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      4 months ago

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

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            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