{"id":2341821,"date":"2024-09-16T12:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T16:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-demands-that-trump-receive-every-asset-available-to-protect-his-life-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T12:45:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T16:45:20","slug":"johnson-demands-that-trump-receive-every-asset-available-to-protect-his-life-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-demands-that-trump-receive-every-asset-available-to-protect-his-life-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson demands that Trump receive \u2018every asset available\u2019 to protect his life &#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\">30<\/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%2Fjohnson-demands-that-trump-receive-every-asset-available-to-protect-his-life-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=2341821&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>House Speaker Mike Johnson emphasized the crucial need for enhanced protection for former President Donald Trump following reports of a \u200csecond <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>. Johnson expressed this urgency\u200d during \u2064an\u2064 appearance on Fox News, indicating \u200cthat Trump, who\u200d he described\u200d as &#8220;the most attacked&#8221; and &#8220;the most \u200cthreatened,&#8221;\u2063 requires every\u200d available resource \u200bfor his safety. He noted\u2062 that both he and his wife were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-news-coming-out-of-pennsylvania-trump-tweets-very-big-illegal-ballot-drop\/\" title=\"\u201cBig News Coming Out Of Pennsylvania\u201d- Trump Tweets: \u201cVery Big Illegal Ballot Drop\u201d\">en route<\/a> to Trump&#8217;s residence\u2064 in Mar-a-Lago\u200d when the authorities were informed of the threat, \u200band he \u2063voiced relief that Trump was unharmed. Johnson\u200d praised\u2062 Trump&#8217;s \u2063resilience in the face of these \u200cthreats and likened his survival to that of \u200dPresident George \u2062Washington, who had famously endured gunfire during his\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/repulsive-illinois-nevertrumper-adam-kinzinger-continues-to-attack-president-trump-while-claiming-his-military-service-allows-him-to-act-as-insubordinate\/\" title=\"Repulsive Illinois #NeverTrumper Adam Kinzinger Continues to Attack President Trump While Claiming His Military Service Allows Him To Act as Insubordinate\">military service<\/a>.\u200d He\u200d concluded that the need for protective resources is\u200c critical and suggested that the issue lies more in manpower allocation \u2062rather than funding.  <\/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\">Johnson demands that Trump receive &lsquo;every asset available&rsquo; to protect his life<\/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_1761383\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) stressed the need for former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> to be protected, citing Sunday&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3155146\/four-investigations-second-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>second assassination attempt<\/a> as a reason to dedicate &ldquo;every asset available&rdquo; to his protection.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Johnson and his wife had been on their way to Trump&rsquo;s residence at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mar-a-lago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mar-a-Lago<\/a> when authorities were alerted of another attempt on Trump&rsquo;s life, with the House speaker expressing his relief the former president was not harmed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump needs the most coverage of anyone,&rdquo; Johnson said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox and Friends<\/em>. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s the most attacked, he&rsquo;s the most threatened, even probably more than when he was in the Oval Office. So, we are demanding in the House that he have every asset available, and we will make more available if necessary. I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s a funding issue. I think it&rsquo;s manpower allocation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2597118&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=fd2ad7b06f01d1dd5cfc473767475812\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The speaker praised Trump for being &ldquo;one of a kind&rdquo; and for remaining &ldquo;so strong and so resilient&rdquo; amid the threats he is facing. He also credited God with protecting Trump again and said he thinks Trump also believes this.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson added that he was reminded of how President George Washington had survived being shot at during his time as an Army colonel and that this battle &ldquo;ironically&rdquo; happened less than 50 miles from Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3081566\/trump-confirms-will-speak-rnc-god-prevented-unthinkable-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>first assassination attempt<\/a> in Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the latest attempt on Trump&rsquo;s life, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3155217\/biden-secret-service-needs-help-second-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the Secret Service &ldquo;needs more help&rdquo;<\/a> and called on Congress to respond. He added that the Secret Service would get the final say on deciding &ldquo;whether they need more personnel or not.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The suspect involved in the second assassination attempt has been identified as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3155145\/what-we-know-ryan-wesley-routh-suspect-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ryan Wesley Routh<\/a>, who was allegedly hiding in the bushes about 400 to 500 yards away from Trump with an &ldquo;AK-47-style rifle with a scope,&rdquo; a GoPro camera, and two backpacks with ceramic tile, according to law enforcement officials. The suspect fled the scene by car but was spotted by a witness, and authorities arrested him on I-95 in Martin County.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_1761383\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1761383\"}});<\/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>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) emphasized the importance of ensuring former President Donald Trump&#8217;s safety, referencing a second assassination attempt that occurred on Sunday. He called for the allocation of &#8220;every asset available&#8221; to safeguard Trump. While en route to Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago residence, Johnson and his wife learned about the latest threat against Trump, expressing relief that he was unharmed. On Fox News&#8217; Fox and Friends, Johnson stated, &#8220;President Trump requires more protection than anyone else; he faces more attacks and threats now than during his time in office.&#8221; He insisted that Congress must ensure all necessary resources are provided for Trump&#8217;s security and mentioned that it is not a matter of funding but rather how manpower is distributed.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson praised Trump as &#8220;one of a kind,&#8221; commending his strength and resilience in light of ongoing threats. He also attributed Trump&#8217;s continued safety to divine intervention. Reflecting on history, Johnson recalled how President George Washington survived being shot at while serving as an Army colonel near where this recent incident took place\u2014less than 50 miles from where Trump faced his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>In response to this latest threat against Trump\u2019s life, President Joe Biden remarked that the Secret Service &#8220;needs more help&#8221; and urged Congress to take action. He noted that it would ultimately be up to the Secret Service to determine if additional personnel are required.<\/p>\n<p>The individual involved in this second assassination attempt has been identified as Ryan Wesley Routh. Law enforcement officials reported he was found hiding with an \u201cAK-47-style rifle with a scope,\u201d along with a GoPro camera and two backpacks containing ceramic tiles approximately 400-500 yards from Trump\u2019s location. After fleeing by car, Routh was apprehended by authorities on I-95 in Martin County after being spotted by a witness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2341822,"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\/09\/Mike-Johnson-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12450,4162,3646,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2341821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-assets","tag-johnson","tag-security","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-Johnson-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341821","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2341821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2341822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}