Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., laid out conditions Wednesday on whether she would support additional funding for the Secret Service in the wake of two recent assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump, but quickly called for additional funding for the Capitol after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
Pelosi Written On February 2, 2021, she told her colleagues that “the serious and continuing security threats facing our members and Congress make an emergency supplemental funding bill necessary to meet our institutional security needs.” However, Interview Speaking with Semaphore's Kadia Goba, the former House Speaker suggested he wasn't sure whether additional funding for President Trump's Secret Service protection was “necessary.” (RELATED: 'Scary Times': Donald Trump Jr. Shares Intimate Update After Assassination Attempt)
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“Well, if they have to, I think we should. I'm an appropriator, so we're always [seek] “First, what is your mission? That's number one. What is the mission? What are the needs?,” Pelosi said. “And if those needs are not being met, I just can't imagine we're going to have a long-term situation, as is happening now, where they say we're going to take the Secret Service away from Joe Biden and give it to Donald Trump because Joe Biden hasn't campaigned as much as Donald Trump.”
“No, what is the mission? And if they need more money, as budget allocators we want to know the mission and the need and oversight of how that money is spent,” she added. “But the president and presidential candidates have to be protected, for sure.”
The first assassination attempt against Trump took place on July 13 during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a gunman grazed the former president's ear. The second occurred on Sunday, when the former president was playing golf at Trump International Golf Club while a rifle-wielding suspect was reportedly lurking near the club.
In response to this latest attempt, the Secret Service has asked Congress for a $3 billion annual budget increase.
Goba noted that Pelosi “oversaw $2 billion allocated to fortifying and protecting the Capitol.” The House passed a roughly $2 billion bill in May 2021 that allocated more than $950 million to bolster security at the Capitol and protect lawmakers. According to To NPR.
“If the president of the United States wants to encourage violence at the United States Capitol, then it's clear that we need to further secure our Capitol,” Pelosi responded, before adding, “There were injuries. Over 100 Capitol Police officers were injured, they were attacked by these people. They were targeting me, trying to put a bullet in my head with foul language, they had the vice president tied up with a noose, and the president didn't deploy the National Guard.”
Pelosi's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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