re: The Secret Service didn’t give Trump counter snipers for TWO YEARS until the Butler Rally

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I believe there is A political board for this kind of drivel.

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No, this affects your day to day life and is interesting and terrifying to the average person, Blue Anon.

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Yes, it was the 1st event that SS had counter snipers at a Trump event since he’s been the nominee.

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What else do I fricking need?

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But he’s had counter snipers at multiple events—they were just local law enforcement snipers.

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OK, and why isn’t the Presidential nominee not surrounded by SS snipers? Local law enforcement you’re taking a risk since their training isn’t consistent across the country, but SS training should be.

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Please explain how all of this worked:

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None of that suggests it was planned. Incompetence for some of it coincidence for others.

There was a LOT more smoke than this for JFK and even then it’s clear once you really look at the actual evidence that LHO did it alone.

Like i said this reeks to most as trying to deflect from how badly Trump has been doing on the trail recently. If and when he gets momentum back republicans will stop talking about this as well.

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but let me guess: you think

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hears what i think: you’re deranged

yes the government does some shady stuff but not every single weird or bad thing that happened is because of the government. go touch grass.

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in what capacity? local law enforcement?

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Nah, I set up and helped orchestrate the Presidential debate between Obama and McCain. Had to have an hour long interview and background check by the Secret Service in order to work it, and it was pretty exciting. Didn’t work with any of the UPD or OPD as far as I can remember.

A funny side story about that debate is a guy I worked with that also wanted to work for the debate was one of the biggest redneck idiots I’ve ever met. He’d say dumb shite like “You know what they say: Tails Never Fails.” Me: “…50% of the time.” Him: “Awww nah, it’s actually seven out of ten times it hits tails.” When I asked if he just did that ten times and those were his results, he said yes.

Well in July, he comes up to me and several of our fellow coworkers:

Him: “You hear they’re cancelling the debate.”

Me: “They’re not cancelling the debates, Cletus.”

Him: “Awww nah, new polls came out and said that there’s a 70% chance they’re being cancelled.”

Me: “And why is that, Cletus?”

Him: “Now OML, I know you ain’t stupid. Do you think a bunch of good old Mississippi boys are going to put up with a n*%%# being President? frick nah! Hell, my buddy Jasper is thinking about camping out on that hill over the upper parking lot next to the Ford Center, wait for Obama to get out of his limo, and then just cappin’ his arse!”

Me: “Yeah, Cletus, “Top of the Hill” isn’t going to be a place that the Secret Service thinks through, you fricking tard.”

Well especially since he said that in front of several of us, we had to tell our boss about it. Now we didn’t want him fired either given that he was our workhorse, but the Secret Service was arriving in two weeks to start the initial preparations which included interviewing us, and we knew that fricking idiot couldn’t be left alone in a room with them. So we’re getting interviewed and for a month and a half Cletus is getting pissed that he’s not been interviewed by the Secret Service.

Two weeks before the debate our boss pulls him into his office and lets him in on the truth. He tells him that he’s being put on two weeks forced paid leave. He also gets out his class schedule, points out the buildings where they are as well as the closest parking lot, and if he’s caught outside of those parameters during those times that he will be fired. Additionally he’s told if he speaks to any member of the Secret Service and especially if he talks to a journalist or is caught on the Square at any time during these two weeks he’ll additionally be fired.

Cletus was the EXACT person the Secret Service and those scumbag journalists were looking for, and he could not be allowed anywhere near them. Once the debate ended, I was relieved that journalists didn’t find him or any other major idiot on campus to make us look bad.

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He sounds like a guy you want around for the pure entertainment.

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I mean, not really since he would never shut the frick up. He was quite annoying to be honest, but he was a very hard worker I’ll give him that.

Shockingly he apparently has my boss’ old job right now, when he sure as frick would have been fired for that shite had that happened even five years later or if my boss’ boss had found out about that (black guy).

To bring some common sense to this topic, does anyone actually know if it is a regular practice for an ex-president, or a party nominee to be afforded snipers? It would seem that knowing a recent history of this type of protection would answer the question. Did the acting head of the Secret Service get asked this question last week?

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To bring some common sense to this topic, does anyone actually know if it is a regular practice for an ex-president, or a party nominee to be afforded snipers?

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Obama and McCain were given them in 2008. I know because I directly interacted with the snipers and took orders from other members of the Secret Service. I was very, very impressed with the Secret Service.

I asked a member (probably five years my senior at the time) how they assessed a threat and how they knew I wasn’t one outside of the interview and background check, and he went into detail about clothes, mannerisms, and postures of people they knew were threats. Was really cool actually. I was stationed at the Inn at Ole Miss and Michelle Obama accidentally threw her door in my face as she was exiting the vehicle, I locked eyes with her and said “Sorry”, and the Secret Service laughed about it.

Regardless they would not frick up this much. Even the dumbest posters here could set up a better perimeter than that.