Trump assassination attempt: Secret Service critiques vary between the justified and the ignorant - Washington Examiner

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : While some might say that the agents should have simply carried Trump to the armored vehicle, we should remember that Trump weighs over 200 pounds.
53% : They need to wait to make sure the motorcade can move at speed once Trump is embarked.
51% : But the agents have more to think about than simply covering and evacuating Trump because the covering element of Trump's protection requires far more than what we see on the video.
41% : What hasn't been noticed by many is that when Trump reached his vehicle, he attempted to stand on a running board and again salute the crowd.
38% : A video of the incident shows the agents covering Trump, waiting for the notification that the shooter is down, and waiting for the Counter Assault Team to take up position to neutralize any additional threats.
35% : She covered Trump effectively for most of the route to the motorcade, also bearing Trump's weight as he stepped off the campaign stage.
35% : What's more debatable is whether, once up and moving, the detail was too slow to get Trump to the car.
34% : At the point of movement, the Secret Service knew one shooter was down, no continued attack was underway, but also that shots had been fired and Trump had a head wound.
32% : Singling her out is unfair: Other male agents directly behind Trump did not always have his head totally covered during the evacuation.
31% : She was the fourth to cover Trump and did so at an area of his body that remains vulnerable.
28% : And if a protectee ducks, as Trump did when the first shots were fired, a female agent can effectively cover a protectee (as this female agent did).
28% : But was Trump evacuated from the stage too slowly?
27% : At this point, the detail literally pushed Trump inside and followed him in (to assess his injuries/provide further cover as needed).
22% : Allowing Trump to put on his shoe was a judgment call, yes, but one that guarded against the risk of Trump slipping, suffering further injury.
15% : Trump's detail didn't evacuate him quickly enoughTrump was covered three seconds after the first shots were fired.

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