Secret Service says why agents weren't on the sniper's roof during Trump shooting | LiveNOW from FOX

TRUMP LATEST NEWS: The head of the Secret Service has revealed that the shooter who tried to kill former President Trump was identified as a "potential person of suspicion," but by the time units were able to track him down, he had managed to open fire at the rally in Pennsylvania.
United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle made the remark in an interview that aired on ABC News just hours after Fox News Digital reported that a local law enforcement officer spotted a suspicious man carrying a range-finder just 30 minutes before Saturday’s attempted assassination in Butler.
That officer reported the sighting to state police, a law enforcement source said. He took a photo, and there was a discussion about whether what he was carrying was a pair of binoculars to try and see the rally better. But then a few minutes into Trump's remarks, the would-be assassin - identified as Thomas Crooks, 20 - began shooting, according to authorities.
Cheatle acknowledged in the interview that responsibility for the security failure that led to the attempted assassination of Trump ultimately rests with herself.
"The buck stops with me," Cheatle said, adding that "This is an event that should have never happened."
She said the Secret Service was aware of the security vulnerabilities presented by the building Crooks took a sniper's position on to aim at Trump. However, a decision was made not to place any personnel on the roof.
"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. And so, you know, the decision was made to secure the building, from inside," she said.
A local law enforcement officer spotted a suspicious man carrying a range-finder "in or just-outside" the venue before former President Donald Trump took the stage at his rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania on Saturday night, according to a law enforcement source.
The officer reported the sighting to state police, the source said. He took a photo, and there was a discussion about whether what he was carrying was a pair of binoculars to try and see the rally better.
A few minutes into Trump's remarks, a would-be assassin identified as Thomas Crooks, 20, opened fire, according to authorities. He wounded the former president, killed a 50-year-old father of two and wounded two more spectators before a Secret Service counter-sniper neutralized the threat, according to authorities.
It was not immediately clear how long Crooks was on the roof, but sources say he was initially seen without the gun about 30 minutes before the attack.
State police did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the source's version of events.
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[@kerravon4159]

Wasn't the anti-sniper squad on a sloped roof? The incompetence of this person is beyond belief.

[@cidie1]

no her explanation does not add up, that is not reasonable in the slightest.

[@catt4857]

I came to the comments to say the exact same thing!!

[@kingome]

🎯🎯🎯

[@byroncromwell3155]

@@paulhoughton1691 "Celsius or Fahrenheit?" the Secret Service Director asked... /Sarc/

[@quigglyz]

She's a diversity hire

[@ShortSportsWorld]

She says she didn’t want to put anyone on a sloped roof, but yet the Secret Service snipers on top of a barn were on a sloped roof

[@sicsempertyrannis1849]

Shhhhh don't go telling people that. You'll blow the cover of her statement.

[@wcneathery3100]

Amen

[@TheAwkwardEntrepreneur]

exactly

[@chrisbellamy2927]

also they were aiming at that one area from that one side of their roof . if hed been anywhere else they would be exposed and have to move position to the other side of the roof. as if they new where to watch

[@jglee6721]

Sloped roof? What roof is not sloped unless it's flat roof? lol

[@Steve-pk9ok]

They knew beforehand that the guy was a threat, they knew the rooftop was vulnerable, and then they made the "decision" not to place security on the roof? This goes WAY beyond incompetence.

[@FretboardMaestro]

Purposeful negligence

[@danielgaudin1110]

YEAH A SET UP

[@johanlourens723]

Yip, conspiracy perhaps?

[@c8203]

@@FretboardMaestro Yes, and an innocent man died. The Secret Service is responsible for his death. These excuses are infuriating. Maybe they should just clean house and bring in some of the old Blackwater guys to protect Trump.

[@craigbritton1089]

@@Steve-pk9ok take your medication for paranoia and quit smoking eeed

[@Dan-od6zx]

The whole situation is suspect. An unsecured roof 150 yards away is unacceptable.

[@commonsense3055]

exactly

[@ARTIC7051]

130 YARDS

[@sandraheilman2543]

Roof too steep. BS...Biden attempt to assassinate Trump.

[@bills5009]

unacceptable to whom?

[@juicybear7696]

Your comment is lol

[@mikebryant614]

So, an untrained 20 yr old basement dweller kid, was able to safely negotiate and shoot from a "sloped roof"., but the supposedly highly trained Secret Service was incapable of being on it ? What??

[@juliam235]

!!!!!

[@stevepmo]

what gov.dept hired that kid then took him out.

[@patriciastutz9301]

RIGHT, CRAP THIS IS CRAP AND ALL LIES, THEY WERE TOLD TO STAND DOWN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@susansmith493]

​@@stevepmoExactly

[@Rollanotheronemyfriend]

@@patriciastutz9301 probably Pelosi told them.

[@rickss69]

In other words, she is saying it was their safety they were concerned with...not President Trump's safety.

[@dbmail545]

That's exactly what she said

[@kenwenzel9040]

Great way to point that fact out!

[@ihatehers]

How can you protect Maga from itself?

[@ariroxyoursox556]

Former president

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

​@@karenshearer4085More to it than that. There were authority issues, plus Intel changed from active shooter to barricaded suspect. And cops were evacuating class rooms. At least that's what I got from the coverage. Another factor was the presence of parents, some from multiple LE agencies with different protocols and jurisdictions. But bottom line is nobody took charge in a timely manner. At least that's my take.

[@SHINE88]

this is the stupidest thing I have ever heard

[@originaloldpop8405]

proof the liberal government thinks the American people are so dumb they will believe anything

[@fearmetoo-le8dw]

at least the new secret service is diverse

[@ProudAussie23]

That roof had a very low gradient ....one of the least sloped roofs you can have. These public servants could only come up with that as an excuse ...seriously?

[@tomtomkowski7653]

Too late? They found him suspicious 26 minutes before! People were screaming about this guy on a roof 2 minutes before! Lies... lies... and even more lies.

[@denisefernandez6134]

they were told to stand down

[@combsd3283]

Yes, but 25 minutes of that time was spent constructing the scaffolding and climbing harnesses so it would be safe enough for secret service to get on the roof.

[@russell3461]

The dude who said that said it was 3-4 minutes of them pointing him out as he climbed on the roof.

[@ringthembells143]

What’s hilarious to me is that you guys have this entire video based upon the roof and you don’t show a single picture of it. That roof was super flat. I’d love to know the actual degree and angle that it slopes. I’ve scaled many a roof in that looks fairly easy to walk about on… This is not a failure by the Secret Service this is preconceived negligence.

[@cidie1]

Yeah that was really weird, but the absolutely most messed up part is that she is saying that they couldn't put a highly trained SS agent on a roof that has the best view and is closest to the president... Because it has a super tiny slope! This doesn't make any sense at all it only makes me believe they caused this on purpose.

[@IggyDalrymple]

A sloped roof is dangerous for Secret Service agents wearing high heels.

[@franzk.3215]

Have you ever seen a unicorn on a sloped roof?

[@AlexRosner-v8t]

That roof is completely flat anyone can stand there easily

[@burmy1552]

@@AlexRosner-v8t That high heel flew right over your head.

[@rmoreland3583]

High heels should not be the dress code of the day

[@TheWallReports]

Yeah, dangerous for [Victoria] Secret Service detail but not for an actual Secret Service detail.

[@cpld1833]

How in the HELL does she still have a JOB??????

[@originaloldpop8405]

she and Jill B. are BFF's

[@Rusty571000]

She’s Michelle O’bama’s friend.

[@atheistconservative6211]

she's a dem. duh. lol

[@user-rg6fv1ez1z]

@@originaloldpop8405 Lol

[@originaloldpop8405]

@@user-rg6fv1ez1z its true, they really are, think she held a position with the oblama admin but I have not verified

[@paulineramirez5955]

Who told the sniper the roof was not secured?

[@atheistconservative6211]

the feds

[@Will-jh8yj]

Hillary called him.

[@MoonlightandMagnolias]

This statement HOLDS NO WATER! The Secret Service Sniper Team that took the kill shot on Thomas Crooks were stationed ON A SLOPED ROOF!

[@dadaevan]

The sniper team was LOCAL law enforcement.

[@user-cp1zh4gu1b]

There's no way they think people will believe that?!

[@wlk2408]

I can't believe she even said this. She is just making things even worse. The incompetence is unbelievable. Then again this is the administration who oversaw the disaterous Afghan withdrawal and nobody got fired. We should have known, the signs were there for all to see. Incompetence is the only thing they are good at. All they do is shrug their shoulders but nobody are ever held accountable. Biden even said no US soldiers died since he became president. Those soldiers who died in Afghanistan during his disastours withdrawal were obviously not American enough for him.

[@CyrilSneer123]

@@dadaevan No they had Secret Service on their patches with the word police.

[@robertordish3754]

The sniper that shot the assassin was on a SLOPED ROOF. WTF is this nonsense?

[@Bender133723]

Woman was in charge..

[@steveschurr5967]

Exactly that. Nonsense.

[@studleydewrite2942]

How many women are veteran combat commanders? Exactly. Fear of slopes?

[@eaglefan941]

What's his name Jack Ruby

[@originaloldpop8405]

@@Bender133723 a person that knows nothing about the job

[@masonmcelroy8125]

The question that people should be asking is not why there were no agents on the roof. The question is, why didn't they see the shooter before he fired? People in the crowd saw the shooter before he fired, but security didn't?

[@nancienordwick4169]

Her explanation is idiotic

[@rudycarrera791]

*DEI : Diversity Equals Idiocy!*

[@kimlebel3584]

Now try telling the truth

[@markkulyas2418]

Fox News can't even tell us the truth anymore they're part of the fake media

[@noahbrown7792]

They did 🤡

[@aliveandwell829]

That's not in their Playbook.

[@reptickle5646]

@@aliveandwell829its lies in their checkingbooks

[@umpire29]

I'm pretty sure everyone (including them) already know the truth.

[@donlowry6469]

Ok, if you're too scared to go on the roof, why didn't you lock down access to it? Your answers are BS.

[@bigguyhouston3698]

Good question!

[@maverickblackhorse3068]

The guy walked through the event 25 minutes prior to Trump taking the stage with a backpack, rifle, and ladder; the USSS and local law enforcement were aware of his presence.

[@byroncromwell3155]

Who nominated AOC for Secret Service Director?

[@ELCADAROSA]

Great question!

[@eaglefan941]

You're getting warmer

[@Mr2Shredded]

How did he know the roof was unsecure. When he climbed up there, he was unbothered as if he would be untouched by officials .

[@dattajack]

She doesn't have much respect for our intelligence if she thinks we all didn't see her other snipers on a sloped roof. What a goof.

[@Rusty571000]

You’ve got to understand, she knows the democrats will buy it. 😢

[@tomcrawford2054]

Almost ALL roofs are sloped - - - are you INSANE lady?

[@jakeviolet2195]

They were also thwarted by green grass, hot sun, blue skies and gravity that pulls toward the earth instead of sideways.

[@user-dl2ic6pp9t]

DEI I digress!

[@Julia29853]

@@jakeviolet2195and they were hungry and hadn’t had their sandwiches yet. Unbelievable

[@ELCADAROSA]

Insane? No. She, like everyone else in this crooked administration, seems to think the American people are complete idiots and will believe anything told to them.

[@diannederose8617]

Really? You're worried that the roof was sloped? That's idiotic. They are the Secret Service. I would hope they could handle a sloped roof. Unacceptable

[@tedolphbundler724]

It's not unacceptable. It is untrue.

[@gregsteele806]

The roof the Secret Service chose for their counter sniper teams is even MORE sloped. Absolute BS.

[@ChristianWagner888]

@@tedolphbundler724 What is untrue? Secret Service head Kimberly Cheatle actually said: '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,' Her claim is ridiculous, as the roof was dry and the slope is easily walkable as seen from multiple angles. It did not have a very steep slope. Trained agents are certainly able to handle such a slope, and for any hard to access areas, they could have used a drone. Maybe one of the SS fumblerinas refused to climb onto the roof.

[@jlsracing997]

@@gregsteele806 Absolutely.

[@jakeviolet2195]

The pitch on that roof is very shallow. Probably 3:12 or less. Any roofer can tell you that. It's not a goddamned A-frame in the Swiss Alps. What a load of bull...

[@Perry-zh3hy]

So is she trying to say that the snipers that took him out weren't on a sloped roof?????WTF??

[@user-xk4zq5mr1g]

so a 20 year old kid can manage a sloped roof , but not the secret service, are you me this is what they're trying to push this is absolutely ridiculous

[@CalebDriver-my1jg]

Guys they aren't even trying to hide it.

[@kangarooninja2594]

This is a "the dog ate my homework" level excuse. How could they possibly think anyone would believe this?

[@maryannsica1715]

Bull crap…

[@jamie_marie_82]

You took the words right out of my mouth. Doesn’t add up.

[@Z-Bart]

Her snipers were positioned on a SLOPED roof. She's is incompetent.

[@PeaceFrog-lb6yl]

​@@Z-Bart She used to work in an office as a pencil pusher. DEI 💯

[@thesmokingman]

​@@PeaceFrog-lb6ylNot DEI, she's a plant, inside job

[@kathyreese4052]

Part of the story telling

[@patrickmcgee9910]

Sloped roof? Safety concern for the police because of a sloped roof? Are you kidding me? What a crock!

[@jagmd]

No one can possibly be buying any of this

[@ShelleyHyatt-zm5ot]

So what is the excuse for not having a drone watching vulnerable areas?

[@guitarandmore69]

Or no one outside?

[@Cherokeelion]

@@ShelleyHyatt-zm5ot or helicopters. And dont say “cost cutting”

[@RJiiFin]

@RandyChatter What if they name one Dronella? Droneequa? Dr. Dro?

[@carolynw8614]

@@RJiiFin😂😂😂😂

[@uandmeus5]

@@RJiiFin😂 too funny!

[@michaelbriggs1751]

This confirms it, not only is the head of the SS unqualified to be the head of the SS (she worked for PEPSI) but she has never been on a roof.

[@snappyone]

When this woman applied for the Secret Service, she thought it would be a job rolling on Secret deodorant

[@drakec.9327]

She only works on flat surfaces.

[@originaloldpop8405]

but she is Jill B's best friend

[@ChaoticRad]

So, our United States secret service snipers are scared of a slightly sloped roof? Is that what you're saying? Wasn't the roof that they were positioned on sloped also? Is that really your excuse?

[@ninjagamer1359]

So wait, there were agents literally inside the building that was surrounded by people yelling about there being a guy with a gun, and directly under said guy, but they did nothing the whole time???

[@margarettickle9659]

They were busy eating donuts and watching their TV to see what was going to happen any moment.

[@ninjagamer1359]

@@margarettickle9659 I literally cannot fathom any better explanation than what you said.

[@68sgstandard]

@ninjagamer1359 Bingo! Ninja, you scored again. But seriously, it all is a test of mind-boggling.

[@AndrewAce_77]

I'm not buying that BS excuse 🤨

[@airplanebuilder8685]

I don't think anybody is. The democrat-appointed director is so used to giving lame excuses and expects everyone to agree.

[@Ronniejamesleo]

I seriously don't think democrats really do. Tbh. Like what was said I don't think really anyone believes this nonsense.

[@valerierogers9609]

​@@airplanebuilder8685You substantiated it in one word - democrat. Sleezy underhanded soulless beings.

[@kangarooninja2594]

@@airplanebuilder8685 That's the general work environment around dei hires, you just nod along to whatever the incompetent person says. They're so used to mindless acceptance of nonsense that they assumed we'd just buy the excuse, like a child whose parents never correct them.

[@jimdandy8996]

The snipers were positioned on a sloped roof of another building. She's a liar.

[@mikehoncho7165]

That’s the most negligent excuse I’ve ever heard. My grandmother could climb the pitch of that roof. WTF?

[@brianmsahin]

Her statement made no sense whatsoever. They had plenty of time time. Members of the public were pointing to the shooter on the roof 10 minutes before the shots were fired. One officer reported the guy in the area 30 minutes before hand. The Secret Service snipers must have seen him on the roof. He was only 130 meters away. Why did the wait until he fired his weapon before taking him out. Something is not right here.

[@68sgstandard]

@brianmsahin You summed it up succinctly. It could all point to an inside job!

[@nemo6282]

The roof sloped away from the sniper team behind Trump Crooks needed to reach the ridge to shoot, which also made him visible to the sniper team

[@stephaniesaragosa7198]

This is total BS about a slopped roof being too dangerous for agents. Ok so where’s the agent that kept that “dangerous roof” under surveillance? Total BS

[@jharvey9898]

Who made that stupid decision? I’m not buying that.

[@Selah1141]

BS

[@thisplaceisazoo]

So they couldn't hear footsteps above them on a metal roof? This is getting more and more fishy every minute.

[@markkulyas2418]

Imagine Fox News running with this story and believing it

[@markkulyas2418]

@@thisplaceisazoo the snipers on the other building clearly seen this guy and didn't take him out because they were told to stand down

[@michaelallen711]

U won't buy anything ur just lookin grow up ur prolly a miserable person

[@ninermania4065]

Ridiculous, what an idiotic excuse. There is way more to this story.

[@user-rt2wm2mq2s]

This story leads right to Biden and Obama!!!!!!

[@LestWeForget-LestWeForget]

@@user-rt2wm2mq2s Spot on, but add in the Clintons and Pelosi.

[@Morrisonsgirlfriendforever1971]

@@user-rt2wm2mq2s yep!

[@LestWeForget-LestWeForget]

@@user-rt2wm2mq2s Almost forgot Mayorkas!

[@kennethayers170]

@@user-rt2wm2mq2sit always leads right back to Trump... lmao you really think he wouldn't be protected if they wanted him to be? You think he wouldn't be dead if they wanted him to be? His people did this as a publicity stunt... you need to accept already man.

[@jonathannagela2130]

the roof is flat, it has a tiny slope for rain but you can see the dead body laying flat on the roof. It wasnt sloped.

[@heather3316]

So she’s not going to cover that spot because it’s uncomfortable, is that what she said?

[@lkurowic]

A roof with a rise that low? No way was it a hazard, what a lame excuse. She must think we are all stupid.

[@ELCADAROSA]

She's a Democrat. They all think the rest of us are stupid.

[@cheryl4549]

DT had already been injured and ducked down before the S.S. were there to protect him. Also there were S.S. in front of him that were smaller then Trump was who could not give him the cover he deserved. It was sloppy and unorganized.

[@bluegrassbehemoth5595]

Why was Trump allowed to remain on stage? If you have a person of interest that is not accounted for, why allow Trump to remain exposed?

[@charleneevans5848]

exactly

[@bills5009]

if I answer your question -> censored

[@dr.penguin9412]

The guy was on the roof for a good few minutes before taking his shots. How did the secret service not spot him? It wasn’t like he was hidden on the roof. There was absolutely nothing on the roof except him right in the middle clear to see. Even people from the crowd spotted him. And it was the one and only roof that was close by at all. If you’re the secret service sniper with that high of a vantage point, if you’re not looking at the closest roof at all for a good few minutes, then what are you looking at? And the footage of the secret service sniper shows clearly that he was looking in the assassin’s direction the entire time, but waited to act until after the shots flew. Anyone that doesn’t see the shadiness here is just purposely being ignorant.

[@black_iced_coffee]

they’re all totally inexperienced and don’t know how to communicate. they’re very representative tho (of all intelligence levels)

[@hydraxc2478]

​@@bills5009I don't appreciate them deciding that my precious ears are too sensitive for your scary words. Who are these people that play these games with us?

[@Paul-tp9yh]

Then why weren’t agents on the ground preventing someone from going on the roof- was the grass too slippery?

[@blampfno]

"I don't wanna go up on that roof, it's scary!" -The United States Secret Service

[@drakec.9327]

The secret in Secret Service is the truth.

[@margarettickle9659]

Please Mr Custard. I don't want to go......

[@user-cz6do6rx9i]

They didn't want to put anyone on the roof because it was sloped??? Someone needs to resign! Unacceptable incompetence!

[@ginnyc4521]

Unbelievable! Someone might slip?

[@edwardmarcot464]

AMEN! TOTAL B.S.!!!

[@slayinbass2396]

I was giving the secret service benefit of the doubt but now I am not. That answer makes it seem even more suspicious.

[@Optimalworld]

bottom line there’s a lack of responsibility straight up

[@Lazarus171]

The roof the Secret Service snipers were on was MORE sloped than the roof Crooks was on. This excuse is a blatant lie.

[@gatlas720]

At this point Trump should NOT trust the Secret Service!!!!

[@mrmajestic8643]

Nobody in DC should be trusted. Including Drumpf.

[@lindabryant4292]

Agreed 100% The Secret Service is compromised without doubt. There is no way they are this stupid.

[@mackydog99]

SS does not like donnie! They're tired of hearing his constant whining and childish demands!

[@NotKev2017]

@@mackydog99 You just made that up lefty. GTFO!

[@theodorebazin363]

Yep, whining about MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. WHAT A LOSER, PUTTING OUR COUNTRY FIRST! ​@@mackydog99

[@dayneburg7512]

Secret service allowed this guy to fire his gun knowing he was on that roof more than a minute before he open fire . SS, FBI,CIA couldn’t protect a glass of water.

[@originaloldpop8405]

but they sure as hell can protect a Biden

[@user-dt1hx7ed4s]

Exactly

[@danielgaudin1110]

They protect who they want. This was planned to get rid of Trump. Everything else they have done to get Trump has failed. So now they resort to taking him out.

[@sicsempertyrannis1849]

Now ask yourself why they would do that. What branch of government is the secret service under?

[@doktormcnasty]

@@originaloldpop8405 That's because he's slower than a glass of water. In ALL the ways that word slower can be used.

[@Flashback2020]

The Secret Service had people inside the building because their asset was on top of the building.

[@user-so9lx1sr9h]

She had agents in the building and they couldn't hear a guy bouncing around on a rooftop with a gun ?, sorry that's not an excuse that's a cover-up

[@guymerritt4860]

So you're telling me that our Secret Service is made up of men and women who see a roof with a 20-degree slope, 20-foot high, and they say, "Hell, I'm not going up there"...?? That sounds really, really weird. Doh.😕

[@user-zl7yf8sf8p]

we might fall.. then what ? LMAO

[@guymerritt4860]

@@user-zl7yf8sf8p I'm 72 and afraid of heights and I go up on our roof all the time...and it's about the same height. Hell, maybe I could get a job as a Secret Service agent - that's insane, man.

[@traviso7810]

I know...lol and the roof is barely sloped you absolutely would not slip on that roof. I've worked on plenty of roofs, and unless it's raining you not slipping on that roof. Atleast not because of the angle.

[@gojirajenkins8528]

Extremely odd

[@christophercarrigg3775]

Nah just the women in charge are thinking that

[@flaviog.7628]

Didn't they think that the counter snipers were on a SLOPED ROOF before saying this BULLSH?

[@soil-play]

Exactly- this is so easy to debunk!

[@soil-play]

EXACTLY! This is so easy to debunk

[@uandmeus5]

Butch thinks we’re stupid!

[@billshepard6664]

Welcome to DEI... the race too complete idiocracy.

[@Canetracker92]

She didn’t actually just say that did she?

[@markobrien2264]

The pitch on that roof is minimal, and to Secret Service personnel in that building and a shooter still gets on the roof? WTF? Was the Secret Service compliant in this assassination attempt?

[@Paul-tp9yh]

How can a guy carry a rifle into an event and not get stopped?

[@PG-lf3rr]

The roof that "Hawkeye" was on was more sloped. What a lie!

[@TheNumismatist1812]

Exactly

[@jaredleicht1656]

A rest dem Al l

[@KBratcher11]

This! I thought the same thing.

[@joegauriloff6460]

As a carpenter I’ll tell you, we call that a walkable roof! If you can’t walk that roof how could you possibly make it to secret service, they’re supposed to be like ninjas!

[@dipsydoodle7988]

I'll tell you what, as a woman myself, none of those female agents seemed fit enough to called ninjas. Not trying to be mean, it just is what it is.

[@Ry-ss5dz]

Ninjas? That female SS agent was fumbling trying to draw her sidearm. Looks to me like she went straight from selling girl guide cookies to the Secret Service

[@conservativepineapples6203]

@@Ry-ss5dz She was eating more cookies than she was selling! She couldn’t see over her gut to find her holster! She’s an absolute disgrace!

[@Ry-ss5dz]

@@conservativepineapples6203 Maybe she'll use the power of 'diversity' to stop the bullets

[@TheBenevolentDictatorship]

This is either the most egregious example of gross incompetence in SS history or they were in on it. Those are the options. Either way, how does the SS Director still have her job?!

[@ftws41]

The video of the USSS snipers were on a steeper sloped roof. Why do they insult our intelligence like this?

[@walterspringer565]

The roof was too scary for our DEI Secret Service?

[@RENEG4DE4NGEL]

They had a doctor's note.

[@JimmyT995]

A dude laying flat on a roof in a snipers position at 130 yards and you call it a person of suspicion give me a friggin break lady

[@guyfrunknown]

They were a person of interest before they were on the roof. which just makes it even more ridiculous.

[@JimmyT995]

@@guyfrunknown this whole thing reeks of inside job

[@JimmyT995]

@@guyfrunknown inside job this is the 3rd time I posted this and it keeps disappearing imagine that

[@LestWeForget-LestWeForget]

@@JimmyT995 My comments also removed, as are many others.

[@morphe42]

@@JimmyT995 yes, it was a coup attempt against Trump.

[@davewilliams984]

You cannot make this absolute stupidity up.

[@kentjax3622]

Why would this kid be on a list of suspicion, when we were told he had no background and they needed to confirm his identity after the shooting? My deaf, mute and dumb uncle asked me, why did they let the kid on the roof especially after being told he was there 3-5 minute before the shooting? I said, you need to apply for a position at the Secret Service. He then replied, maybe their competency is secret too?

[@livingmodern]

The roof was less sloped than the ones the snipers were on...and why would you have personnel INSIDE a building where someone can climb from the outside.

[@johngardiner5206]

(Agents inside the building) Hey fred! Does that sound like someone crawling about on the roof!?

[@boardmandave]

Apparently some of the local police were on top of the roof but they said it was too hot so they went down and got inside. Not sure how true that is don't quote me

[@KBratcher11]

100%

[@scottodonnell7121]

@@boardmandave how about the cop who ran when the sniper pointed his gun at him?

[@williamhudspith4206]

With a metal roof, you would certainly hear someone climbing on to the roof , especially if you were inside the building!

[@grumpyg9350]

She’s a liar

[@user-qn9dp3wz8t]

That is BS. She is trying to cover her butt. For the protection of an ex-president, agents are supposed to be prepared to take some risk. Just because some woke agents didn't want to be inconvenienced, or get their suit dirty, is no excuse. Perhaps the agents weren't trained properly because they were taking too many diversity classes, and learning the usage of different pronouns in order not to offend people. The females even had difficulties putting their weapons in their holster. The director has totally screwed up the secret service. It should be called the Secret Diversified Keystone Cops from now on.

[@szarzotreeservicellc7318]

The counter snipers that ultimately took the kid out were literally set up on a different sloped roof??? What the hell are they talking about

[@robertd9850]

Thousands of roofers work on sloped roofs every day but they can't train secret service agents how to do that safety?

[@jordankelley6005]

The world isn’t ready for your pragmatism 😂

[@velocity2654]

The roof with the snipers (behind the stage) was also a sloped roof. Why is one sloped rook okay and another is not safe?

[@oldscratch3535]

I spent 15 years doing roofing. That roof was practically flat and would be no different than walking on flat ground. It looks to be a 3/12 pitch. The roof the SS counter snipers were on was pitched and looked to be even steeper. Possibly a 4/12 or 5/12. Her reasoning is complete BS. And you know what you do if the roof is too steep to get on? You rent a damn man lift and put a guy in it near the building with adequate sight lines of the surrounding rooftops. This stuff doesn't take a genius to figure out. If you're worried about falling they make fall arrest systems that clamp to standing seam metal panels and you hook your harness into it. You would think the SS would talk to someone who knows about accessing roofs safely.

[@stevenpeek8842]

@@oldscratch3535I'm not a roofer, but I've walked plenty of roofs pitched steeper than that one just to clean gutters, trim back limbs, or--in my much younger years--just for fun. I'm calling BS on her explanation.

[@danielgaudin1110]

Exactly SMH

[@user-ym8eb5py4i]

What about the sloped roof that was behind Trump that the snipers were sitting on was that sloped roof OK?

[@notalltheories]

No, no, that roof is obviously not sloped. Don’t believe your lying eyes.

[@JoshFlores15]

The secret service had failed him. They weren’t up to par on their protocols

[@margarettickle9659]

The rabbit hole goes deeper than that my friend

[@vietle4973]

It’s Totally Unacceptable.

[@lindap.p.1337]

This is why we don't have trust here in the US. We are lied to so frequently by our leaders and now this joker.

[@teddyteddy3456]

SAME HERE IN THE UK

[@GEDDY37]

Same🇨🇦

[@volkiwolfsgaard8306]

The secret service counter sniper team WAS ON A SLOPED ROOF! This is BS.

[@user-vx7vi3vq1c]

Why is the director of the Secret Service doing news interviews while this is under investigation?

[@nickf2170]

OMG, what do they expect you to believe.

[@originaloldpop8405]

Who paid her to make that decision and how is it that a 100+ spectators spotted the shooter, yelled at SS & LE and were completely ignored ?

[@michaelwelch3951]

Bullcrap! The Secret Service snipers were on a slated roof!!!

[@MrCoolman48]

Corruption at the Secret Service agency

[@karlcrouch2641]

From a Secret Service job interview: “We may occasionally ask you to be a human shield in the event of gunfire, but we’ll NEVER ask you to secure a gently-sloped roof.”

[@ja200055]

She needs to step down

[@boedilllard5952]

Yeah - next time we shoudl get a trans person - it would be foolish to hire based on skills and experience.

[@PeaceFrog-lb6yl]

Prison without parole

[@WisconsinEric]

Keep her talking

[@johnminshell6532]

She can't step down there's a Slope 😅

[@islandonlinenews]

Whoa, they just admitted they knew it was a security threat and chose to not cover it early on...they let it happen.

[@donnad2578]

What a disgrace.

[@karenmaher2092]

Her 1st excuse yesterday was that building wasn't in the perimeter

[@outboundoutdoors]

So my roofing crew has bigger balls then the secret service, got it!

[@vernize776]

women

[@vernize776]

no balls

[@off-gridhillbillystyle3735]

Fact

[@carlygrace2]

😂

[@Youainit]

😂😂😂

[@wolverinesp]

You spend so long dealing with diversity, gender equality and the safety of your own people, that you become a danger to those around you...

[@pietkearns9424]

Haleluja😂

[@cardinaloflannagancr8929]

United air now does that hiring their pilots priorizing that over experience their spokesman said it's their top initiative.

[@donlowry6469]

@wolverinesp Nothing is more important than Officer safety is now thier creed. The protectee and the public are a distant second.

[@whosweeping]

Don’t think this has anything to do with D&I. The secret service has never been but so competent. They really are just for show.. not like the movies portray..

[@jakewhitney8201]

Amen

[@ericpratt984]

Now I see why they're called the Secret Service

[@Timetofly8888]

A "saftey factor" ????? I love to know who she's been voting for last few times. Just WOW !!!

[@Cartiluvsyoutube]

Looks like a flat roof, our snipers were on a sloped roof. Makes zero sense

[@thomascoakes5733]

That’s exactly what I was thinking. That’s a BS excuse.

[@juanbait9670]

Fact.

[@johanlourens723]

Slightly slanted.

[@isaachall9473]

Ikr the ss agents were on a sloped roof

[@SouthernCodester91]

That is the worst excuse ever. The roof that the snipers were on had more of a gable roof than the roof where the shooter was at... wtf

[@MrMike-zm8ex]

Firefighters, roofers, negotiate sloped roofs on a daily basis. Secret Service can’t?…

[@Hunter33705]

My thoughts exactly! I'm thinking this lady has never been on a roof in her life or had to deal with one. Where as 99% of firefighters and roofers are male and understand how to walk on them.

[@michaelgallone7409]

💯 amen

[@eaglefan941]

Only in the Italian only in the Biden Administration

[@terrydebord7878]

The roof was not safe for law enforcement officers to be on without proper safety equipment, and training from a roofing company on roofing safety.

[@timmorse8146]

The snipers were on a sloped roof. She is lying about this..

[@Cappellano]

Is anybody honestly buying that excuse? Secret services can't handle a slope? Good grief

[@anonymousvids2146]

.... YOU HAD 4 DAYS TO MALE A COVER STORY AND THAT WAS THE BEST YOU COULD DO?!?! How is she the head of any department of the US Government... never mind, answer is in the question.

[@PeterRabbitWhatsup]

This story is just like the Paul Piglosi's hammer story which it took a month to make up in order to save Nancy Piglosi embarrassment of the world knowing that Paul Piglosi was playing hide the hammer handle with his boyfriend.

[@ronjohnson4566]

she was appointed by trump

[@LemonThyme1933]

@@ronjohnson4566 WRONG. She was appointed in 2022.

[@DeloresVines]

​@@ronjohnson4566No, she is a Biden appointee

[@PeterRabbitWhatsup]

@@ronjohnson4566 Ever hear of the internet? Try using it before typing false information.

[@brendanfarthing]

What a joke. If she really said that she should resign in disgrace! The slope of the roof is so small. The Secret Service snipers behind Trump were on a roof with a similar small slope. Obviously the slope of the roof isn't the issue.

[@maartentn]

the 'security team' looks suspiciously like the assistant teachers at the preschool

[@saluki7651]

Incompetence or treasonous?

[@ELCADAROSA]

Treasonous.

[@dm8553]

Both

[@richardmoore2124]

@@dm8553 EXACTLY!

[@timothyrowland1501]

Both

[@andyz3925]

BOTH and a diversity hire.

[@damiancitobarbanis7575]

What??? Sloped??? What an excuse is that, they might as well say next time there weren’t agents because it was too hot or it was lunch time. Who believes this excuse???

[@johnwalter6410]

SECRET SERVICE ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN. THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN UNLESS ON PURPOSE

[@ryanclark2289]

I agree! Secret service agents wearing high heels on a sloped roof is dangerous.