Secret Service head Kimberly Cheatle resigns after shocking failures led to Trump assassination attempt
Embattled Secret Service chief Kimberly Cheatle has announced she will resign from her post less than two weeks after the agency’s calamitous failure at Donald Trump’s July 13 campaign …
There was zero follow up on her anomalous statement about differences in security: "There is a difference between a sitting president and... continuity of government."
Why didn't anyone ask her what she meant by CoG wrt a political candidate not currently holding office in the government?
The quote was “"There is a difference between the sitting president and continuity of government and the responsibility we have."
Meaning, there is a difference between
Cheatle is saying that because Trump isn’t president, we aren’t under the highest obligation to protect him. He isn’t a priority. And this is exactly what the congressman questioning her was trying to get her to admit.
The implication being that they would never use this logic to justify lax protection for say, Barack Obama. It points to a double standard and lack of caring about protecting Trump’s life