July 22, 2024

Atlanta, GA – Today, the House Oversight Committee held a hearing with Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle about the Service’s failure to prevent the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump. In response, Tea Party Patriots Action Honorary Chairman Jenny Beth Martin issued the following statement:

“This is simple: Director Cheatle admitted today that the Secret Service experienced a ‘colossal failure’ in failing to prevent the assassination attempt against former President Trump. Additionally, she told ABC News after the shooting that ‘the buck stops with me.’ Given these two facts that Director Cheatle herself admits, she should not be working at the top of this critical security agency. Yet she refuses to resign. Consequently, her direct superior, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, must fire her.

“The fact he hasn’t fired her in the nine days since the shooting is further evidence that he, too, should be fired, and that the House was right to impeach him.

“Our President, our DHS Secretary, and our Secret Service Director are completely out of touch and grossly incompetent. The American people deserve so much better.”