Secret Service director admits the “most significant operational failure” in decades
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🗓️ 23 July 2024
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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle told lawmakers yesterday that the shooting was her agency’s “most significant operational failure” in decades. On the other side of the aisle, the Biden campaign has officially renamed itself “Harris for President.” In our divided political landscape, the key to finding peace and unity is to love others as Christ first loved us.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, July the 23rd, 2024. Welcome to the Daily Article podcast. I'm Chris Elkins |
| 0:08.3 | with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. But for a quote-unquote |
| 0:16.4 | gust of wind, America could have two different presidential candidates than we expected just 10 days ago. |
| 0:23.0 | Former President Donald Trump came within two millimeters of dying on July the 13th, |
| 0:27.8 | according to a security expert who noted that Mr. Trump was just a gust of wind away from being |
| 0:33.7 | assassinated. Secret Service director Kimberly Cheathold told lawmakers yesterday that the |
| 0:38.9 | shooting was her agency's most significant operational failure in decades. We are fully cooperating |
| 0:45.5 | with ongoing investigations, she added. We must learn what happened. On the other side of |
| 0:51.0 | the aisle, the Biden campaign has officially renamed itself Harris for president. |
| 0:56.0 | The Associated Press is reporting this morning that Vice President Kamala Harris |
| 1:00.0 | has secured the support of enough Democratic delegates to become her party's presidential nominee. |
| 1:06.0 | She raised $81 million in the first 24 hours since President Biden ended his bid and endorsed her. |
| 1:13.0 | Numerous party leaders, most notably Nancy Pelosi, have endorsed her as well. |
| 1:17.9 | Various options for her running mate are already being discussed. |
| 1:21.9 | Not since 1976. |
| 1:23.7 | Have we seen a presidential election without a Biden, Bush, or Clinton on the ticket, |
| 1:29.5 | assuming Hillary Clinton is not nominated for vice president? |
| 1:32.4 | If the political turmoil of these days is stressing you, you're not alone. |
| 1:37.1 | In an American Psychiatric Association poll, |
| 1:39.9 | nearly three quarters of respondents said they're feeling anxious about the election. |
| 1:45.1 | Another poll found that 40% are depressed or anxious about the election season, |
| 1:50.2 | and a similar share said that they are checked out by the amount of news and social media attention on politics and the upcoming election. |
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