Republicans demand Secret Service chief personally take action to move protests farther from the convention
Source: NBC News
May 23, 2024, 3:30 PM EDT / Updated May 23, 2024, 6:13 PM EDT
The Republican National Committee is demanding that Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle personally get involved to move a planned protest zone farther away from the site of the party's convention in Milwaukee this summer, according to a letter obtained by NBC News.
The letter, sent Thursday by Todd Steggerda, counsel to the RNC, to Cheatle, builds upon escalating demands by GOP officials to move that planned zone. Those officials believe the current plans would force delegates and others attending to come in close contact with protesters on their way to the site of the convention.
“With less than two months before the Convention and even less time before the USSS finalizes the Plan, it is imperative you take personal and immediate steps to fix this unacceptable flaw in the design of the Security Perimeter,” Steggerda wrote. "The criticality of the situation demands that you immediately provide the appropriate mandate and delegated authority to your team to adjust the Security Perimeter to alleviate these risks,” he added.
Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement Thursday that the agency "is confident in the security plan being developed, and will continue to focus on working with our federal, state, and local partners to ensure a safe and secure event." "Publicly disclosing security information, as done in this letter, undermines our ability to maintain the integrity of our security plan and keep the convention, attendees, and the public safe," Guglielmi added. He said that "demonstration zones for the convention are designated by the host city, not the Secret Service."
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/republicans-secret-service-chief-rnc-protest-zone-convention-rcna153745
Copy of LETTER in a PDF viewer at the OP link.
Copy of LETTER (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24681344/file_9317.pdf
This is NEW. They are doubling and tripling down.
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There are enough "by the hour" hotels rooms to suit their moral codes. 
It sounds like they may be afraid of coming into contact with their voters/constituents. Or is that a hint of privilege I hear in their whining?
