Several lawmakers visited the site of the Trump assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on Monday.
While there they visited and walked out on the roof from which the shooter fired at Trump and his supporters. In the process, they blew apart the excuse that Secret Service head Kim Cheatle had given for why Secret Service agents hadn’t been stationed on the roof, which had easy sight of Trump’s stage.
Previously, Cheatle said that she didn’t want to put agents out on the roof because it was sloped and there was a “safety factor.”
“Should that roof have been secured?”
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle: “That building, in particular, has a sloped roof. There’s a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn’t want to put somebody up on a sloped roof.” pic.twitter.com/FW2ntsTcRX
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She said the decision was…
