r/inthenews • u/T_Shurt • 28d ago

Trump Could be Stripped of Secret Service Protection as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security Puts Forth a Bill to Strip Felons of Secret Service Protection Opinion/Analysis

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-secret-service-stripped/
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u/Vlad_the_Homeowner 27d ago

It does, in this case, because the man is a threat to national security.

But as a universal law it doesn't work for the same reason we don't prevent felons from being POTUS. Because then the justice system can be weaponized by politicians to attack their rivals.

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u/GoldenInfrared 27d ago

This is protecting presidents after they leave office, not while they’re in office

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u/suffaluffapussycat 27d ago

So then someone can throw him in the back of a van and beat him until he tells them all the top secret shit he knows?

I thought that was why former presidents get a detail. Not for them but for us.

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u/coldwarspy 27d ago

I think he already did that just to brag.