Rep. Gerald Connelly Loses It When Secret
Service Director Won’t Criticize Private
Gun Ownership
Posted By: DVC, 7/22/2024 2:30:09 PM
Rep. Gerald Connelly (D-VA) lost it during Monday’s House Oversight Committee hearing, when Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle refused to play along and criticize privately owned firearms. Connelly began by praising “the incredible daily risks” taken by the Secret Service, then said, “Help us understand, however…how could [this assassination attempt] happen and how can we ensure it can’t reoccur?” He then criticized “AR-15s and access to them by 20-year-olds or anybody for that matter…” Connelly then asked director Cheatle, “The ubiquity of weapons, guns, in America, especially ‘assault weapons’ or semiautomatic weapons, has helped your job and the mission of your agency? Right, it has made it less complicated, isn’t that true?”
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No fan of Cheatle, but she clearly isn't a Dem gun banning shill. I'll have to give her that, she's smarter and more serious than I ever imagined. Still......she needs to resign for permitting this failure. Failing that, there needs to be a HUGE change in how the Secret Service hire, only MERIT and capability should count. Not sex.