{"id":2376755,"date":"2024-12-05T15:37:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T20:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/way-out-of-line-gop-rep-and-acting-secret-service-director-get-into-full-on-screaming-match\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T15:38:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T20:38:08","slug":"way-out-of-line-gop-rep-and-acting-secret-service-director-get-into-full-on-screaming-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/way-out-of-line-gop-rep-and-acting-secret-service-director-get-into-full-on-screaming-match\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Way Out of Line!&#8217;: GOP Rep. and Acting Secret Service Director Get Into Full-on Screaming Match"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fway-out-of-line-gop-rep-and-acting-secret-service-director-get-into-full-on-screaming-match%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=2376755&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>A recent congressional hearing \u200don Capitol Hill turned into a heated confrontation between Texas Representative \u200dPat Fallon adn\u2063 Acting Secret Service Director Ronald\u200b Rowe. \u200cThe session, which \u200baimed to investigate the assassination \u200dattempt on former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally, was\u200c marked by intense exchanges. Fallon, a critic of the Secret Service, questioned Rowe about his involvement\u2063 in the september \u200c11\u200b commemoration ceremony, suggesting he was improperly positioned \u200bbehind President\u2063 Biden and vice President Harris, implying he was seeking to secure a permanent role as\u200d director. Rowe, in response, accused \u2064Fallon of politicizing the memory of 9\/11 and maintained \u2063that he\u200d was not in charge during the ceremony. Their argument escalated \u200dwith both sides shouting \u200bover each\u2062 other. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-business-owner-turns-on-democrats-after-becoming-victim-of-burglary-im-sick-of-it\/\" title=\"LA Business Owner Fed Up with Democrats After Being Burglarized: &#039;Enough!\">incident\u2063 raises questions<\/a> about\u200b Rowe&#8217;s ability to lead an agency responsible for presidential\u200c security, especially following the\u200b failure\u200c during the assassination attempt in July.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It was a hearing on Capitol Hill that could probably have been heard in the hallway.<\/p>\n<p>A full-on shouting match erupted Thursday as Texas Rep. Pat Fallon grilled acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe about Rowe&rsquo;s position at September&rsquo;s commemoration ceremony for the 23rd anniversary of the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Fallon has been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-gop-rep-re-creates-trump-shooting-16-shots-results-absolutely-horrifying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consistent, outspoken critic<\/a> of the Secret Service&rsquo;s performance. Rowe, who has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-acting-secret-service-director-gets-combative-ted-cruz-corners-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">history of tangling<\/a> with Republicans on the Hill, didn&rsquo;t take the questioning kindly.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Heated exchange between <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepPatFallon?\">@RepPatFallon<\/a> and U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Rowe.<\/p>\n<p>Rowe: &ldquo;Do not invoke 9\/11 for political purposes!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fallon: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not. I&rsquo;m invoking -&ldquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rowe: &ldquo;You are, sir. You are way out of line!&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LR28SDci5I\">pic.twitter.com\/LR28SDci5I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1864708615694581942?\">December 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the hearing was investigating the July 13 assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Fallon&rsquo;s questioning was scathing in its tone, considering how close Trump came to dying that day. The near-assassination cost former Secret Service Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle-day-disastrous-house-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kimberly Cheatle<\/a> her job, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-secret-service-boss-bad-cheatle-slashed-team-responsible-spotting-threats-whistleblower\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">put Rowe in<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">acting director job<\/a> he now holds.<\/p>\n<p>The full exchange is on video below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: House task force on Trump assassination attempt in Butler, Pa. holds final hearing\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9CZSZld-KUw?start=4867&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>But it was in the final moments that Fallon used the opportunity to accuse Rowe of &ldquo;auditioning&rdquo; for the job of Secret Service on a permanent basis.<\/p>\n<p>Fallon had staff members put a picture of the 9\/11 commemoration ceremony on an easel. The picture showed Rowe standing directly behind Vice President Kamala Harris and close to President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Who&rsquo;s usually, at an event like this, closest to the president of the United States?&rdquo; Fallon asked. &ldquo;Security-wise.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The SAC of the detail,&rdquo; Rowe responded, using Secret Service jargon for &ldquo;special agent in charge.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The special agent in charge of the detail,&rdquo; Fallon echoed. &ldquo;Were you the special agent in charge of the detail that day?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The implication was that Rowe had no business being that close to Biden if he were not in charge. And he wasn&rsquo;t the SAC at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Rowe caught it immediately, and launched into an attack on Fallon&rsquo;s line of questioning, accusing him of tainting the memory of a day that should be sacred.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do not invoke 9\/11 for political purposes, Congressman!&rdquo;&nbsp;Rowe shouted, pointing a finger for emphasis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You are out of line, Congressman. Way out of line!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fallon fired right back.&rdquo;You know why you were there?&rdquo; he shouted. &ldquo;You were there because you wanted to be visible, because you&rsquo;re auditioning for this job that you&rsquo;re not going to get!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The hearing was eventually gaveled back to order, but it was a moment for Americans to remember.<\/p>\n<p>The man who currently heads the agency charged with protecting the life of the president and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/60-minutes-interviewer-refuses-to-let-kamala-harris-wriggle-out-of-tough-immigration-question\/\" title=\"&#039;60 Minutes&#039; Interviewer Refuses to Let Kamala Harris Wriggle Out of Tough Immigration Question\">presidential candidates &#038;mdash<\/a>; an agency that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-task-force-releases-report-trump-assassination-attempt-finds-stunning-security-failures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failed grievously<\/a> in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July &mdash; faced a grilling from a Republican congressman clearly, and loudly, unhappy with the answers he was getting.<\/p>\n<p>Fallon has his job thanks to the voters of his Texas congressional district. Rowe would have his job thanks to the American people as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>How they feel about having a Secret Service director who loses his composure like this, who thinks this is an appropriate way to deal with an elected representative (and this isn&rsquo;t Rowe&rsquo;s first shouting match with a Republican in Congress), is a question that&rsquo;s still to be answered.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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