Secret Service was in touch with the #OathKeepers. An agent described himself as “the unofficial liaison to the Oath Keepers (inching towards official),” and called the fascist group "very pro-LEO and pro-Trump." Said they were defending Trumpers from violent leftists.
The #MAGA rot runs deep.
You may recall that late in the transition, the Bidens asked the SS to change the agents assigned to their security detail to people they knew personally from when he was VP.
I've always felt that was a tell.
As was the administration's failure to clean out that particular den of snakes after Biden took office.
Some real Central American republic vibes there, circa 1987.
@jobsboils @JoshuaHolland Why do you think the administration hasn't cleaned up the agency?
@msbellows @jobsboils @JoshuaHolland don’t know if it’s the whole answer but you need more than ‘don’t trust em’ to fire career federal employees.
@JoshuaHolland @jobsboils True.
So now I'm thinking the clever strategy is:
1. Help Trump get re-elected
2. Trump eliminates civil service protections
3. Four years later, re-elect Biden
4. Biden fires all the bad apples in the Secret Service (and USCIS while he's at it)
5. Democracy is saved!!!
@msbellows If TFG is re-elected, we’ll never see another election. Democracy will be dead. @JoshuaHolland @jobsboils @GatekeepKen
