The House of Representatives voted 416-0 to form a commission to investigate the security failings that allowed a man to shoot former President Donald Trump.
Thomas Michael Crooks killed Corey Comperatore and injured David Dutch and James Copenhaver.
Crooks shot Trump in the ear.
Both sides have expressed anger over the Secret Service’s failure to protect Trump and those at the Butler, PA fully, rally almost two weeks ago.
It’s not shocking that the House voted 416-0. Ten Democrats and six Republicans didn’t vote.
It’s weird, though, to see such bipartisanship!
Then again, as we’ve seen in a few hearings, the Democrats have used the attempt to push gun control.
Even though you don’t hear anyone from the non-left calling for gun bans!
The commission will have seven Republicans and six Democrats:
“The security failures that allowed an assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life are shocking. In response to bipartisan demands for answers, we are announcing a House Task Force made up of seven Republicans and six Democrats to thoroughly investigate the matter,” Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said in a joint statement on Tuesday. “The task force will be empowered with subpoena authority and will move quickly to find the facts, ensure accountability, and make certain such failures never happen again.”The resolution was led by Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., whose district the shooting took place in and who was in attendance but unharmed.Johnson told Fox News Digital in an interview last week that he wanted the panel to reach a conclusion as soon as possible — in part, at least, “so that people don’t make up their minds about some conspiracy theory or some sinister plot.””Some of those rumors have begun already, and we have to address that immediately,” he said “The idea of a task force is that we can have sort of a precision group or unit that goes to work on this immediately. It’ll be bipartisan and will have subpoena authority. I think that’s going to be very important to get the answers as quickly as possible.”
Maybe they can discover why the Secret Service didn’t block off all line of sight avenues.
Kimberly Cheatle resigned as Secret Service director nine days after the attempt and one day after a disastrous House hearing. She tried to fend off attacks from both sides of the aisle. Even AOC tore into her.
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