As Congressional members on both sides of the aisle grilled U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Monday on how a gunman was able to fire shots at former President Donald Trump in an assassination attempt, several Republican lawmakers seized on gender and the agency’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts as among the reasons for the security failure.
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing Monday on Capitol Hill on the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump.
“Ma’am, you are a DEI horror story,” Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee told Cheatle during the hourslong hearing in front of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.
