Posted on 06/03/2020 6:22:41 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Washington Post is reporting that Trump and his family were rushed to the bunker beneath the White House Friday after some protesters breached a fence outside.
The security move came after multiple people crossed over fences that had been erected to create a larger barrier around the White House complex around 7 p.m.
Secret Service officers detained at least four protesters, who were charged with unlawful entry at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, according to arrest records. The incident took place near the border between the White House lawn and Treasury Department, about 350 feet from the East Wing, and close to a Treasury fence line that has been at the center of past security failures.
The breach occurred around the time that the Secret Service alert level on the White House complex was elevated from yellow to red, according to a law enforcement official, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal safety maneuvers. Officials familiar with the incident told colleagues that the president, the first lady and their son Barron were rushed to the bunker because of the episode, according to two people familiar with their accounts.
That story contradicts a claim Trump made earlier today on Brian Kilmeades radio show:
Trump dismissed as false reports that the Secret Service rushed him into the bunker Friday night as protests inspired by the death of George Floyd escalated across the street.
I went down during the day, and I was there for a tiny little short period of time, he said during an interview with radio talk-show host Brian Kilmeade. It was much more for an inspection. There was no problem during the day.
Trump went down to the bunker at the behest of the Secret Service in an abundance of caution, said one official familiar with the incident, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters. The official said he was only in the bunker for a short period of time.
Asked by Kilmeade if the Secret Service told him he needed to head to the bunker, Trump said, No, they didnt tell me that at all. They said it would be a good time to go down, take a look because maybe some time youre going to need it.
Trumps claim that he went down to the bunker during the day for an inspection doesnt make sense according to former Secret Service agents the Post spoke with. Presidents are given security briefings about the bunker early on in their tenure so President Trump would have inspected it long before last Friday.
Later in the story, the Post says Trump was taken to the bunker once before in 2017 when a man named Jonathan Tuan-Anh Tran hopped a fence and almost made it to an entrance to the White House before he was stopped.
Most of the people mocking Trump online with #BunkerBoy hashtags make it sound as if this was about personal cowardice, i.e. he got scared and wanted to hide. But if the Post story is accurate (theres no on-the-record quote here, but for the sake of argument lets assume) then it sounds as if Trump was taken to the bunker on the advice of Secret Service who were monitoring the security situation outside. I guess Trump could have refused their advice but they were doing their job an he went along with it.
The real story here, in my view, is that precautions taken by the Secret Service are being turned into a dumb, grade school myth about Trump being a chicken. Frankly, its hard to blame him for being irritated by that.
Not this shit again.
and??
What about the protestors’ first-amendment right to peaceably break into the White House?
These must have been the peaceful protestors that were so wrongfully gassed and beaten.
/s
Well, if unhinged leftists were charging OUR house, I would hope so.
Hot Air. BS
I suspect Trump would want to get one of Biden’s double barreled shotguns to use in repelling the boarders.
How the heck do these people get so close?
There was NO GAS.
part of their Hitler thing
Nazi dictators go in bunkers
Is this impeachable? Asking for a few idiots.
So what should the President and family have done?
And free stuff.
If “protesters” breached the fence, why weren’t they immediately shot by snipers on the roof of the White House?
Lies lies and more lies
I believe the answer is... "In this day and time it's "politically incorrect" to shoot or kill ANYONE... unless they're a Conservative speaking the TRUTH... even that is NOT justified, but it will happen and go UNREPORTED by the MSM."
Lousy security. Just from memory:
Since 1963, people have shot two Presidents (JFK & Reagan); shot at at least one more, twice in a month (Ford);
flew a plane onto the White House grounds (Clinton);
sprayed the building with bullets (Clinton? & Obama);
entered the White House without authorization (Obama);
threw a grenade at one & thrown a shoe at same (G W Bush); rushed the stage (Trump) & foreign agent entered Southern White House unauthorized (Trump);
thousands of rioters surrounded White House multiple times, some breaching the outside perimeter (Trump)...
And?
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