So now we’re up to two foiled assassination attempts against Donald Trump since just mid-July, and with each new revelation, the Secret Service just looks worse and worse. The staggering security lapses in the first incident—the July 13 Butler, PA shooting, which resulted in the former president’s ear being grazed by a bullet and three rallygoers being hit, one fatally—were arguably worse than in Sunday’s attempt at a Florida golf course where the attempted shooter was seen and shot at before he could fire at Trump.
On Tuesday, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) alleged in a letter to acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe (he’s the “acting director” because former Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned in disgrace after Butler) that agents had assured local authorities that they would take care of the rooftop where the shooter eventually set up his sniper’s…
