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First GOP bill after Trump hit aims at unfit 'DEI' women hires in Secret Service
House Republicans want women Secret Service agents to meet the same fitness standards as men, in their first legislative effort since the failed assassination hit on Donald Trump.
GOP lawmakers introduced a bill this week to implement 'sex-neutral' fitness tests in the service and require female agents to match up to their male counterparts.
It comes amid fears that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies led to ill-equipped women agents working at the rally in Pennsylvania where a 20-year-old sniper shot and grazed former president Trump.
It also comes as Secret Service boss Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday, under pressure from Republicans and Democrats over the failures on July 13.
Cheatle had pushed to get women in 30 percent of Secret Service roles by 2030, where they are subject to less rigorous fitness evaluations than men.
Critics say the women Secret Service agents were not tall enough to shield Trump from any further bullets
Secret Service boss Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday after facing a grilling over security failures at the rally and her diversity-hiring quotas
Josh Brecheen, the Oklahoma Republican who sponsors the bill, says it's time to scrap DEI initiatives in a service that protects, presidents, vice presidents, former presidents, candidates, and family members.
'We need our Secret Service agents to be fully prepared and trained to do their jobs,' said Brecheen.
'What happened at the rally — where a shooter was allowed to be within 150 yards of President Trump — can never happen again.'
The 'Secret Service Readiness Act,' he added, was just a 'starting point' and that much more needs to be done to get the service 'back in line with its mission.'
Much more needs to be done in the days and weeks ahead, but hopefully this legislation is a good starting point for getting our US Secret Service back in line with its mission.'
Trump, 78, was holding a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania — a key state in the November 5 election — when shots rang out, hitting his right ear and leaving his face streaked with blood.
One person in the crowd was killed, and two others wounded before agents fatally shot the suspect, a 20-year-old man with an AR-15-style rifle who got close enough to shoot at Trump from a nearby rooftop.
Analysts have pored over videos of the shooting and highlighted flaws in the Secret Service detail that was protecting the Republican.
As well as the obvious flaw of failing to lock down the rooftop the shooter used, they highlighted how some female agents at the rally were not big or skilled enough to properly protect Trump.
Analysts have pored over footage of the failed assassination, and women agents who appeared confused and unable to handle weapons
Women Secret Service recruits do not need to be as fit as their male counterparts to become an agent
Oklahoma Republican Josh Brecheen says it's time to scrap DEI schemes in the Secret Service
The female agent was used in an internet meme about how diversity-hiring had weakened the Secret Service
Other online pundits suggested that female agents were more interested in saving themselves than protecting the former president
One woman agent who rushed over to huddle around Trump doubtless acted bravely, but standing at only about 5ft 5in was not able to protect the 6ft 3in former president.
As Trump was bundled into an escape vehicle, one woman Secret Service agent was seen fumbling with her gun, unable to find the holster, while other females appeared confused and frightened in the crisis.
The new Secret Service bill seeks to tackle the apparent shortcomings in the women field agents by holding male and female applicants to the same standards when applying for jobs at the agency.
Under Secret Service entry tests, women candidates only have to meet lower fitness standards than men for pushups, sit-ups, chin-ups, and the mile run.
The bill would require the Secret Service to establish 'sex-neutral fitness' standards that are not lower than the current requirements for male applicants or those for current agents and officers.
If passed, the service would have to change the rules within 90 days, and report back on their success 180 days later.
The bill has reportedly garnered support from nearly a dozen Republican co-sponsors, but it remains unclear whether it could gain enough traction to become law.
Cheatle has said she took responsibility for the security failures at the rally and resigned on Tuesday, under bipartisan pressure.
She was grilled by House lawmakers on Monday, during which she was grilled over failures and her diversity-hiring quotas. She said that Trump's assassination attempt had 'nothing to do with DEI.'