{"id":2302769,"date":"2024-07-20T18:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T22:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-leadership-defends-female-law-enforcement-agents-after-attacks-on-secret-service-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-20T18:54:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T22:54:12","slug":"dhs-leaders-support-female-law-enforcement-agents-following-secret-service-attacks-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-leaders-support-female-law-enforcement-agents-following-secret-service-attacks-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS leaders support female law enforcement agents following Secret Service attacks &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fdhs-leaders-support-female-law-enforcement-agents-following-secret-service-attacks-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=2302769&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 Department of Homeland Security released a statement defending the presence of\u200c women in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">law enforcement<\/a> after\u200d attacks\u200d on the\u2063 Secret Service following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The\u200b statement, signed by \u200dHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and others, called public statements questioning the \u2062presence of women\u2063 in law\u2062 enforcement baseless and insulting. It\u2064 emphasized the bravery and selflessness \u200bof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-leadership-stands-up-for-female-law-enforcement-agents-following-criticism-of-secret-service\/\" title=\"DHS leadership stands up for female law enforcement agents following criticism of Secret Service\">female law enforcement agents<\/a> who\u2063 risk their lives for\u200c the \u2064safety and security of others. The Secret Service, particularly its female director\u2063 Kimberly Cheatle, has faced scrutiny and calls for \u200dresignation \u200bin the aftermath of the assassination attempt. Trump,\u200c who was targeted in the shooting incident, thanked \u2064the\u2064 Secret Service\u2064 and law\u2064 enforcement for\u200d their \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/martinez-we-have-2-4-hour-lines-due-to-new-mexico-lockdown\/\" title=\"Martinez: &#039;We Have 2-4 Hour Lines&#039; Due to New Mexico Lockdown\">rapid response<\/a>.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/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\"><\/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\/\"><\/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\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DHS leadership defends female law enforcement agents after attacks on Secret Service<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1707856\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Department of Homeland Security<\/a> released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2024\/07\/20\/statement-secretary-mayorkas-senior-official-performing-duties-deputy-secretary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a> Saturday defending the presence of women in law enforcement, which has been increasingly scrutinized in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Secret Service<\/a> Director Kimberly Cheatle, and nine other senior DHS officials called &ldquo;public statements questioning the presence of women in law enforcement,&rdquo; including the Secret Service, &ldquo;baseless and insulting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every single day, in communities big and small across our great country, women are serving in federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tufts-university-activists-getting-jewish-has-been-biased\/\" title=\"Tufts University Activists: Getting Jewish HAS BEEN Biased\">campus law enforcement<\/a>,&rdquo; the statement reads. &ldquo;They are highly trained and skilled professionals, who risk their lives on the front lines for the safety and security of others. They are brave and selfless patriots who deserve our gratitude and respect.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3083077\/secret-service-dei-policies-scrutiny-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>drawn the ire<\/a> of many people after a shooter fired at Trump during his rally last weekend in Butler, Pennsylvania. The gunman shot six times before a Secret Service countersniper &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3081237\/suspected-shooter-and-rally-goer-dead-at-trump-rally-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>neutralized<\/a>&rdquo; him. The former president, who has since accepted the Republican presidential nomination for the third consecutive cycle, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3081339\/trump-confirms-he-was-shot-in-the-ear-i-knew-immediately-that-something-was-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>thanked<\/a> the &ldquo;Secret Service, and all of Law Enforcement, for their rapid response&rdquo; to the shooting in a post on Truth Social in the hours after it happened.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3082720\/what-to-know-about-secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Cheatle<\/a>, the second female Secret Service director in the agency&rsquo;s 159-year history, has faced many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3089929\/secret-service-director-resignation-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>calls<\/a> to resign in the week after the assassination attempt, including from House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3087192\/johnson-joins-voices-demanding-secret-service-director-resign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA). She has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3084082\/secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle-wont-resign-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vowed<\/a> not to step down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We in the United States Department of Homeland Security &mdash; the largest law enforcement organization in the federal government &mdash; will, with great pride, focus, and devotion to mission, continue to recruit, retain, and elevate women in our law enforcement ranks,&rdquo; the DHS officials said. &ldquo;Our Department will be the better for it, and our country more secure.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In the week after the shooting, Trump attended the four-day Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, and he held his first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3092379\/watch-live-trump-and-vance-hold-first-joint-rally-in-grand-rapids-michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rally<\/a> with running mate J.D. Vance on Saturday in Grand Rapids, Michigan.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1707856\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1707856\"}});<\/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\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leadership at the Department of Homeland Security is defending female law enforcement agents, particularly in the Secret Service, following criticism in the wake of an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The DHS officials called statements questioning the presence of women in law enforcement baseless and insulting, emphasizing the bravery and skill of female officers who risk their lives for the safety of others. Despite backlash against Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle after the assassination attempt, she has vowed to remain in her position. The DHS officials affirmed their commitment to recruiting, retaining, and promoting women in law enforcement, stating that it will make the department stronger and the country more secure. Trump has continued with his political activities following the incident, attending the Republican National Convention and holding rallies with his running mate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2700,"featured_media":2302770,"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-1.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6361,7492,35693,5061,34163],"class_list":["post-2302769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-attacks","tag-dhs","tag-female-law-enforcement","tag-leaders","tag-secret-service"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kimberly-cheatle-secret-service-1.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302769","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\/2700"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2302769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2302770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2302769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2302769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2302769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}