Rowe admitted that the United States Secret Service (USSS) did not adequately challenge its "assumptions" about the event.
According to The Post Millennial, Rowe's comments came in response to a question posed by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-IN). Klobuchar asked, "There's some people that think it didn't really happen, which of course is completely ridiculous. It did. There are some people that think all kinds of conspiracies went on within the government, which is also false. But could you just tell them what went wrong so they understand?"
Rowe responded by highlighting a "failure of imagination," and further elaborated, "a failure to imagine that we actually do live in a very dangerous world where people do actually want to do harm to our protectees." He emphasized the USSS's failure to challenge its own assumptions, stating, "I think it was a failure to challenge our own assumptions, the assumptions that we know our partners are going to do everything they can, and they do this every day. But we didn't challenge our own assumptions of ‘We assume that someone's going to cover that.’ We assumed that there's going to be uniform presence. We didn't challenge that internally during that advance."
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The "partners" Rowe referred to are local law enforcement, particularly in relation to the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
RealClearPolitics reported that the USSS played a significant role in limiting resources for Trump at the July 13 rally. Rowe was reportedly instrumental in denying additional security resources and personnel that were evidently needed by the Trump team to prevent the incident. This occurred despite repeated requests from agents assigned to Trump for more resources to ensure the safety of the GOP nominee, according to sources that spoke to the outlet.
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Moreover, the USSS declined an offer from local law enforcement for extra drone coverage at the time of the rally. This decision further underscores the USSS's failure to challenge its assumptions and adequately prepare for potential threats, thus putting the former president's life at risk.
