‘Hundreds Of Questions’: Comer Previews Hearing On Trump Rally Shooting With Secret Service Director

A top House investigator shared on Sunday a sneak peak of what sorts of questions will be asked when Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies about the security failure underlying the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania last weekend.

Set for 10 a.m. ET on Monday, the hearing “will serve as the beginning” of the “process to get answers for the American people as to what went wrong with an agency that has a no-fail mission,” House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) told “Fox News Sunday” anchor Shannon Bream.

Comer, who subpoenaed Cheatle to appear for the hearing, noted how a spokesperson for the Secret Service denied reporting that claimed the Trump campaign requested more resources, but The Washington Post “confirmed” that the former president’s team asked for more.

Lawmakers have “a lot of questions as to how they’re [the Secret Service] managing their money,” Comer also said, adding there have been “lots of investigations” of the Secret Service over the years “and reports issued that they lacked proper training, that they did not efficiently spend their funds.”

Questions have been raised about how a shooter, identified as a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man named Thomas Matthew Crooks, managed to get onto a nearby rooftop and begin shooting with an AR-style rifle roughly 150 yards away from the stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, before the Secret Service could stop him.

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A bullet ripped through Trump’s right ear, causing blood to pour down his face. The shooter also killed one rally-goer and injured two others. A Secret Service sniper reportedly shot and killed the gunman from another building while other personnel rushed to protect Trump and escort him off the stage.

Multiple investigations into the incident have been opened, including an expansive inquiry in the GOP-led House. Part of the hearing on Monday will likely focus on whether Cheatle should remain as director of the Secret Service amid calls for her to resign or for President Joe Biden to fire her.

“Our question for Director Cheatle is: are you competent to run the Secret Service? We want to know who is at fault for what happened,” Comer said. “Every American can tell that there should never have been allowed anyone on that roof.”

Comer said the “fact that there are videos showing that people were trying to notify the authorities, that there was a person on the roof with a gun and nothing was done about it and that shooter was allowed to get that many shots off at President Trump. That’s unacceptable.”

He added, “Not only do we need answers, but people need to be held accountable. And that’s what the director is going to have to answer tomorrow. She’s going to have about a six-hour hearing and she’s going to have hundreds of questions that she’s going to have to answer and the American people will be watching that hearing.”

‘Crushing It:’ ‘Dirty Jobs’ Host Mike Rowe Tells Ben Shapiro Which Workers Are Winning In This Economy

In a new “Sunday Special” interview, Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro spoke to television host Mike Rowe about blue-collar jobs and patriotism.

Rowe is famous for hosting the Discovery Channel show “Dirty Jobs” in the early 2000s. His new movie, “Something to Stand For” pulls stories about American heroes and is hitting theaters at the end of June.

During their hour-long conversation, Shapiro asked Rowe what inspired him to make his patriotic movie.

“I’m real clear when I talk about it that I didn’t write it for Republicans or Democrats or liberals or conservatives. I wrote it for people who still see themselves first and foremost as Americans,” Rowe said.

Rowe lamented that “anti-Americanism” has “crept into the conversation.”

“It is unfortunate that there is a cohort today that fundamentally sees themselves as something else,” he said. “The movie’s not for them. They’re welcome to come.”

Rowe expressed that he was dismayed to see people dressing American statues up in Hamas garb and thought, “What are we doing?” In his movie, Rowe visits Washington, D.C. to appreciate the national monuments.

“I mean, to truly understand how amazing America is, you really do have to understand history and that there is an entire rest of the world out there, and the rest of the world has an enormous number of truly crappy places, places you would never want to live with awful values, with people who believe precisely the opposite of what we believe,” Shapiro responded.

Shapiro also asked Rowe about what he is hearing from blue-collar workers in the current economy, with sky-high inflation compared to before the pandemic.

Rowe emphasized that there is a distinction in the blue-collar world between blue-collar workers and entrepreneurs, who are “killing it” and have “more work than they can do.”

“The math goes like this,” Rowe said. “Every year five skilled tradespeople retire. For every five who retire, two replace them … It’s been like that for nearly 20 years. We’re seeing an incredible lack of interest and enthusiasm around these skilled trades.”

However, the entrepreneurs like small mechanical contracting companies with two or three vans and six workers are winning in this economy, Rowe said.

“It’s true. Inflation, super bad,” he said. “The cost of college, an enormous problem. The unintended consequences of forgiving student loans, all that stuff is part and parcel of the madness that’s happening right now.”

“But the entrepreneur, who took the time to master a skill that’s in demand is crushing it in this economy,” Rowe said.

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