Word is the Secret Service had a little talk with Donald Trump’s campaign about his comments Tuesday that seemingly everyone in America interpreted as an assassination threat.
Just in from @jimsciutto: Secret Service official confirms to @CNN that agency has spoken to Trump campaign regarding 2nd Amendment comments
— Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders) August 10, 2016
The Secret Service did more than talk on Wednesday, though. For the second time, a protester from the animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere tried to jump the barrier at a Hillary Clinton campaign event, sending Secret Service agents into action.
https://twitter.com/gdebenedetti/status/763458812858671104
Secret service jumped on stage w/ HRC as animal rights protesters pop up in stands behind her. No big interruption pic.twitter.com/siu9gjHUFp
— Peter Doocy (@pdoocy) August 10, 2016
An animal rights protester tried to get on stage as Clinton spoke. Was tackled and pulled out by Secret Service. pic.twitter.com/EVap4qY7J4
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) August 10, 2016
Here's the quick clip of animal rights protestor in Des Moines trying to rush HRC stage—and being taken down pic.twitter.com/3HilV8Y8Rv
— Peter Doocy (@pdoocy) August 10, 2016
Protesters from the same group also tried to climb the barrier separating them from Clinton at a rally on August 4. After Secret Service agents took care of that threat, Clinton turned the security breach back onto Trump, saying the demonstrators were actually protesting him, because “Trump and his kids have killed a lot of animals.”
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Female protester who tried to rush the stage at HRC rally is an animal rights activist with Direct Action Everywhere, per group members.
— Monica Alba (@albamonica) August 10, 2016
The animal rights activist who jumped the barrier is 26-year-old Kelsey Atkinson. She's from Chicago & part of group @DxEverywhere
— Liz Kreutz (@ABCLiz) August 10, 2016
So: the father of Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen managed to find a prime spot behind Clinton at her rally in Kissimmee, Fla., Monday night, apparently without the campaign’s knowledge, and now protesters from Direct Action Everywhere have managed to repeat the same stunt they pulled a week ago.
Clinton probably should be concerned for her safety, but it looks like her security team should focus on loony leftist groups first: for proof, just check out the protesters outside the Democratic National Convention who carried a prop casket through the streets.
Animal rights activist was able to cross the buffer btwn Clinton & crowd, tried to charge the stage, then resisted as agents dragged her out
— Ruby Cramer (@rubycramer) August 10, 2016
This was 2nd time in a wk that an animal rights activist has forced USSS to jump up on stage w/ Clinton. This time a little more tense.
— Ruby Cramer (@rubycramer) August 10, 2016
An animal rights protestor tried to rush the stage, prompting four Secret Service agents to surround Clinton, via @danmericaCNN
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) August 10, 2016
Can anyone explain why animal rights protesters are after Hillary?
— Pat Fuller Presidents are not kings! (@bannerite) August 10, 2016
What do the animal rights supporters have against HRC? I can see Trump's kids hunting pics enraging them.
— Dennis Skrtic (@DSkrtic) August 10, 2016
Um, ask them? It seems very likely the Secret Service would have asked the protesters a few questions after tackling them. Or, just check the group’s Twitter feed — it appears they aren’t willing to give Clinton a free pass for being kind of progressive on humane farming.
BREAKING: DxE disrupts Hillary Clinton. Sorry Hillary, you can't blame it all on Trump for this one. https://t.co/r8GU8kxFoQ
— DxEverywhere (@DxEverywhere) August 4, 2016
.@realDonaldTrump Hillary says you kill animals, but she does the same while eating cows, pigs, and chickens. https://t.co/JZMfs56EN5
— DxEverywhere (@DxEverywhere) August 4, 2016
Here’s the world’s worst-kept secret: read the signs at any protest march or start reading the agenda of any progressive group and eventually you’ll end up at a call for an overhaul of the government as it exists in favor of some from of socialism. One goal of Direct Action Everywhere: to “create a system of global citizenship to give animals representation in trans-national, trans-ecological governance.”
Sounds pretty fringe, right? Don’t forget the recent article in Outside magazine about the growing movement in the U.S. “to imbue land, rivers, and entire ecosystems with legal personhood status.”
And who’s more likely to take these aggrieved groups seriously and give them what they want?
Update:
Here’s video showing the protester being tackled. It’s not the best angle, but it does show just how close the protester made it to the podium.
Secret Service agents tackle protester at @HillaryClinton rally in Iowa: https://t.co/1OtoaE2kYrhttps://t.co/YyNHbvHXba
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 10, 2016
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