By Steve Neavling
Acting Secret Service Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. is calling on Congress to invest significantly more in the agency after two apparent assassination attempts against former President Trump.
Rowe, in an interview with The Washington Post, said the agency is in dire need of more counter-snipers, enhanced motorcade armor, and an upgraded training facility.
“We are running our people at levels that we have not seen in our protective operations,” Rowe said this week. “We are burning everything hot right now.”
He emphasized that agents are overstretched, often working in hypervigilant conditions that cannot be sustained.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas also urged for a budget increase, but the requests have met with skepticism from Congress.
The plea follows two incidents within ten weeks—one at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf club and another at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
