Secret Service boss blames ‘sloped roof’
for not putting sniper team on building
used by would-be Trump assassin: ‘There’s
a safety factor’
Posted By: Ida Lou Pino, 7/16/2024 2:57:14 PM
Embattled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle says she has no plans to resign, even after the stunning revelation that the agency decided not to guard the roof from which Thomas Crooks opened fire on former President Donald Trump because it was too slanted. “That building in particular has a sloped roof at its highest point. And so, you know, there’s a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn’t want to put somebody up on a sloped roof,” she told ABC News in a startling admission.“And so, you know, the decision was made to secure the building, from inside,” she told the outlet.
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Comments:
Sloped roofs are frighteningly scary. Did you know that if you pour water onto a sloped roof - - the water will flow downhill? And if you pour water onto the right side - - the water will flow down the right side. And if you pour water onto the left side - - it will flow down the left side. I doubt if even the bravest Secret Service Agent - - would volunteer for a hyper-dangerous assignment like that.