President Trump got in the face of ABC’s Rachel Scott after she asked him a question about the rationale behind his national midterm voter bribe.
“Mr. President, on the checks: The U.S. is still $40 trillion in debt. If your economic policies are working, why do you need an incentive for people to turn out to vote?” she asked Thursday night.
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Except we’re not talking about a regular bodyguard are we. We’re talking about protecting an office, not a person. An idea, not a human being. It does not matter of the office holder is right or wrong in that moment. The office must be protected, and that includes from people with a rightful grievance against its current occupant.
Uhh… Secret Service definitely, 100%, see themselves as protecting a person.
I can see what you’re saying, though. If the Secret Service agents were all switched out for demigods who have superhuman reflexes and who think completely unlike humans, then you certainly wouldn’t be wrong here.