Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle announced on Tuesday that she was resigning her post after failing to stop an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump — and Trump responded in the immediate aftermath of her decision.
Cheatle’s resignation came just 24 hours after lawmakers on both sides of the aisle grilled her for the series of security failures that led to Trump’s would-be assassin attaining access to an elevated position with a clear line of sight to the stage. In addition to wounding Trump, he killed firefighter Corey Comperatore and gravely injured two others.
Fox News reporter Brooke Singman shared a statement from the former president, who was shot in the ear at his July 13 campaign rally, shortly after Cheatle’s resignation was made public.
“EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to @realDonaldTrump on the resignation of #SecretService Director Cheatle. He tells me ‘she never gave me proper protection, so I ended up having to take a bullet for democracy,’” Singman…