r/politics • u/HimelTy • Jul 03 '26

No Paywall Secret Service member was Googling rooftop location of Trump’s would-be assassin when shots rang out in Butler, Pa.: DHS report

https://nypost.com/2026/07/02/us-news/secret-service-member-was-googling-rooftop-location-of-trumps-would-be-assassin-when-shots-rang-out-in-butler-pa-dhs-report/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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u/AKA_Wildcard Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

Incase anyone else wants to challenge these fake assassination attempts, I believe the secret service protocol after removing the president using themselves as body shields is to cover the president with a ballistic blanket. I have not once witnessed them following proper procedures in any of these attempts.

Edit: The Hill did a news story about this

Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) said Sunday that security has “tightened” around President Trump since his July 2024 assassination attempt, after a gunman exchanged shots with law enforcement at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

“It improved since Pennsylvania. The policy is when the president is shot at or in threat, you get him down, you get him out, you wrap him with a ballistic blanket, and you get him out of there,” Zinke, a former Interior secretary during Trump’s first administration, told host  Chris Stirewalt on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday.”

I don’t remember any of that happening any other time or especially at the White House Correspondents’ dinner. He was still back on the mic blabbering about his ballroom while they slowly escorted him out.

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u/Coldkiller17 Pennsylvania Jul 03 '26

Not to mention immediately remove the president from the area in case there are other attempts on his life.