A Year Later: More Questions than Answers still Remain about the Butler Assassination Attempt
The closest America has come to facing significant civil unrest in the last half century was on July 13th, 2024. If Donald J. Trump had not turned his head inches to the left at the exact right time, tens of millions of Americans would have been outraged over what the facts clearly show was a complete and total breakdown in basic secret service protocols and the protection of the then-nominee for President. The country has been divided for some time, and an assassination of one of the most cherished leaders in US history at such a critical time would likely have placed the nation in peril. There are very few Trump supporters who had any confidence in the senile former President, Joe Biden. Trump’s assassination would have also left a massive vacuum of power in Washington.
The Republican Party has generally done a good job holding officials from the failed former Biden regime to account. The House has held necessary hearings on the massive cover-up of Biden’s declining health. There has also been a renewed push to hold top officials accountable for the disgusting chapter of American history that appalling Operation Crossfire Hurricane represents as well, with John Brenn and Comey being investigated. Trump and the Republican party have done a job of uncovering the scandals of the Biden regime well still focusing on the future, as the passage of the big and beautiful bill shows.
Still, one area where the Republican Party needs to do more is the investigation into the assassination attempt on Trump by Thomas Crooks. There are still more questions than answers about this horrific day, and the event also highlights the incompetent hiring practices of the former administration that many Democrats still support, which do not prioritize merit. To this day, the complete failure by the Secret Service at Butler on July 13th remains the most powerful reminder that hiring and promoting people based on any criteria but merit is both dangerous and un-American. We now know that Jill Biden led the push for the Secret Service to hire unqualified people, and the devastating events that occurred in Pennsylvania nearly a year ago, with one individual, Corey Comperatore, a father and husband, losing his life.
There are several key questions about the Butler assassination attempt that have not been adequately addressed, let alone fully answered. First, who was Thomas Crooks, and how did he know to be at an unsecured place outside of the view of the countersniper teams less than a couple of hundred years from Trump? To this day, very little is known about Crooks, the contacts he may have had, or what his true motive was as well. The deranged man had encrypted bank accounts and no social media footprint; his family also lawyered up rather than answering questions. Crooks’s home was completely scrubbed before agents arrived as well, which is odd since the official story is that the troubled young man was suffering from severe mental distress and was not able to know the consequences of his actions. There is also evidence that Crooks may have been in contact with informants working for the Homeland Security Department as well, since many were at the firing range he practiced at.
The country also deserves to know more about the complete and total breakdown in even the most basic secret service protocols on that day in July. The Secret Service used no drones, despite being offered this equipment by local law enforcement. There was almost no communication between local law enforcement and the Secret Service. The building Crooks was in for nearly 20 minutes before shooting at Trump was also completely unsecured. A whistleblower also stated that the agent put in charge of Trump’s security was completely incompetent. We also know that repeated requests by Trump for additional security were turned down as well, despite the many credible death threats on his life.
The failed assassination attempt on the 47th President at Butler on July 13th, 2024, and the completely incompetent Secret Service response to this event, remain a powerful reminder of the failure of hiring and promoting people based on any criteria but merit. The country also deserves far better answers about who Thomas Crooks was, why the secret service wasn’t protecting the at that point clear nominee of the party, and how the subsequent investigation into this matter was handled internally. While Republicans have done a good job since Trump won in November, America still deserves better answers about Crooks and the events that transpired nearly a year ago in Pennsylvania.
