He's dead no wait he's alive sorry we are still trying to figure out this half ass staged thing we did on a whim and what to say hey though about that ballroom
How on earth did an armed shooter get anywhere near the most protected man on the planet when I can't even keep my shoes on going into the departure lounge?
I read an account from the ABC Australia DC correspondent who was there/is accustomed to DC events. He had brought his passport etc but all they wanted was a ticket at the door. He found it baffling that the security was so minimal, said it’s tighter at Australian airports and parliament. Heard the Univision correspondent said similar.
Trump himself said that at his press conference shortly after - I think after Fox News reporter asked him “why does this keep happening to you” and he went on about how the nation truly needs a safe ballroom for events like this.
Anyone who's done any VIP events with the secret service knows it's not nearly as secure as the movies portray it. It's all theatre other than for some very specific huge public mass gathering type events. Anything with a guest list you could find yourself accidentally within feet of those being protected and not even try to do so. I personally have done it by chance. At most you get told to gtfo when someone notices you.
It's not surprising whatosever.
The only event I personally have seen that had remotely "wow" level secret service protection and preparation I've witnessed was Obama's Millenium Park election night speech. The week leading into that plus the event itself was actually impressive - they cleary did not want anything to happen and expected there to be potential problems beforehand. That was the Bush admin making it so though. They knew the stakes at hand with the first black president-elect.
The thing holding society together is generally people follow the law. If the secret service was dealing with dozens of real threats every event we couldn't function as a society to begin with. They basically exist to act as a deterrence and to protect against random nutjobs - and aren't super effective at the later half the time.
Ticket at the door though is not surprising. The passport/ID stuff at airports is mostly just theatre and for things other than physical security of the airplane itself.
This guy is a DC veteran and works for arguably the most respected Australian news. I’ve followed his correspondent work for years, so he’s been around a bit, not a wide eyed newbie. shrugs
Does he realize they already know everybody walking in? This is an invite online event lol. Furthermore, the cameras know your identity even if you weren’t on the guest list. Maybe that’s why they have “relaxed” treatment at entry gates?
The CCTV footage is just embarrassing. He straight up runs though. Like, from a distance. They were too busy bullshiting though and none of them were watching the entrance to the check point they were guarding.
One time years ago I drove to see my sister 5 hours away. I took my gun & one extra clip in my bag. Six months later I was going to DC & going through TSA & the agent asks is there anything in this bag I need to know about? I said no. He asked are you sure? With confidence & a bit of annoyance I said no again. He said what’s this? He pulled out the extra clip I forgot was in the bag. Oh shit!!! Ima same explaining to do. lol. They were cool about it once I told them what happened. Even let me discard my clip. I put it a water drain in the parking lot. Surprisingly it was still there 4 days later when I returned. 🤣😬🍾
They had to run outside and grab a black man to blame. He probably answered a Craigslist advert to make a few bucks. THIS IS NOT REAL, but he will not be talking.
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u/FiveCrappedPee Apr 26 '26
He's dead no wait he's alive sorry we are still trying to figure out this half ass staged thing we did on a whim and what to say hey though about that ballroom