“I cannot defend why that roof was not better secured.” Those are the words of Ronald Rowe Jr., acting head of the Secret Service, while testifying before Congress.
Sen. Roger Marshall, a Republican from Kansas, suggested he might know what Rowe said he doesn’t, that the Secret Service has “a cultural problem.” At the Manhattan Institute, scholar Christopher Rufo has expressed with more certitude what he seemingly always does about every problem, that the Secret Service “has highlighted ‘diversity’ as a key priority” over simple competence.
A better answer can be found in the fact that Harry Truman didn’t even employ a Secret Service that can presently claim 7,500 employees.
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