{"id":2344765,"date":"2024-09-23T11:14:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T15:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/approval-of-secret-service-sinks-after-trump-assassination-attempts-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T11:16:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T15:16:48","slug":"approval-of-secret-service-sinks-after-trump-assassination-attempts-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/approval-of-secret-service-sinks-after-trump-assassination-attempts-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Approval of Secret Service sinks after Trump assassination attempts &#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\">24<\/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%2Fapproval-of-secret-service-sinks-after-trump-assassination-attempts-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=2344765&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 approval \u2064rating of the \u2062U.S. Secret \u2064Service has significantly\u2063 declined following a series of assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump. According to a recent Gallup survey, public disapproval \u200dfor the agency has surged, dropping its approval from a \u2062high of 69% in 2019 to just 32% currently. Prior to the first\u2062 assassination attempt on July 13, the approval was 55%, but this number\u200b plummeted after the incidents. The survey was conducted\u200c mainly before the most\u200c recent attempt \u2064on \u2064Trump while he was golfing at his Mar-a-Lago resort, indicating that the disapproval might\u2063 continue to worsen. Investigations into these \u200cassassination\u200b attempts \u2062are being conducted by Congress and\u200d the FBI.  <\/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\">Approval of Secret Service sinks after Trump assassination attempts<\/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_1767112\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Public approval of the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Secret Service<\/a> has plummeted following the agency&rsquo;s blundering in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3159658\/secret-service-sued-records-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>assassination attempts<\/a> on former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The lack of faith in the agency that once topped government approval lists was uncovered in the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/651014\/secret-service-job-rating-tumbles-points-new-low.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gallup<\/a> survey of the public&rsquo;s view of key federal offices, which showed disapproval surging for the outfit charged with protecting presidents and other top officials.<\/p>\n<p>Gallup found that approval of the Secret Service was cut by more than half from its 2019 high of 69%. Prior to the first Trump assassination attempt on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania, approval of the Secret Service was at 55%. It is now just 32%.<\/p>\n<p>And that could sink further since the survey was conducted mostly prior to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-joe-biden-and-kamala-harris-are-to-blame-for-latest-assassination-attempt-they-are-the-real-threat\/\" title=\"Trump Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Are to Blame for Latest Assassination Attempt: &#039;They Are the Real Threat&#039;\">latest assassination attempt<\/a> in Florida while Trump was golfing at his Mar-a-Lago resort.<\/p>\n<p>Congress and the FBI are investigating both tries on Trump&rsquo;s life, and early indications are that the Secret Service blundered its role.<\/p>\n<p>In Butler, the shooter was able to get shots off, one of which hit Trump&rsquo;s ear while another killed a Trump rally supporter. The shooter was killed after firing more shots. In Florida, the Secret Service fired at a suspected assassin after a rifle muzzle was spotted poking out of bushes.<\/p>\n<p>A staff shake-up resulted at the Secret Service after the first try, but that apparently did not end public concerns about the security agency.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gallup&rsquo;s analysis was damning for the agency. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The motto of the Secret Service is &lsquo;worthy of trust and confidence,&rsquo; yet the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-senator-calls-for-accountability-in-biden-administration-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Republican senator calls for accountability in Biden administration - Washington Examiner\">public doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t currently agree,&rdquo; it said. &ldquo;The agency has been the target of bipartisan criticism since the first attempted assassination of Trump in July, and the public&rsquo;s ratings of the agency have worsened significantly. It is unclear if the second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-president-senior-aide-survives-assassination-attempt\/\" title=\"Ukrainian president senior aide survives assassination attempt\">apparent assassination attempt<\/a> would cause ratings of the Secret Service to change. However, the latest attempt on Trump&rsquo;s life is sure to draw even more scrutiny to the agency and its policies.&rdquo;<\/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_1767112\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1767112\"}});<\/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>Public confidence in the U.S. Secret Service has significantly declined after the agency&#8217;s mishandling of assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump. A recent Gallup poll revealed a sharp drop in approval ratings for the Secret Service, which was previously regarded highly among government agencies. The survey indicated that approval fell from a peak of 69% in 2019 to just 32%, following two assassination attempts on Trump\u2014one on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania, and another while he was golfing at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. Before the first attempt, approval stood at 55%. Investigations by Congress and the FBI are underway regarding both incidents, with initial findings suggesting that the Secret Service failed to fulfill its protective duties effectively. In Butler, a shooter managed to fire shots that injured Trump and killed one of his supporters before being shot dead by law enforcement. In Florida, agents fired upon a suspected assailant after spotting a rifle barrel protruding from some bushes. Although there was an internal shake-up within the agency following these events, public trust remains low. Gallup&#8217;s analysis criticized the agency&#8217;s motto of being &#8220;worthy of trust and confidence,&#8221; noting that public sentiment does not align with this claim amid bipartisan criticism since July\u2019s incident. The second assassination attempt is likely to intensify scrutiny on the Secret Service and its operational policies moving forward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2344766,"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\/secret-service-funding-hits-gop-snag.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[34963,34163,3634],"class_list":["post-2344765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-assassination-attempts","tag-secret-service","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/secret-service-funding-hits-gop-snag.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344765","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\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2344766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}