Republicans Demand Answers on the Secret Service’s ‘Staggering Security Failure’

After Saturday’s possible assassination attempt against Donald Trump, Republicans in Congress are looking for answers, and President Joe Biden said he directed an investigation.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, PA.
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Republicans in Congress are beginning to put pressure on the Secret Service after a shooter wounded Donald Trump and killed an attendee at the former president’s campaign rally Saturday night.

The calls for investigations have already started — notably from House Speaker Mike Johnson immediately following the incident.

“We need to know: How could an individual be at that elevation, that was seen by, apparently, bystanders on the ground, how could that not be noticed by Secret Service?” he said Sunday morning on NBC. “Lots more questions than answers this morning.”