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President Donald Trump blamed Democrats for failing to provide him with adequate security that included turning away thousands of supporters after being forced to use a smaller venue for a Wisconsin rally.
Trump argued in a Monday Truth Social post that the limitations are a form of election interference.
“The Democrats are interfering with my Campaign by not giving us the proper number of people within Secret Service that are necessary for Security. They’re using them for themselves, even though they don’t need them – they draw ‘flies’ – because they have no crowds, and for people like the President of Iran, who is doing everything possible to kill me,” Trump began.
“We need more Secret Service, and we need them NOW. It is ELECTION INTERFERENCE that we have to turn away thousands of people from arenas and venues because it is not being provided to us,” he continued.
“Congress just authorized Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in money and help, and with the weak crowd participation that the Democrats get, there should be plenty ‘left over’ for the Republican Party. Hopefully the people of Wisconsin, and other areas where thousands are turned away, will realize that this is just another Democrat ploy!” he concluded.
Trump also attacked President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in a post earlier on Monday on the issue.
“Kamala and Sleepy Joe are going out of their way to make it difficult for me to Campaign. We had one of the biggest crowds I’ve ever seen on Saturday, in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, where a terrible migrant crime was recently committed, and we ended up having to use a 750 seat theater, having to send away more than 50,000 people,” Trump wrote.
“They were unable to give us Secret Service protection commensurate with the crowd, because they had to protect the President of Iran, who is doing everything possible to kill me, at the United Nations event. We complained “like hell,” but there was nothing we could do,” he stated.
The security controversy follows two known attacks on Trump’s life since July. A bullet struck Trump’s right ear during a shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania. A shooter in West Palm Beach was arrested after fleeing from the Trump International Golf Course on Sept. 15.
Trump has also been the target of various assassination plots attributed to Iran, though Iran’s government has publicly stated it is not involved in any of the activities.
