During a rally in Minnesota Saturday, former President Donald Trump defended a female Secret Service agent who helped protect him from an assassination attempt at an event in Pennsylvania.
Trump’s comments came as the Secret Service is still facing scrutiny over its failure to prevent Thomas Matthew Crooks from opening fire during the Pennsylvania rally on July 13th. The female agents, in particular, have been targets for criticism.
Former President Trump leaped to the defense of a female Secret Service agent who “shielded” him during an assassination attempt, after she faced blistering online criticism.
“I don’t know how they didn’t get hit,” Trump told thousands at a St. Cloud, Minnesota, rally on Saturday as he recalled how “bullets were flying” and the security detail had rushed to shield his body.
“Every one of them – there wasn’t one that was slow. A woman who was on…
