.
These are the questions and answers that matter.
The Republicans are not up to the job, and the deep state is being given a pass.
Secret Service Director admits “significant operational failure.” Just an operational failure. See this.
The official narrative has taken the form I said it would.
The issue for the Republicans is Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle’s resignation and not whether there was an attempt on Trump’s life. For example, Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, defined the issue as the Secret Service “lacks the proper management.”
The fight over whether Cheatle’s “significant operational failure” is consistent with her remaining in command will exhaust the subject of the assassination.
The acoustic evidence showing more than one shooter will not be reported and carefully investigated. The issue of a plot will not be raised.
Cheatle is correct that the Secret Service failed.
As the Secret Service now operates in the failure-to-protect mode, will there be another try? An established excuse is in place. Prior to the next attempt, watch for media articles about how difficult it is to protect presidents and presidential candidates. “An almost impossible job,” we will be told, the proof being success for most attempts.
Trump survived not due to the Secret Service but to turning his head at precisely the right moment to escape death. Liberals will say the Second Amendment enables mass shootings and attempts on presidents and turn the issue into one of gun control.
Or perhaps Trump has finally got the message and will pull in his horns. Maybe he already has. Unifying America is taking the place of fight, fight, fight. Unifying America means giving in. See this.
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Paul Craig Roberts is a renowned author and academic, chairman of The Institute for Political Economy where this article was originally published. Dr. Roberts was previously associate editor and columnist for The Wall Street Journal. He was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy during the Reagan Administration. He is a regular contributor to Global Research.
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