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In just 4 years Trump completely corrupted the Secret Service (Original Post) RAB910 Jul 2022 OP
Could you post the link to the tweet instead of an image of it? Beakybird Jul 2022 #1
here RAB910 Jul 2022 #2
Thanks Beakybird Jul 2022 #16
That certainly appears to be so. nt doc03 Jul 2022 #3
The Secret Service has never been that pure, gab13by13 Jul 2022 #4
Back in the 80s or 90s I had a neighbor who was in the Secret Service RAB910 Jul 2022 #5
And I remember a few Secret Service security failures during Obama's term. Lonestarblue Jul 2022 #6
Da fuck did ya get that idea from? 3Hotdogs Jul 2022 #7
Yeah, I recall reading some things like that too Bucky Jul 2022 #37
Yeah, I met a few of them when I was in the Navy Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #20
Remember the SS disaster in Columbia during Obama's tenure. paleotn Jul 2022 #21
In just 4 years trump completely corrupted every possible thing he could. spanone Jul 2022 #8
Yep. FM123 Jul 2022 #9
He corrupts anything he goes near TimeToGo Jul 2022 #30
So, my question to the MAGA's (to paraphrase Sarah Palin): Mister Ed Jul 2022 #10
Sadly MAGA is so anti-American they love the corruption as long as it RAB910 Jul 2022 #12
GAWD!!!!! Didn't you just want to HURL......... MyOwnPeace Jul 2022 #26
Why assume it was just 4 years and only Trump? JHB Jul 2022 #11
A most interesting point. niyad Jul 2022 #13
Remember Gary J. Byrne? The SS agent who wrote a tell all from the Clinton era? n/t thenelm1 Jul 2022 #22
And Dan Bongino, Hate Radio host (replacing Limbaugh) and FOXNews personality. Midnight Writer Jul 2022 #34
Yes! USSS scandals during Obama's presidency especially were multiple and Hortensis Jul 2022 #24
Yup. The meat is already rotten by the time MAGAts are visible. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #35
I watched repubs DownriverDem Jul 2022 #14
Secret SErvice person dissed FLOTUS on Twitter and was fired. lark Jul 2022 #15
The secret service was hinky long before Trump Loubee Jul 2022 #17
That's his superpower. tanyev Jul 2022 #18
Yup It's a problem. Joinfortmill Jul 2022 #19
Jesus H Christ duckworth969 Jul 2022 #23
Sorry - the Keystone Kops were stumblebums BlueIdaho Jul 2022 #31
And Don't Forget ConstanceCee Jul 2022 #25
I'm sure there were Nazi and Fascist in the SS long before the orange one came to town. nt Hotler Jul 2022 #27
This just happened this past week or so. FelineOverlord Jul 2022 #28
Just doin' his job Turbineguy Jul 2022 #29
K&R Thanks for posting. n/t TeamProg Jul 2022 #32
Head of Secret Service James M. Murray Resigned last week. Cyberologist Jul 2022 #33
THIS last line: "And that's just the dirt we know." /nt IcyPeas Jul 2022 #36
And why is the SS so easily Cha Jul 2022 #38
Diarrhea Donny touched it, now it's turned to shit Blue Owl Jul 2022 #39
Remember when they were sleeping with Colombian prostitutes? iemanja Jul 2022 #40
If they've been corrupted they could be a danger for Biden and other Democrats. Kablooie Jul 2022 #41
And the Supreme Court. Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #42
Yes, that is the other thing he destroyed RAB910 Jul 2022 #43

gab13by13

(21,319 posts)
4. The Secret Service has never been that pure,
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 07:53 AM
Jul 2022

but yeah, it's full of Magats now.

Back in the 70's I know someone whose father was in the Mafia, he got into the Secret Service, and no, the apple didn't fall far from the tree.

RAB910

(3,501 posts)
5. Back in the 80s or 90s I had a neighbor who was in the Secret Service
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 07:59 AM
Jul 2022

at one point we were interviewed about him in terms of what we saw and how he behaved. It was routine questionnaire that was used to make sure their agents were clean

Lonestarblue

(9,979 posts)
6. And I remember a few Secret Service security failures during Obama's term.
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 08:04 AM
Jul 2022

One was an intruder who got on White House grounds, but there were other incidents. I have always wondered whether there was resentment among the SS toward a black president.

Bucky

(53,998 posts)
37. Yeah, I recall reading some things like that too
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 10:19 PM
Jul 2022

Uncertain most of the Secret Service are highly professional and determinately apolitical, but in any law enforcement community you're going to have a few sour apples.

Farmer-Rick

(10,163 posts)
20. Yeah, I met a few of them when I was in the Navy
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 08:54 AM
Jul 2022

They were heavy drinkers and loved to party harty.

I remember the problems with people getting into the White House during the Obama administration. There were some close calls.

Eversince they let JFK get assassinated, I have never trusted them. I think of them as traitors in waiting. Trump just brought out their disloyalty and used their authoritarian tendencies.

Mister Ed

(5,930 posts)
10. So, my question to the MAGA's (to paraphrase Sarah Palin):
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 08:32 AM
Jul 2022

How's that drainy-swampy thing workin' out fer ya?

RAB910

(3,501 posts)
12. Sadly MAGA is so anti-American they love the corruption as long as it
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 08:39 AM
Jul 2022

serves their sinister agenda

MyOwnPeace

(16,926 posts)
26. GAWD!!!!! Didn't you just want to HURL.........
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 10:10 AM
Jul 2022

every time you would hear that brainless wench say that?

JHB

(37,158 posts)
11. Why assume it was just 4 years and only Trump?
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 08:38 AM
Jul 2022

How many Clinton and Obama smears over the last 30 years have claimed Secret Service sourcing?

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
24. Yes! USSS scandals during Obama's presidency especially were multiple and
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 09:27 AM
Jul 2022

very scary in an era of our first black president, racist and RW religious hysteria, Fox/RW media "trolling for assassins," etc. And it didn't start then.

Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of The Secret Service, from the Kennedy years on blasts the hell out of the notion in the OP's title. That said, it didn't report any SS agents cheering on an attempted violent coup d'etat until tRump's personal detail during his attempt. One of her articles said January 6 showed two SS identities, and one was the heroes they're supposed to be.

DownriverDem

(6,228 posts)
14. I watched repubs
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 08:43 AM
Jul 2022

do all they can to destroy us for decades. Look who supports them? Unless rich, they gain nothing.

lark

(23,097 posts)
15. Secret SErvice person dissed FLOTUS on Twitter and was fired.
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 08:45 AM
Jul 2022

Secret Service people should be vetted, & all text deleters fired on the spot, Anyone with pro fascist FB posts - fired for being a threat to the presidency.

ConstanceCee

(314 posts)
25. And Don't Forget
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 09:32 AM
Jul 2022

What about all the golf cart rentals and expensive hotel rooms at various Trump resorts?

Cyberologist

(30 posts)
33. Head of Secret Service James M. Murray Resigned last week.
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 11:02 AM
Jul 2022

Many folks do not know (like the FBI) head of the Secret Service is a tRump lackey with all his magat minions. For some reason I can't explain; President Biden kept him on. This is one thing being a Democrat I've never gotten why when the party is in presidency they won't purge these people. Biden should know better after Comey's 11th hour play in 2015-16.

[link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/07/secret-service-murray-resign/|

Cha

(297,160 posts)
38. And why is the SS so easily
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 10:26 PM
Jul 2022

Corruptible?


Time for them to pay the piper


Director James Murray resigned.. was that another coincidence?

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