The usual D.C. response to government failures is to call for more money. This time it’s for the Secret Service.
There’s now a back-and-forth between congressional Republicans and Democrats over Secret Service funding. The Dems and the media are playing the usual Catch-22 game. Either Republicans increase spending or the Dems and the media can blame them for the next Trump assassination attempt.
Does the Secret Service actually need more money? It has a $3 billion budget. That’s around double what it was in 2000.
Only about $1.2 billion of that goes to protective operations and only about $73 million gets spent on providing security at presidential campaigns. $138 million gets spent on training and professional development. […]
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