Gallup: Secret Service's Job Rating Tumbles 23 Points to New Low

When the excuse from the Secret Service after the first assassination attempt on Donald Trump was that they weren't going to get up on that dangerous 1:10 pitch roof because somebody might slip off and get a boo-boo, they're going to get a degree of contempt, and rightly so. We should not be at a point where the Secret Service says that they are not going to monitor obvious places within easy rifle range because of risks that roofers assume every day.

Same thing with the second attempt. President Obama was famous for playing a lot of golf, and I'm very sure that the Secret Service made darned sure that the perimeters of golf courses were secured. We are talking about a few guys walking around the fence with alert dogs, really. If they wanted to tell the world that they would protect the President and candidates for the office only if they were liked by DC insiders, I don't know what they could do better to make that case.