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Johnson Called Biden To Demand More Security For Trump: GOP Rep. Clyde

Clyde said that he didn't think the Secret Service needed more funding but that their priorities need to be re-examined.

By:

Charlotte Hazard

November 28, 2024

Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., said that, following the second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson called President Joe Biden and demanded more protection for the former president. "Speaker Johnson told us yesterday in a conference that he called up President Biden and demanded of President Biden that he provide President Trump the exact same level of protection that President Biden has," Clyde said on the "Furthermore with Amanda Head" podcast. On Friday, the House passed legislation that would increase Secret Service protection for Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

Over the weekend, there was a second assassination attempt on Trump while he was playing golf in Florida.

The Secret Service has requested more funding following the second attempt.

Clyde said that he didn’t think the Secret Service needed more funding but that their priorities need to be re-examined.

“If indeed there seems to be some sort of a funding gap, Congress can certainly address that,” Clyde said. “But I don’t think that’s going to be necessary over the next six weeks.” “If the Secret Service would simply concentrate on their job and do their job for President Trump as well as they’re trying to do their job for President Biden, then I think that the problem would be solved,” he continued. “But it’s the priorities. It’s a reorientation of their priorities. In my opinion, that needs to happen.”