Assassination attempt on Trump (1 Viewer)

[SaintForLife]

Trump is alive, but his ear was bleeding

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

Knight didn't resign as a tesult of the assassination attempt. Whoever said that was wrong.

I mean, for this to be even comparable, Knight would have hade to resign after the FIRST attempt against Ford!

 

[el caliente]

He did, but that was unrelated to the assassination attempt.

The Reagan assassination attempt took place in March 1981, and Knight stepped down in December of that same year.

 

[efil4]

The Reagan assassination attempt took place in March 1981, and Knight stepped down in December of that same year.

9 months later? why not immediately after?

did he specifically state that the reason for him stepping down/resigning was that he failed in protecting Reagan? All he noted in his leaving was that the duty to protect has gotten harder. Thats it. Nothing about Reagan and his failure.

 

[el caliente]

9 months later? why not immediately after?

He was a Republican appointee, so I imagine that had something to do with it.

 

[efil4]

He was a Republican appointee, so I imagine that had something to do with it.

ahhhhh " you imagine" but arent sure.

However, that does conform with your beliefs regarding politics/federal bureaucracy, so it would make sense.

So what exactly does "being appointed" have to do with it? im curious. I mean if he wants to resign, what does being a "republican appointee " keep him from doing so and working for an additional 9 months?

 

[samiam5211]

This is actually a pretty good hearing. It’s partisan, but it’s good on that both sides are really showing their arses.

Stuart Knight (USSS Director during Raegan assassination attempt) has been brought up, and Cheadle clearly feels like she shouldn’t do what he did (resign).

He resigned 8 months after Reagan was shot.

She’s going to resign, and in much less time than it took knight to resign.

Two attacks in Gerald Ford also happened on Knight’s watch BTW.

 

[DaveXA]

The Reagan assassination attempt took place in March 1981, and Knight stepped down in December of that same year.

You're really reaching on this. It was widely known at the time that him stepping down had nothing to do with the assassination attempt. To argue otherwise is basically rewriting history.

 

[el caliente]

ahhhhh " you imagine" but arent sure.

However, that does conform with your beliefs regarding politics/federal bureaucracy, so it would make sense.

So what exactly does "being appointed" have to do with it? im curious. I mean if he wants to resign, what does being a "republican appointee " keep him from doing so and working for an additional 9 months?

I don’t think anyone who was on this side of the door could tell you why his resignation took so long. My assumption is that because he was given time to resign due to loyalty shown to him by the party that put him in place as director.

What are your thoughts?

Why do you think that he was given 9 months to resign?

 

[el caliente]

You're really reaching on this. It was widely known at the time that him stepping down had nothing to do with the assassination attempt. To argue otherwise is basically rewriting history.

Then you tell me why he was given 9 months to resign.

 

[DaveXA]

Then you tell me why he was given 9 months to resign.

He wasn't "given" 9 months to resign. Where are you getting that from?

 

[el caliente]

He wasn't "given" 9 months to resign. Where are you getting that from?

From the time of the Raegan assassination attempt (3/1980) to the time he resigned (12/1980) 9 months passed.

I don’t think anyone here was privy to what happened behind closed doors, so I can only assume out of party loyalty to Knight, they gave him time to find a new landing spot rather than pushing him out the door, allowing him to save face.

Did Knight have to testify before Congress after the Ford or Raegan assassination attempts?

 

[efil4]

I don’t think anyone who was on this side of the door could tell you why his resignation took so long. My assumption is that because he was given time to resign due to loyalty shown to him by the party that put him in place as director.

What are your thoughts?

Why do you think that he was given 9 months to resign?

so you admit to confirmation bias. kewl

my thoughts are that he was not pushed out nor did he resign his post due to the March attempt- rather, after 11 years, decided, with how politicking was moving ( to more accessible for candidate/POTUS ) he figured it was time to move on.

Nothing nefarious or calculated by some shadow "deep state" pulling strings - he just saw that it was time and that December was good time to allow his successor time to get in position for 1982 and on.

Not everything you see has alt motives.

 

[el caliente]

so you admit to confirmation bias. kewl

my thoughts are that he was not pushed out nor did he resign his post due to the March attempt- rather, after 11 years, decided, with how politicking was moving ( to more accessible for candidate/POTUS ) he figured it was time to move on.

Nothing nefarious or calculated by some shadow "deep state" pulling strings - he just saw that it was time and that December was good time to allow his successor time to get in position for 1982 and on.

Not everything you see has alt motives.

I see that you too are fine with confirmation bias. Bless you my child.

 

[DaveXA]

From the time of the Raegan assassination attempt (3/1980) to the time he resigned (12/1980) 9 months passed.

That's not what I was getting at. No one gave him a time frame. He left of his own volition, which is what the article you quoted stated. There was other speculation, but there always is. The fact that we can hang our hat on is we know what he said about him stepping down.

I don’t think anyone here was privy to what happened behind closed doors, so I can only assume out of party loyalty to Knight, they gave him time to find a new landing spot rather than pushing him out the door, allowing him to save face.

So, your assumptions...ok.

Did Knight have to testify before Congress after the Ford or Raegan assassination attempts?

Not sure. I would think so.

 

[el caliente]

That's not what I was getting at. No one gave him a time frame. He left of his own volition, which is what the article you quoted stated. There was other speculation, but there always is. The fact that we can hang our hat on is we know what he said about him stepping down.

So, your assumptions...ok.

Not sure. I would think so.

We are all dealing in assumptions as none of us know what happened behind closed doors.

 

[efil4]

Did Knight have to testify before Congress after the Ford or Raegan assassination attempts?

The Secret Service may request that President Reagan wear... - UPI Archives

The Secret Service may request that President Reagan wear a bulletproof vest at public appearances after he recovers from his gunshot wound....

www.upi.com

https://li.proquest.com/elhpdf/histcontext/HRG-1975-SAP-0061.pdf- 1976- post Ford attempt - entire Panel transcript

and at the end of either, not requested to step down/resign.

 

[DaveXA]

The Secret Service may request that President Reagan wear... - UPI Archives

The Secret Service may request that President Reagan wear a bulletproof vest at public appearances after he recovers from his gunshot wound....

www.upi.com

https://li.proquest.com/elhpdf/histcontext/HRG-1975-SAP-0061.pdf- 1976- post Ford attempt - entire Panel transcript

and at the end of either, not requested to step down/resign.

Thank you for that. Nice to have facts rather than assumptions to go on.

 

[SaintForLife]

How can she come to this hearing without any answers to simple questions about the time line, who communicate with who and when, etc?