A top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee dismissed suggestions from U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle that the “sloped roof” of attempted assassin Thomas Crooks’ sniper nest precluded it from being properly secured.
Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., was part of a bipartisan delegation of committee members who toured the Butler Farm Show Grounds on Monday, where members indeed scaled the same glass factory building Thomas Crooks did before he took aim at former President Trump last week.
Gimenez said he has been frustrated with the Homeland Security department for some time, including regarding the porous border and now relating to its subordinate agency, the Secret Service’s handling of Trump’s rally.
This entire administration is a complete disaster.
“This entire administration is a complete disaster,” he said.
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Rep. Gimenez wrote on X that, “I’m 70 years old, if I was able to get on this roof — anybody can.” (Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez via X)
US Representatives speak to the press at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania on Monday, July 22, 2024. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital )
“And so what really bothers me, and the reason I got up on the roof — I’m 70 — was for the director to say, ‘well, the steepness of the roof won’t allow Secret Service agents to be up there’ — That was the final straw for me.”
Gimenez went on to call for Cheatle’s resignation.
He reiterated that, although he is in good shape for his age, he is still 70.
“I could run around on that roof all day long.”
“I could run around on that roof all day long,” he said.
“[Cheatle] should resign because she obviously doesn’t know what she’s talking about.”
A flag is lowered to half-mast at the front entrance of the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania on Monday, July 22, 2024. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital )
Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD carries a map of the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania on Monday, July 22, 2024. (Derek…
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