Rep. Guest addresses supporters on Trump assassination attempt

MADISON, Miss. (WJTV) – U.S. Representative Michael Guest (R-Miss.) spoke to supporters in Madison on Wednesday, August 7.

Guest shared his experiencing visiting Butler, Pennsylvania, where an assassination attempt was carried out against former President Donald Trump.

The congressman visited the site of the Trump rally alongside his fellow House Homeland Security Committee members. They were given a tour of the location, including where the gunman assumed his position on a rooftop just a few hundred feet away from Trump.

“I will tell you, colossal failure. It was a failure in planning, a failure, an execution failure and communication between the different agencies. There was a failure in resource allocation, and there was a failure in leadership. I was surprised when I was there on the scene that the site from where the shooter was located was not in the security perimeter. It is a strategic location, an elevated location, direct line of sight to where the president would have been standing at the time that he was shot,” said Guest.

The congressman has called for more members of the Secret Service to be relieved of their duties. Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on July 23.