As WaPo’s Carol Leonnig reported, the Secret Service apparently messed up even more than previously thought when it came to confronting White House fence jumper Omar Gonzalez. And now, the White House is paying the price … with the public:
https://twitter.com/Thorrison/status/516693636835446784
If the Secret Service hasn’t done it already, hiring an image consultant would be a good next step.
https://twitter.com/KimMarcumTexas/status/516692873459560448
We're sure that the fence jumper isn't still in the White House now, correct?
— jon gabriel (@exjon) September 29, 2014
https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/516702914048716800
More like Secretly Bad Service. HA.
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) September 29, 2014
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/516690692182392832
"Good luck, have fun storming the White House" — Miracle Max to the White House intruder
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) September 29, 2014
https://twitter.com/nathanedmondson/status/516700721409183744
https://twitter.com/nathanedmondson/status/516696316676935680
Fake breaking: WH fence jumper was stopped literally inches before gaining entrance to the secret vault, thought to hold Obama's birth cert
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) September 29, 2014
White House fence jumper ordered movies on Showtime on Demand, burned microwave popcorn.
— David Waldman-1, of Yorktown LLC™ (@KagroX) September 29, 2014
https://twitter.com/joshgreenman/status/516692480084152321
https://twitter.com/joshgreenman/status/516699877590720512
https://twitter.com/joshgreenman/status/516693156264706048
https://twitter.com/joshgreenman/status/516694003820269569
https://twitter.com/joshgreenman/status/516698844000960512
The fence-jumper apparently sat down to dinner with the Obamas, stayed for drinks, and finally was apprehended.
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) September 29, 2014
They finally figured it out when POTUS said, "Hey, wait a minute, you're not the guy I appointed Secretary of Labor." http://t.co/gdmNMO3usf
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) September 29, 2014
In fact, it appears the fence-jumper actually signed three bills into law before the Secret Service caught up http://t.co/gdmNMO3usf
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) September 29, 2014
Talk about bad optics, huh?
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/516700147573874689
Editor’s note: This post haps been updated with additional tweets.
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