Saturday’s Assassination Attempt of President Trump Proves that the White House Ballroom is Necessary.

Roger Stone made these statements in his Substack on Sunday…

This horror summons the ghost of history, because this same hotel is forever linked to presidential bloodshed. In 1981, John Hinckley Jr. ambushed Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton following a public appearance. Reagan was gravely wounded, along with Press Secretary James Brady, Tim McCarthy who is the Secret Service agent that literally jumped in front of the bullet that day, and a Metropolitan Police Officer named Thomas Delahanty in the neck. That attack succeeded in part because the President had to exit a commercial property into an exposed public zone with predictable movement patterns. Forty five years later, the same venue again appears as an inviting target.

Hotels are designed for hospitality, not hardened executive security. Their mission is guest convenience, privacy, luggage access, room turnover, catering logistics, and constant civilian movement. Those realities are fundamentally incompatible with airtight protective operations. The courageous men and women of the Secret Service and supporting law enforcement who threw themselves between the gunman and the protectees deserve the gratitude of every American. In the critical seconds when chaos erupted, they acted with speed, discipline, and valor. Their professionalism likely prevented a historic tragedy.

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