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Pence: "I'm not getting in that car" (Original Post) LessAspin Apr 2022 OP
One would hope they are investigating those SS agents. OnDoutside Apr 2022 #1
US Secret Service agent Anthony Ornato LessAspin Apr 2022 #2
Good question ! OnDoutside Apr 2022 #3
Unfortunately we do. A former president is entitled to Secret Service protection Ocelot II Apr 2022 #4
And that they're not assigned to President Biden. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2022 #6
WTF?! Bayard Apr 2022 #5
What I want to know is whether it would be normal protocol Ocelot II Apr 2022 #7
Pence was very smart to not get into that car LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2022 #8

Ocelot II

(121,101 posts)
4. Unfortunately we do. A former president is entitled to Secret Service protection
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 10:51 AM
Apr 2022

for life, apparently with no restrictions as to where he goes with them. We can only hope that "for life" is a fairly short period of time in this case.

Bayard

(24,145 posts)
5. WTF?!
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 10:54 AM
Apr 2022

I just heard about this yesterday. Disturbing on so many levels. Wonder if these agents were true believers, or just looking to retire in the Caribbean?

Ocelot II

(121,101 posts)
7. What I want to know is whether it would be normal protocol
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 11:09 AM
Apr 2022

to take the VP out of the Capitol by car if it was being attacked by people on the ground. I can see that being done if there was a danger to the building itself, e.g., a 9/11-type situation or a bomb threat, but since there's a whole network of tunnels under the DC government complex, wouldn't it have been safer to move him out through a tunnel rather than subjecting him to the possibly greater risk involved in taking him outside and into a vehicle?

Somebody's got a lotta 'splainin' to do.

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