On Friday, we learned that President Donald Trump had authorized the Department of Homeland Security to revoke former Vice President Kamala Harris' Secret Service detail, which had been extended by Joe Biden in the closing days of his presidency for 12 months longer than the typical six months given to departing vice presidents.
“You are hereby authorized to discontinue any security-related procedures previously authorized by Executive Memorandum, beyond those required by law, for the following individual, effective September 1, 2025: Former Vice President Kamala D. Harris,” the Thursday memorandum read.
The same day, we also learned that Harris would be getting protection from the California Highway Patrol in an arrangement made after Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass were said to have been "in discussions" on what to do ahead of Harris' upcoming "107 Days" book tour.
Naturally, the Usual Suspects rushed to jump to conclusions in the aftermath of news of Trump's letter to DHS. Among them was House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who declared Trump's action to be "reckless" and that "These extremists are unfit to govern and dangerous to the American way of life."
The Trump administration canceled the Secret Service protection for Vice President Kamala Harris.
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) August 29, 2025
Why would they do such a reckless thing?
Republicans are psychotically consumed by revenge.
These extremists are unfit to govern and dangerous to the American way of life.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) pushed back, first noting that she got a month longer than former VP Mike Pence got, and then inquiring if Jeffries condemned the House Democrats who tried to get Trump's Secret Service security protection revoked three months before the first assassination attempt:
Did you call out the Democrats who tried to take away Trump’s Secret Service protection last year—while he was the GOP presidential nominee? https://t.co/Fvm3ALBbg0
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) August 30, 2025
It was a story that did not get the attention it deserved at the time, but Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the ranking member on the House Committee on Homeland Security, introduced legislation in April 2024 calling for Secret Service protection to be yanked "for those who have been sentenced to prison following conviction for a Federal or State felony—clarifying that prison authorities would be responsible for the protection of all inmates regardless of previous Secret Service protection."
The bill was titled "Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable Former Protectees Act or the DISGRACED Former Protectees Act (H.R. 8081)."
Eight of his fellow House Democrats co-sponsored it: Reps. Troy A. Carter Sr. (LA), Barbara Lee (CA), Frederica Wilson (FL), Yvette D. Clarke (NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ), Jasmine Crockett (TX), Joyce Beatty (OH), and Steve Cohen (TN).
And as my colleague Becca Lower pointed out in her write-up, there were the deeply troubling things we learned in the aftermath of the July 2024 assassination attempt on Trump:
Let us also not forget that in July 2023, then-Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who Democrats feared would take support away from Biden, was denied a Secret Service detail by Biden's DHS "despite the Secret Service determining in June that he was at elevated 'risk for adverse attention.'"
Last but not least, there is this:
So Karen bass didn’t have the money to fix fire trucks but she has the money to pay for security for Kamala Harris (private citizen) book tour???! STOP using our taxpayer money like your personal piggy bank!
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) August 30, 2025
I mean, if Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass can find the money to fund Kamala Harris' security, why can't they find the money to fund the things related to the public safety and security of ALL California residents, like Prop 36?
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