There were signs months before the Secret Service missed a shooter on a roof and a female Secret Service agent was seen in a video struggling to place her gun into her holster following Donald Trump’s shooting that the Biden Administration had weakened the agency’s competence due to its focus on identity politics.

Biden appointed Kimberly A. Cheatle as director; the second link on the agency’s website, after “Leadership,” is now “Diversity.” A focus for Cheatle has been getting more female officers, which she says are underrepresented–which has historically been the case because they are smaller and less able to defend the president.

Real Clear Politics reported that a female agent had allegedly assaulted her supervisor during a mental breakdown in April. Michelle Herczeg, who was defending Vice-President Kamalah Harris at Joint Base Andrews where Air Force One and Air Force Two depart from, “snapped”.

She began mumbling, hiding behind curtains and throwing items at the agent, including menstrual pad.

Real Clear Politics reported that Herczeg screamed and rattled off the names and positions of the female officers who were on the vice-president’s detail, claiming that they would come and assist her and allow her continue to work.

One source said that she then “snapped completely.” Herczeg then chest bumped and shoved her superior and then tackled and punched him. Herczeg’s gun was still in her holster when the agents restraining Herczeg began to be concerned. The story stated that they wrestled Herczeg to the ground and took her gun, then cuffed her. They removed her from terminal.

Dan Bongino reacted to the April incident: “Someone will get killed.”

Secret Service officials did not attend a press briefing on Saturday night regarding the attempted assassination. Kevin Rojek, FBI Special Agent-in-Charge at the press conference acknowledged that it was “surprising,” the shooter had managed to get up on the rooftop and fire several shots before the agency stopped him. He said that the Secret Service should “answer this question.”

After the shooting, video shows a number of female Secret Service agents struggling to get through a crowd of men. One agent struggles with her weapon, while another adjusts sunglasses.

In 2017, an agent of the Secret Service lost her job for stating publicly on social media that “she wouldn’t take a shot” for Trump. At the time, Trump was running for office.

Cheatle set a goal to recruit 30% women by 2030 in May last year. Cheatle stated, “I am very aware as I sit here in this chair, that we need diverse candidates, and that we develop and give opportunities to everyone in our workforce and especially women.”

The Secret Service has an “Inclusion and Engagement Council”, which is responsible for “building, fostering, creating and inspiring a workforce in which diversity and inclusion aren’t just “talked about” but are demonstrated by employees “Every Action, Every Day.”

Security experts question whether Secret Service was able to do all they could to secure an event where Trump had been shot. The video of the incident shows that the counter-snipers were aiming at Thomas Matthew Crooks before he shot Trump.

The Secret Service has denied reports that Trump’s team was denied additional security.

The spokesman said on social media that it was untrue that a former president’s security team member requested more resources and that they were refused. This is completely false. We actually increased our protective resources, technology and capabilities in order to keep up with the increased campaign travel pace.