Montana lawmakers want answers from Secret Service
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Montana’s representatives in Congress, many of whom have shared a stage with Donald Trump, pivoted Sunday to toning down political rhetoric and investigating how a would-be assassin came within 140 yards of the former president at a Pennsylvania campaign rally on Saturday.
The assassination attempt, which killed a bystander and injured two others and resulted in the death of the shooter, was the latest in a string of violent threats and incidents against elected office holders. Members of Montana’s delegation have dealt with threats of violence in recent years.
“How did the shooter climb up there without being stopped? And why was it that he wasn’t apprehended before the shots started?” U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale said.
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