Army Ranger veteran Sean Parnell shared a photo on Tuesday showing just how close Donald Trump’s would-be assassin was able to get to the former president at a Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign rally on Saturday.
The shooter was able to attain an elevated position on a roof less than 150 yards from where Trump was speaking and fired on the rally. In addition to shooting the former president’s right ear, he shot and killed firefighter Corey Comperatore and injured two others.
“Everyone needs to see this photo to appreciate the tactical negligence that occurred during the assassination attempt on DJT,” Parnell, who spoke at the rally ahead of Trump, posted along with a photo from Saturday’s event. “This photo was taken just minutes before the first shots were fired. DJT is oriented towards the shooter at this point.”
“Look in the upper left of this photo. That is the building. Look how f***ing close it was. Direct line of sight to DJT. You can see my wife & I to the right of the SS agent in the front row,” he continued. “There is no excuse to not have someone on that roof. None. It amounts to the most stunning incompetence & negligence in a tactical situation that I have ever been a part of. Ever.”
“It’s simply incomprehensible to me how this happens. The only thing that is more incomprehensible to me is how the Director of the Secret Service still has a job,” he concluded.
Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle has responded to the controversy by saying she has no intention of leaving her position.
“This is an event that should have never happened,” she conceded, and agreed that “the Secret Service is responsible for protection of the former president.”
“The buck stops with me, I am the director of the Secret Service. It was unacceptable and it shouldn’t happen again,” she vowed, but she made it clear that she did “plan to stay on.”
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