{"id":2295793,"date":"2024-07-16T06:15:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T10:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-dei-policies-under-scrutiny-after-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T06:18:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T10:18:13","slug":"secret-service-dei-policies-under-scrutiny-after-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-dei-policies-under-scrutiny-after-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Service DEI policies under scrutiny after Trump assassination attempt &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecret-service-dei-policies-under-scrutiny-after-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2295793&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle\u200c is facing scrutiny following an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amnesty-international-strips-aleksei-navalny-of-prisoner-of-conscience-status-for-decades-old-comments-on-immigration\/\" title=\"Amnesty International Strips Aleksei Navalny Of \u2018Prisoner Of Conscience\u2019 Status For Decades-Old Comments On Immigration\">assassination attempt<\/a>\u200d on former President Donald Trump. There are concerns about \u2063security failures and the effectiveness of Cheatle&#8217;s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Critics have raised questions about the size \u200dand training of the agents\u200c responsible for protecting \u2062Trump during the\u200c incident. Cheatle&#8217;s focus on DEI has \u200cdrawn criticism, with some calling her a &#8220;DEI hire.&#8221; The performance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-loosens-standards-amid-recruiting-crisis\/\" title=\"Border Patrol relaxes requirements due to recruitment crisis.\">female agents<\/a>\u200b on \u200cduty has raised further \u200dconcerns about the agency&#8217;s recruitment and retention\u200d efforts. Subscribe to read more.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Secret Service DEI policies under scrutiny after Trump assassination attempt<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/breccan-f-thies\/\">Breccan F. Thies<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-16T06:00:00-04:00\">July 16, 2024 6:00 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1700500\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Secret Service<\/a> Director Kimberly Cheatle is under fire in the wake of the nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-photo-show-vladimir-putin-wearing-a-bulletproof-vest-in-may-2022\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Photo Show Vladimir Putin Wearing A Bulletproof Vest In May 2022?\">successful assassination attempt<\/a> against former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>President Donald Trump<\/a> as apparent security failures and responses from some of Trump\u2019s close detail have highlighted Cheatle\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>diversity, equity, and inclusion<\/a> initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting and aftermath brought significant questions, including how it was possible a building that seemed like an obvious vantage point for a shooter to have a clear line to Trump was not adequately covered and why Trump\u2019s detail had agents who were significantly smaller in stature than the former president.<\/p>\n<p>Critics noted in the aftermath of the gunshots that some of the agents responsible for shielding Trump were not only smaller than the president and therefore incapable of covering his body but also appeared confused in response to a scenario they were supposed to be trained for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut amid all the chaos weaves the thread of another story, one that reveals a mounting problem in our political life,\u201d Christopher Rufo, an outspoken critic of DEI policies, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/article\/a-compromised-secret-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote<\/a>. \u201cA surprising number of the Secret Service agents protecting the former president were women. And, according to\u00a0video recordings\u00a0of the scene, many did not acquit themselves favorably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not arguing that DEI caused the lapse in security at the rally in Butler. It is too early to know this one way or another,\u201d Rufo added. \u201cBut the near-miss assassination reminds us of the stakes: split-second reactions, physical courage, and calm under pressure are all essential to the work of protecting the president. If any of those slip, even by an inch, the result is death. What we saw on Saturday was luck, not competence.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watching the ladies at work here. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ySuIw78VfR\">pic.twitter.com\/ySuIw78VfR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sharyl Attkisson \ud83d\udd75\ufe0f\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\ud83d\udcbc\ud83e\udd4b (@SharylAttkisson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SharylAttkisson\/status\/1812312136305045914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Video from the attack shows several female Secret Service agents who were not large enough to cover Trump\u2019s body huddle around the former president to protect him from fire, leaving Trump exposed. The footage showed another agent fumbling with her gun, incapable of finding her holster, and another still who, critics say, appeared uncertain about what to do.<\/p>\n<p>Cheatle and her priorities for the agency have come under fire since the assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) called Cheatle a \u201cDEI hire.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Since President Joe Biden tapped her to lead the agency in 2022, Cheatle has been hyperfocused on injecting DEI into the Secret Service, her critics say. She had previously pledged to make 30% of the agency\u2019s workforce female by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very conscious, as I sit in this chair now, of making sure that we need to attract diverse candidates and ensure that we are developing and giving opportunities to everybody in our workforce, and particularly women,\u201d Cheatle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle-controversies-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> CBS News last year.<\/p>\n<p>The criticism of the agents on Trump\u2019s detail the day of the assassination attempt was not necessarily about the agents being women, according to X owner Elon Musk, who noted that an agent \u201ccould be a man or a woman, to be clear, just needs to be large enough to do the job.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is why the notion that men and women are the same is just absurd.<\/p>\n<p>You need to be taller than the candidate to protect them with your body. Why do they have these short women (one who can\u2019t holster a gun apparently) guarding Trump?<\/p>\n<p>This is embarrassing and dangerous. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s0QmW9MPiy\">https:\/\/t.co\/s0QmW9MPiy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeghanMcCain\/status\/1812494642060910868?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But the performance of the female agents on duty has underscored the questions critics have for the Secret Service after the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Recruitment and retention of agents has been difficult for the Secret Service in recent years. In 2022, the agency reportedly saw a 48% departure rate. Under Cheatle, inviting a YouTube influencer to train with agents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle-controversies-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"was part\">was part<\/a> of the agency\u2019s recruitment effort.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The director of the Secret Service has been working hard on DEI.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LSB0BBDMkT\">pic.twitter.com\/LSB0BBDMkT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1812363667343851545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In 2021, the Secret Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secretservice.gov\/50anniversaryoffemalespecialagents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>graduated<\/a> more female special agents than men from its training class for the first time. Men and women are held to different physical standards by the agency; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secretservice.gov\/careers\/technical-law-enforcement\/fitness-standards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>women are not required<\/a> to perform the same number of pushups, chin-ups, or situps or achieve the same mile times as men to graduate from training.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aside from the physical standards, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secretservice.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/reports\/2023-06\/secret-service-fy23-27-strategic-plan-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2023-2027 strategic plan<\/a> from the Secret Service pushed \u201cdiversity\u201d to the top of the agency\u2019s priority list.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of the shooting, which left Trump and others injured and one attendee dead, Chairman James Comer (R-KY) invited Cheatle to testify before the House Oversight Committee.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1700500\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1700500\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is facing criticism following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, with concerns raised about apparent security failures and the diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives implemented by Cheatle. Critics have questioned why the building where the shooting took place was not adequately covered and why some agents on Trump&#8217;s detail were smaller in stature than the former president. The performance of female agents during the incident has raised further questions about the Secret Service&#8217;s recruitment and training practices. Cheatle&#8217;s focus on diversity and inclusion within the agency has also come under scrutiny, with some labeling her as a &#8220;DEI hire.&#8221; The agency&#8217;s recruitment efforts, including inviting a YouTube influencer to train with agents, have been criticized in light of the recent events. Additionally, the different physical standards for men and women in the agency&#8217;s training program have been highlighted as a point of concern<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2295794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kimberly-cheatle-secret-service-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[16574,4600,4108,34163,34974],"class_list":["post-2295793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dei","tag-policies","tag-scrutiny","tag-secret-service","tag-trump-assassination-attempt"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kimberly-cheatle-secret-service-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2295793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2295794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2295793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2295793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2295793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}