Well, that didn’t take long. Less than a week after former President Donald Trump’s team seemed to acquiesce to a Secret Service request to forego outdoor rallies, it appears he will once again hold events out in the open.
The former president, in yet another all-caps post on Truth Social, declared that the Secret Service will “step up” its efforts to protect him.
I WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUTDOOR RALLIES, AND SECRET SERVICE HAS AGREED TO SUBSTANTIALLY STEP UP THEIR OPERATION. THEY ARE VERY CAPABLE OF DOING SO. NO ONE CAN EVER BE ALLOWED TO STOP OR IMPEDE FREE SPEECH OR GATHERING!!!
A gunman on July 13 shot the former president in an attempt to assassinate him at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The Secret Service fell under scrutiny for failing to prevent Thomas Matthew Crooks from opening fire during the event, grazing Trump in his right ear, and killing a rallygoer while…
