Delegates seen wearing ear bandages at Republican convention in solidarity with Trump
Several delegates at the Republican National Convention (RNC), including Arizona’s Stacey Goodman and Joe Neglia, were spotted donning ear bandages that mirrored the one being worn by former President Trump after he was wounded during an assassination attempt at his Pennsylvania rally on Saturday. “Yesterday when he came in, and there was that eruption of love in the room, I thought, ‘what can I do to honor the truth? What can I possibly do?’” Neglia told Fox News Digital. “And then I saw the bandage and I thought, I can do that. So, I put it on simply to honor Trump and to express sympathy with him and unity with him.” Neglia said he made the bandages en route to Milwaukee, where the convention is taking place this week. Trump has been wearing a bandage on his right ear where the bullet shot by Thomas Matthew Crooks’ pierced through his skin. BIDEN CAMPAIGN, DNC RESTART REPUBLICAN CONVENTION COUNTERPROGRAMMING AFTER TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT “There’s a male version and a female version because there are only two genders!” Neglia said. Other attendees were spotted sporting the look, too. Trump received a warm welcome, again, from delegates at the RNC on Tuesday night, where lawmakers, activists, and everyday Americans spoke about immigration, crime, and the fentanyl crisis – fitting the night’s theme of “Make America Safe Again.” This time, Trump arrived alongside his newly picked running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, where they took seats in Trump’s family box. MILWAUKEE VOTER VOWS TO VOTE TRUMP SINCE RESIDENTS ‘HAVEN’T GOTTEN ANYTHING’ UNDER DEMOCRATS IN DECADES Trump arrived on Day 2 of the convention just in time to hear Sen. Ted Cruz, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson and his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, among others. He also heard from former UN ambassador Nikki Haley – his final rival to drop out of the race – and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who had also challenged Trump for the Republican nomination. Both have now endorsed the former president, as the Republican Party becomes more unified behind their standard-bearer. PELOSI ‘CONVINCED BIDEN WILL LOSE,’ WORKING THE PHONES WITH HOPES TO ‘EASE HIM OFF THE TICKET,’ REPORT SAYS LIVE UPDATES: REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION Republicans enthusiastically rallied behind Trump, with many thanking God for protecting Trump from narrowly surviving an assassination attempt over the weekend. The lawmakers also slammed President Biden’s “soft-on-crime policies,” and for the crisis at the southern border – two key issues central to the Republican platform. “He has inspired a movement,” Rubio said in his speech. Trump is not scheduled to speak until Thursday, the final night of the convention, where he will formally accept the Republican Party’s nomination for president.
Brother of ‘joyful’ mother of five rips Biden admin after she was allegedly killed by illegal immigrant
The family of a mother of five who was allegedly murdered by an illegal immigrant slammed the Biden administration on Tuesday night for having “opened our borders” to the man accused of killing her. Michael Morin, the brother of Rachel Morin, spoke at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Morin was killed in August after going out for a jog on a trail near her home in Maryland. Police found her body in a culvert, covered in bruises and with severe head trauma. “Rachel, a joyful, accomplished athlete and mother of five was raped and murdered by a suspected illegal immigrant,” Michael Morin told the crowd at the Republican National Convention. “This was described as among the most brutal and violent offenses that has ever occurred in Harford County, Maryland history.” ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SUSPECTED IN MARYLAND MOM RACHEL MORIN’S MURDER FACES MAXIMUM PENALTY IF CONVICTED Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, 23, faces a half-dozen charges, including first-degree murder, rape, and kidnapping, in connection with Rachel Morin’s death. Officials said Martinez Hernandez, who has suspected gang ties, fled his home country in February 2023 after a warrant was issued for the murder of a woman there. He made three unsuccessful attempts to enter the United States before making it across the border on Feb. 13, 2023 near El Paso, Texas, authorities said. Rachel’s brother slammed those who advocate for open borders. “Open borders are often portrayed as compassionate and virtuous. But there is nothing compassionate about allowing violent criminals into our country and robbing children of their mother,” he said. He then criticized the Biden administration for its policies at the border. RACHEL MORIN’S MOM RIPS BIDEN’S INDIFFERENCE TO BORDER CRISIS: HE’S IN AN ‘IVORY TOWER’ “Joe Biden and his designated border czar Kamala Harris opened our borders to him and others like him, empowering them to victimize the innocent,” he said. He said they had not heard from the White House, but had heard from former President Donald Trump. The speech came on day two of the RNC, where the theme was “Make America Secure Again.” Republicans repeatedly hammered the administration on the ongoing crisis at the southern border, accusing it of fueling the crisis by opening the border and rolling back Trump-era policies. Before Morin spoke, attendees heard an emotional speech from Anne Fundner, a mother who lost her son to fentanyl. The Biden administration says it has worked to solve the hemisphere-wide crisis, but has struggled because Congress has failed to provide funding and comprehensive immigration reform. But it has pointed to reduced numbers since President Biden unveiled an executive order to limit some entries across the border last month. Since then, officials say, there has been a 50% drop in crossings. Fox News’ Michael Ruiz and Rebecca Rosenberg contributed to this report.
Haley takes stage to mixture of cheers and boos at RNC
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley made her highly anticipated appearance at the Republican Convention, taking the stage to a mixture of cheers and boos from those in attendance. Haley, who was former President Donald Trump’s fiercest primary rival, gave the former president her “strong endorsement” during the appearance in Milwaukee, ending months of speculation on if she would throw her weight behind her former rival. But the initial reaction to Haley’s arrival stood in stark contrast to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Trump’s chief primary rival during the 2016 campaign, who received a standing ovation from those in the crowd, including Trump themselves. BIDEN ADMITS ‘BULL’S-EYE’ COMMENT ABOUT TRUMP WAS A ‘MISTAKE’ AFTER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT Nevertheless, Haley tried to send a message of unity, acknowledging that not everyone has to agree with Trump 100% to support him in this year’s election. “You don’t have to agree with Trump 100 percent of the time to vote for him,” Haley said. “Take it from me. I haven’t always agreed with President Trump. But we agree more often than we disagree.” TRUMP ANNOUNCES OHIO SEN JD VANCE AS HIS 2024 RUNNING MATE Haley, who served as Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations before running against him, was not always a sure bet to speak at the convention. However, after a failed assassination attempt on Trump at a Pennsylvania rally Saturday, a message of unifying behind the former president soon spread across the Republican Party. The former South Carolina governor was followed on stage by another former Trump primary rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who continued to preach the message of unity during his remarks. “My fellow Republicans, let’s send Joe Biden back to his basement and let’s send Donald Trump back to the White House. Life was more affordable when Donald Trump was president,” DeSantis said. “Our border was safer under the Trump administration, and our country was respected when Donald Trump was our commander in chief.”
After famously snubbing Trump in 2016, Ted Cruz praises him on border security at RNC
Cruz struck a decidedly different tone from his 2016 RNC speech, when he refused to endorse Trump and told voters to “vote your conscience.”
Tim Scott fires back after Milwaukee mayor says he doesn’t ‘buy’ the idea that Trump surging with Black voters
MILWAUKEE – South Carolina GOP Senator Tim Scott is pushing back after the Democratic mayor of Milwaukee said “I don’t buy it” when asked about former President Donald Trump gaining popularity with Black voters. “Well, November 5th, you will have to buy it. It’ll be sold,” Scott told Fox News at the Republican National Convention in Wisconsin. “I think there’s probably a reason why Tim Scott wasn’t selected to be the vice president even though Mr. Trump is supposedly trying to make inroads with African Americans,” Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson said Tuesday during a press conference when asked about Scott’s outreach to the Black community. “I don’t buy that, I just don’t.” Johnson added that he doesn’t think Scott has “the juice” to convince Black voters to vote for Trump. TIM SCOTT DELIVERS ROUSING RNC SPEECH AFTER TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: ‘DEVIL CAME TO PENNSYLVANIA’ “I think black people across the United States know that President Joe Biden’s agenda has been delivering not just for the United States, but specifically for Black people,” Johnson said. Scott, who held an event at the RNC promoting voter outreach to the Black community, told Fox News that “if we market our message” Trump will “see the highest turnout of African-American voters we’ve seen since he’s been running for president.” “President Trump has been very successful and very effective in meeting the moment for African-American voters like he has for the rest of the country,” Scott said. POLITICO SEEMS BAFFLED AT REPUBLICANS CREDITING ‘DIVINE INTERVENTION’ FOR SAVING TRUMP FROM ASSASSINATION Scott acknowledged to Fox News that it is difficult for Republicans to make inroads with Black women, who he called the most “loyal” and “fierce” voters in the Democratic Party. However, he argued that Black men are “very different.” “They are what I call gettable,” Scott said. “If we sell our message sincerely, accurately, with passion, I believe that selling our message to the African-American community will result in a lot of strong turnout. 15%. I do not think it is unrealistic. We could go higher. But if we get to 15%, this game is all over. A USA Today/Suffolk University poll released last month found that support for Biden among Black voters has dropped roughly 20 percentage points in the swing states of Michigan and Pennsylvania since the last election. Fox News polling showed that Biden led Trump by 64 points with Black voters in July 2020. Today, Biden’s lead has shrunk to 42.
Congressman Eric Burlison: In the Biden administration, ‘the inmates are running the prison’
U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., sat down with Fox News Digital at FreedomFest in Las Vegas to discuss the 2024 election, immigration, Second Amendment rights, and the government response to the COVID pandemic. As former President Trump and the GOP brand have expanded throughout the American heartland in many areas that were once swing states, Burlison said he believes that the Democratic Party has abandoned his home state ideologically. “When I was first elected in the Missouri House, I sat across the aisle from people that were friends of mine that were part of the Democratic Party who were pro-life…There were members who were part of the pro-Second Amendment caucus…and that’s not an option today and I think that people that that once held, that still hold those values that once found a place in the Democratic Party, there’s no place for them anymore…It’s not that Missouri has moved ideologically, I think it’s the Democratic Party has left them.” WHITE HOUSE GRILLED ON FLOW OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO GOVERNMENT DEI PROGRAMS Burlison has been a tireless critic of the Biden administration’s immigration policies, and said the issue will pay dividends for the GOP in 2024. “This is unprecedented levels of illegal immigration and I think that his [Biden’s] executive orders directly undermined the authority of Customs and Border Patrol, and now we have this crisis situation … over 10 million people that we know of have come across the southern border illegally, and then we have over 2 million people that are known got-aways,” he said. “When the Biden administration talks about job numbers, and he’s taking credit for this surge in jobs…the fact is that more than half of those jobs are occupied by someone who was not living in the United States before Joe Biden became president. And so, that is a disturbing factor.” Energy production and independence are also issues that Burlison is championing in Congress, and he said will resonate with the American electorate come November. “I think we need to return to an America that was energy independent, that was the America of abundance and that was what we were on track for that under the previous administration under President Trump. Look, in my lifetime I’ve heard so many people running for president claim that they were going to make America energy independent: we would be a net exporter of electricity, net exporter of fuels, and natural resources. That didn’t happen until President Donald Trump,” Burlison said. “The one nexus [for the economy] is energy independence and having abundant energy in the future. If America can go back to being a net exporter, and we reduce our costs for oil…natural gas, and other things, then I think we’re going to solve a lot of our problems.” While Biden pledged to govern as a moderate after defeating democratic socialist Bernie Sanders in the 2020 primary, Burlison argues that Biden reneged on that promise. “I would love to have a moderate Joe Biden as president, but that’s not who we have. I think that his office…the inmates are running the prison I think that the staff are running the show, and those staff are a lot more progressive than Joe Biden has ever been as an elected official, so it’s a disturbing trend, and I hope that we change course,” Burlison said. GOP LAWMAKER HIGHLIGHTS LINGERING DIVIDES: ‘IT’S THE CONFERENCE AGAINST THE CONFERENCE’ One of the most important issues for Burlison is Second Amendment rights. He said he believes that Republicans have work to do to fine-tune their messaging on the issue. “I think that we need to do a better job of communicating the value of people having the right to carry a firearm. The FBI numbers, even under the Obama administration, they did a report that showed that two and a half million times a year someone uses a firearm to save a life or stop a rape, stop a violent act, and those are amazing numbers and there’s anecdotes for every one of the two and a half million stories like that,” he said. “But what ends up being covered in the media are the horrific shootings that occur and while they are absolutely horrible, and we should do everything we can to try to stop those, we can’t ignore the fact that firearms overwhelmingly save lives.” Burlison is a vehement critic of both parties on spending. “It’s not only a financial crisis, but it is a security crisis. We are at a debt to GDP level that we have not seen since World War Two, and we didn’t just complete a war. In fact, we’re looking at wars that the United States may have to get into in the future, and we can’t afford it, so we have to fix this, and we don’t…we have a spending problem in D.C. and, the thing that I’m most disappointed in is my Republican colleagues who are not willing to make the necessary cuts,” he said. “They’re not willing to do what’s important and necessary for the future of America, and look, cutting is difficult, but it’s something that we’re going to have to do if we want to save this country.” During the COVID pandemic, Burlison emerged as a champion of civil liberties, and an opponent of government overreach, and pledged that another attempt to enact policies, such as shutdowns and lockdowns, would not take place without a fight. “This [the government reaction to COVID] was a horrific situation. We saw what a totalitarian regime might look like in America,” he said. “We got a taste of that and, I hope, I think that there’s a lot of patriots who are not going to let that happen again, and I think that there’s a lot of legislators that are trying to pass bills to make sure that…we don’t see those losses of liberty again.”
Florida Rep. Mills floats ‘J13’-style committee for Democrats’ rhetoric following Trump assassination attempt
MILWAUKEE — Republican Florida Rep. Cory Mills floated the idea of a “J13” committee styled after the Democrats’ Jan. 6 committee after Democrats’ anti-Trump rhetoric in the lead-up to the assassination attempt on the 45th president’s life. “Look, I think we need to identify the hypocrisy here. Whenever President Trump on Jan. 6 said, “Go home peacefully,’ but he was upset about things, he doesn’t have control of what people who are evil or have intent to cause bodily harm does. But yet they ridiculed him, and they still utilize the J6 argument as a way to try and vilify Republicans,” Mills told Fox News Digital from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. “Well, what about other rhetoric that has been said by Maxine Waters? ‘Get in the face of your elected officials,’” he said, paraphrasing California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters’ 2018 comment encouraging supporters to harass President Donald Trump at the time. “‘Put a bullseye on Trump,’” he said, paraphrasing President Biden’s comment this month to donors just ahead of the assassination attempt against Trump Saturday during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Biden backtracked on the comment after Trump was shot in the ear in Pennsylvania. BIDEN ADMITS ‘BULL’S-EYE’ COMMENT ABOUT TRUMP WAS A ‘MISTAKE’ AFTER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT Mills asked if those remarks were not also incitement of violence and if Democratic politicians would face a select committee similar to the J6 committee that investigated the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN HELPS 13 MORE AMERICANS ESCAPE HAITI, SWIPES AT BIDEN ‘PATTERN OF ABANDONMENT’ “Are they not going to be also with a J13-style select committee, as we did with J6, so that we can go ahead and play a tit-for-tat on how this works? I think that we need to understand that the games that they continue to play, that the idea of their hyper-polarization of our political system, is really on them. And it’s not on the Republican Party, who is trying to take it and dial it down a notch. It’s them weaponizing our government to go after the opposition.” On the first day of the convention Monday, Trump announced JD Vance as his his running mate. Mills praised the freshman Ohio senator as a strong supporter of Trump’s America First agenda. TRUMP ANNOUNCES OHIO SEN JD VANCE AS HIS 2024 RUNNING MATE The Florida congressman added that Vance’s background from a blue-collar family will likely speak volumes to voters, striking a similar chord to his own upbringing. TRUMP RALLY VICTIM IDENTIFIED AS COREY COMPERATORE, ‘HERO’ SHIELDED WIFE AND GIRLS FROM BULLETS “I grew up in a broken home where drug addiction and substance abuse, and things like this, was prevalent, and it destroyed our family,” Mills said. “My father spent time in prison. My mother spent time, because I was raised by my grandparents. And we lived in poverty. I can remember us living on around $6,800 for an entire year. We believed in having to hunt and fish.” Mills argued that Vance’s background from a working-class family before his nomination as Trump’s running mate will resonate with many Americans. “What [Vance] represents is the fact that your socioeconomic background that you’re born into doesn’t define you. That is what makes America so great, this idea of American exceptionalism, this idea of us becoming a great nation is equal opportunity. The fact that there is no glass ceiling. That you don’t have to be born into a legacy family or generational wealth. You can build that yourself through your own hard work and your dedication and commitment. “I think his youth, I think that the fact that he’s still an outsider who has not been corrupted by the political world, I think that his upbringing, it’s contrasting in many ways to what President Trump has done and also complementary in many ways,” Mills said.
Biden calls to ‘lower the temperature’ then bashes Trump in NAACP speech
President Biden once again called to “lower the temperature” in American politics following the assassination attempt on former President Trump before repeatedly attacking Trump in his remarks. Biden made the comments during a speech Tuesday in Las Vegas at the 115th NAACP National Convention. “Just a few days after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, we’re grateful he’s not seriously injured. We continue to pray for him and his family,” Biden said. “It’s time for an important conversation in this country. It’s gotten too heated.” He referenced his Oval Office speech, saying it’s time to lower the temperature and condemn violence in any form. BIDEN TO ANNOUNCE SUPPORT FOR MAJOR CHANGES TO SUPREME COURT AMID OUTRAGE OVER RECENT DECISIONS: REPORT “We have to say with one voice that violence is not the answer. That’s what we should rally around as a nation. That’s the unity I’m talking about. Few organizations know that better than the NAACP,” Biden continued. Plenty of digs at Trump followed. “Just because we should lower the temperature, doesn’t mean we should stop telling the truth,” Biden said. He then talked about “why Donald Trump’s presidency was hell for Black America,” mentioning tax cuts for the wealthy and exploding federal debt. “What in the hell is the matter with this man? I’m serious. Go figure,” Biden said of Trump after ticking through some policy points. Biden mocked Trump’s focus on growing “Black jobs.” He claimed Trump is “lying like hell” about Black unemployment records. He then brought up Trump’s “black jobs” line: “Folks I know what a black job is. It’s the vice president of the United States.” The crowd then applauded and many stood up. MSNBC HOST MELTS DOWN OVER BIDEN BEING ASKED ABOUT HIS RHETORIC, SHOUTS REAL THREAT IS ‘RIGHT-WING’ EXTREMISM “It’s because of you that I’m president and Kamala Harris is vice president. By the way, she’s not only a great vice president. She can be President of the United States,” Biden said. Biden also talked about standing up against all violence – violence against presidential candidates in Pennsylvania, violence against George Floyd, violence against election workers, and he continued on. TRUMP SHOOTING PLAYS INTO RUSSIA, CHINA PLANS TO DIVIDE US AHEAD OF ELECTIONS He talked about the weapon used against Trump, an AR-15 rifle, saying it’s time to outlaw them. “I did it once, I will do it again.” Fox News’ Nick Rojas contributed to this report.
Dems watching their victories ‘vanish’ before them, Montana Senate candidate says ahead of RNC speech
MILWAUKEE – Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy said the Democratic Party is braced to continue to see their victories “vanish” in the lead up to Election Day. “This whole ‘Donald Trump’s gonna hijack the government and prosecute his adversaries.’ Well, what have they been doing for the last three years? ‘Donald Trump’s gonna advocate for violence on his political adversaries.’ What have they been doing, you know? So I think it’s almost a case of comedic projection, where they’re literally saying Donald Trump’s gonna do everything that they’ve actually been doing for the last three and a half years,” Sheehy told Fox News Digital from the RNC on Tuesday, when asked about the Democratic Party’s anti-Trump rhetoric before and after the assassination attempt on the 45th president’s life. “So of course, [we] shouldn’t be surprised that now we’re seeing them flip-flop, as they’re watching their victories vanish in front of their face here in the next 90 days. They’re just literally trying to say anything that they can to cling on to potential victory, and that includes outright lies,” he continued. President Biden and his allies had repeatedly slammed Trump as a “dictator” and Biden saying it is “time to put Trump in a bullseye” just days ahead of a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man who tried to shoot and kill Trump at a rally in the Keystone State. Biden has since backtracked on the comments. TRUMP-ENDORSED NAVY SEAL TIM SHEEHY WINS REPUBLICAN NOMINATION IN MONTANA SENATE RACE TO UNSEAT JON TESTER Sheehy, a Navy SEAL veteran running to replace longtime Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, will address the RNC on Tuesday, telling Fox News Digital that he will focus his speech on the GOP winning a “full-ticket victory” in November. “This event is all about President Trump and soon-to-be Vice President Vance. So, my message is, basically: We’ve got to unify behind them. But we also can’t lose sight of the down-ballot races that will decide the control of the Senate, control of the House. Because if President Trump wins, I should say when he wins, if he doesn’t have a united government, it’s very hard for him to get anything done. From judges, to cabinet secretaries to obviously any sort of legislation. So I’ll be reminding folks of the fact that we’ve got to have a full-ticket victory, not just top of the ticket and we’ve got to bring commonsense back to this country,” he continued. WAPO ‘SMEAR’ OF HIGHLY-DECORATED IRAQ WAR VETERAN, SENATE CANDIDATE OMITS CRITICAL INFO The RNC kicked off Monday, when former President Donald Trump announced Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his 2024 running mate. Sheehy lauded the choice, underscoring the need for the GOP to elect a younger generation of politicians. “It’s incredibly exciting to see Sen. Vance be selected. Obviously, one of my hallmark slogans has been a new generation of leaders. We gotta start getting young blood in the upper ranks of our party, because we have to have a long-standing stable of strong candidates to carry the conservative movement for 20, 30 years to come. And Obviously, JD is right in that category,” Sheehy, said. “I look forward to supporting him fully.” The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the Montana race between Sheehy and Tester as a “Toss Up,” with Sheehy commending his competition as a skilled career politician, who now must wrangle with the Democratic Party’s record under the Biden administration. DEM HIT WITH $15 MILLION BORDER-RELATED AD BLITZ IN ‘TOSS-UP’ SENATE RACE “Jon Tester is a career politician, he’s very skilled – not to be underestimated. He’s undefeated in 30 years in office, because that’s what he’s good at. He’s good at saying whatever’s going to get him elected. But it’s going to be really hard for him to outrun the record of the Democratic Party of 2024,” he said. WAPO ‘SMEAR’ OF HIGHLY-DECORATED IRAQ WAR VETERAN, SENATE CANDIDATE OMITS CRITICAL INFO “I mean, it is a disaster. He’s voted for every single piece of legislation that’s enabled our sky-high inflation, interest rates running away, stagnant wage growth, of course, our international disaster from Ukraine to Afghanistan. He’s been there rubber-stamping everything Joe Biden and [Vice President Kamala Harris] have done. And now he’s all of a sudden he’s trying to come back to Montana and say, I’m trying to close the border and fight Joe Biden on that. So Montanans are going to keep buying it. It’s going to be a tight race, no question about it, but it’s about time we retire him and Montana is ready to do that.” Trump endorsed Sheehy earlier this year, while taking a dig at Tester. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “Tim is the candidate who is currently best-positioned to DEFEAT Lazy Jon Tester, and Regain the Republican Majority in the United States Senate,” Trump said in February.
Rep Andy Harris calls on Secret Service director to resign after near assassination of Trump
Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., is calling on U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign from her post, following the failed detail that was in place when a man attempted to assassinate former President Trump. Cheatle acknowledged during an interview with ABC News on Monday that “the Secret Service is responsible for the protection of the former president,” adding, “the buck stops with me.” “The responsibility of the Secret Service is to make sure that that venue was safe,” Harris told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. “Obviously, this venue was not safe. Obviously, they didn’t have adequate communication with the local law enforcement. And the buck does stop with her. She should take full responsibility, and that’s why I’ve asked that she tender her resignation.” Harris is a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, which is responsible for funding the operations of the Secret Service. EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS POUR IN FOLLOWING TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN PENNSYLVANIA: ‘JUST BLOOD EVERYWHERE’ On Saturday, Thomas Matthew Crooks somehow reached the rooftop of a building in Butler, Pennsylvania, used to stage a tactical team overseeing a presidential rally for Trump. As Trump spoke to the Pennsylvania crowd, shots rang out from on top of the building, and one of the bullets grazed his right ear. The Secret Service has since taken strong criticism for allowing the shooter to have a clear line of sight of the president from about 150 yards away. PENNSYLVANIA TRUMP RALLY SHOOTING SUSPECT PICTURED AFTER DEADLY ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT Harris said he first heard about the shooting in a text from his wife, and the two of them searched for any news they could, to find out what happened. Days have passed since the shooting, and Harris said the news he is hearing is “not very flattering” to the law enforcement officials and Secret Service. Secret Service sources have confirmed that local law enforcement officers were stationed inside the AGR building while Crooks was on the roof. During her interview with ABC News, Cheatle said a decision was made not to put officers on the roof because it was sloped “at its highest point.” MAYORKAS DENIED ‘REPEATED REQUESTS’ FOR MORE SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION FOR TRUMP, GOP LAWMAKER SAYS “And so, you know, there’s a safety factor that would be considered there, that we wouldn’t want to put somebody up on a sloped roof,” Cheatle said. Multiple law enforcement experts have told Fox News that it is ultimately the Secret Service’s decision whether a particular building is put within the security perimeter. The Secret Service also makes the final call on how to protect a building that has a line of sight to a protectee. “Obviously, the sniper didn’t think it was too steep, or the angle was too acute,” Harris said. “I think at this point, honestly, I’m disappointed in her response. It sounds like she’s making excuses.” Harris also said, “The facts speak for themselves.” “The fact that the president was almost assassinated, you know, in a venue where numerous experts have looked at it and said this should never have happened, means that she should take responsibility,” the congressional representative said. “She should resign, even as the investigation goes forward because we have to find a director of the Secret Service… [who would take] her or his role in protecting the former president as well as any other protectee, much more seriously.” Fox News’ Jake Gibson and David Spunt contributed to this report.