Trump Says Dems Are ‘Interfering’ With Campaign, Not Providing Enough Secret Service Agents
Former President Donald Trump alleged on Monday that Democrats are “interfering” in his 2024 White House bid by rejecting his campaign’s requests for more security.
Trump wrote on Truth Social that his campaign has been forced to “turn away thousands of people from arenas and venues” because his requests for more Secret Service agents have not been met. The Republican nominee was the target of two assassination attempts within 64 days.
“The Democrats are interfering with my Campaign by not giving us the proper number of people within Secret Service that are necessary for Security. They’re using them for themselves, even though they don’t need them – they draw ‘flies’ – because they have no crowds, and for people like the President of Iran, who is doing everything possible to kill me,” Trump wrote. “We need more Secret Service, and we need them NOW. It is ELECTION INTERFERENCE that we have to turn away thousands of people from arenas and venues because it is not being provided to us.”
“Congress just authorized Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in money and help, and with the weak crowd participation that the Democrats get, there should be plenty ‘left over’ for the Republican Party,” he added. “Hopefully the people of Wisconsin, and other areas where thousands are turned away, will realize that this is just another Democrat ploy!”
The Secret Service, which is overseen by the Department of Homeland Security, allegedly denied Trump’s security detail additional resources for two years before the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. Secret Service leadership denied those accusations, writing in a statement, “The assertion that a member of the former president’s security team requested additional security resources that the U.S. Secret Service or the Department of Homeland Security rebuffed is absolutely false.”
The agency has been slammed for its handling of Trump’s July 13 rally after a shooter gained access to a rooftop just 130 yards from Trump and fired eight shots, one of which struck the former president’s right ear. According to a report released by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs last week, the Secret Service was warned of a “credible threat” four days before the first assassination attempt on Trump.
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The Secret Service admitted to making numerous mistakes at the Butler rally, and its director, Kimberly Cheatle, resigned shortly after getting grilled by Congress on the security breakdown. Two months after Trump survived the assassination attempt in Butler, another gunman allegedly hid near Trump’s golf course in South Florida for 12 hours before he was spotted by the Secret Service and arrested.
Trump plans to return to the site of the first assassination attempt for a rally on Saturday. The Trump campaign said that the former president will honor the life of Corey Comperetore, who was killed by the shooter targeting Trump, and the two other victims who were wounded on July 13.
