Former President Donald Trump was the target of an assassination attempt
Incident took place at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee
Senators Marsha Blackburn and John Barrasso confronted Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle during the Republican National Convention
In a dramatic turn of events, senators Marsha Blackburn and John Barrasso confronted Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle during the Republican National Convention regarding the recent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The incident took place at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee as Cheatle attempted to leave the area after being questioned by other senators about her agency's failure to prevent the shooting. Sen. Blackburn shouted,
A group of Republican senators confronted Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday evening.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee shouted ‘This was an assassination attempt!’ during the confrontation.
Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming also followed Cheatle and accused her of ‘stonewalling’ about what happened at former president Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday.
Accuracy
A group of Republican senators confronted Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at the Republican National Convention.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee shouted 'This was an assassination attempt!' during the confrontation.
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has faced calls for resignation since the shooting at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pa. left one man dead.
Deception
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None Found At Time Of
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Fallacies
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The author uses inflammatory rhetoric by quoting Sen. Marsha Blackburn's statement 'This was an assassination attempt!' and her subsequent call for Cheatle to resign. This is an appeal to emotion and a form of hyperbole.
“This was an assassination attempt!”
“She is a failed leader and she needs to immediately step down from her position.”
Bias
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The author uses language that depicts the senators' actions as extreme or unreasonable by describing their confrontation of Cheatle as 'berating' and 'shouting questions'. The author also implies bias by stating that anger has risen in the GOP since the assassination attempt on Trump, but does not provide any evidence to support this claim.
Anger has risen in the GOP since Saturday’s assassination attempt on Trump.
The tense confrontation lasted about four minutes, according to onlookers.
A group of GOP senators chased Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle through the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee during the Republican National Convention.
Senators Marsha Blackburn and John Barrasso shouted at Cheatle for refusing to answer questions regarding the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
Kimberly A. Cheatle was asked by President Biden to run the Secret Service in 2022
Cheatle had served for a quarter century at the Secret Service before her appointment as director
An assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump occurred at one of his campaign rallies in 2024
A gunman’s bullet grazed Trump’s ear during the incident
Accuracy
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle had served for a quarter century at the Secret Service before her appointment as director
Senators Marsha Blackburn and John Barrasso shouted at Cheatle for refusing to answer questions regarding the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump
Deception
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None Found At Time Of
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Fallacies
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The article contains an appeal to authority when it mentions the influential congressional panel and the two Republican senators confronting the author. However, no fallacies were found that significantly impacted the overall content of the article.
An influential congressional panel will press Ms. Cheatle for answers at a public hearing next week on the first shooting of a current or former American president since 1981.
Two Republican senators, John Barrasso of Wyoming and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, personally confronted Ms. Cheatle in a suite at the Republican National Convention.
Senate lawmakers received a conference call from the U.S. Secret Service regarding the attempted assassination of former President Trump
Senator John Barrasso called the briefing a ‘100% cover-your-a-- briefing’
The gunman who shot at Trump was identified as suspicious one hour before the incident but no one has taken responsibility
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle continues to come under scrutiny
Senator Marsha Blackburn was appalled after learning the Secret Service knew about a threat prior to Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called for answers and accountability, while suggesting Cheatle step down
More than two dozen Texas lawmakers requested an investigation into ‘political rhetoric’ used against Trump before the shooting
Accuracy
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has faced calls for resignation
Deception
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The author, Louis Casiano, uses emotional manipulation and sensationalism by describing the briefing as a '100% cover-your-a-- briefing' and Sen. John Barrasso's statements as 'appalled', 'no one has taken responsibility', and 'the head of the Secret Service needs to go'. The article also engages in selective reporting by only reporting details that support the author's position, such as quotes from Senators criticizing the Secret Service and calls for their resignation.
Senate lawmakers were left with more questions than answers on Wednesday following a conference call with the U.S. Secret Service on the attempted assassination of former President Trump, with one senator calling it ‘100% cover-your-a-- briefing.’
His office said ‘no one has taken responsibility’ despite the gunman having been ‘identified as being suspicious one hour before the shooting.’
Republican State Rep. Ellen Troxclair spearheaded a letter to the committee and Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., on Wednesday, requesting they also look into ‘grotesque depictions of President Trump and the tens of millions of fellow Americans that support him as ‘enemies’ or ‘threats to democracy’ ahead of the assassination attempt.’
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., was appalled after learning the Secret Service knew about a threat prior to Trump walking on stage in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Fallacies
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The author, Louis Casiano, uses inflammatory rhetoric by quoting Sen. John Barrasso's statement '100% cover-your-a-- briefing.' This is an example of an appeal to emotion fallacy as it aims to evoke a strong emotional response from the reader rather than providing logical reasoning.
]Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said the meeting was a ['100% cover-your-a-- briefing'][]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., was 'appalled' after learning the Secret Service knew about a threat prior to Trump walking on stage in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Republican State Rep. Ellen Troxclair and more than two dozen Texas lawmakers are calling for the House Oversight Committee to look into 'political rhetoric' used against Trump prior to the shooting.
Bias
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The author, Louis Casiano, uses language that depicts the Secret Service and its director as incompetent and irresponsible for not preventing the assassination attempt on former President Trump. He also quotes Sen. John Barrasso using the phrase 'cover-your-a-- briefing', which implies that the information provided was insufficient or misleading.
He had a rangefinder and a backpack. The Secret Service lost sight of him. No one has taken responsibility.
Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said the meeting was a ‘100% cover-your-a-- briefing’
Someone has died. The president was almost killed. The head of the Secret Service needs to go.
