• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    So the party with a history of inciting vigilante violence storms a VPs airplane and isn’t shot dead by secret service.

    Is there an issue with the secret service actually doing their job, or do they just give Republicans a pass?

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      4 months ago

      So the party with a history of inciting vigilante violence storms a VPs airplane and isn’t shot dead by secret service.

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        4 months ago

        So… secret service vs secret service shootout? Maybe it happened and it was so secret no-one knows about it!

        • HonkyTonkWoman@lemm.ee
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          My dad knows a guy who got shot. Totally. He works with him over at that place where the cheese is made. I mean beer. They make all the beer together and they’re good friends and I know him too. My dad can beat up your dad.

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      4 months ago

      They probably view Vance less as a threat and more as an awkward and socially oblivious guy

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      J.D. Vance is a U.S. Senator. The Secret Service killing him would be the opposite of doing their job…

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          TBF its the same SS that thought a shooter on a rooftop overlooking a candidate was no issue

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                4 months ago

                The secret service exists to prevent counterfeiting US money, as a side job they also protect a few people in government.

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                It’s basically government security for the president and vice president as well as all former ones because we have a long history of shooting our presidents. They also investigate counterfeiting which was their original job, they just happened to be formed shortly before the first successful presidential assassination

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        4 months ago

        To prevent weirdos from wandering in and jerking off on the furniture?