It has been about two weeks since a would-be assassin shot former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. So, naturally, the media is concerned about someone possibly taking a shot at Vice President Kamala Harris because she happens to be a woman and black.
Politico published an interview with a former Secret Service official who chimed in on assassinations against American politicians. The piece’s author, Ankush Khardori, discussed how the Secret Service might have to respond to various threats if Harris becomes the nominee.
….[T]he security risks facing Harris are indeed greater simply because of who she is, as a woman and person of color — and the agency is almost certainly taking that into account.
That’s according to Jeff James, who worked in the Secret Service for 22 years and resigned in 2018 after rising to the rank of assistant special agent in…
