Burchett Says Secret Service Is ‘Compromised’ Following Apparent Assassination Attempt On Trump: ‘We Have To Get Some Answers’

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) went after the Secret Service following the latest assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump by claiming the agency was “compromised.”

Ryan Wesley Routh was detained in connection with the attempted assassination on the GOP nominee on Sunday afternoon at West Palm Beach, Florida. Secret Service agents reportedly saw a rifle sticking out from a bush a near golf course before Trump arrived to the hole and fired gunshots at the suspect.

Soon after the Routh was captured by law enforcement for being in a vehicle that matched a description by a witness.

The left has just ramped up their their vitriol. You’ve seen the tweets that y’all are saying something about they need to learn how to aim better and things like that. Those are the type of things that incite somebody who is on the edge. They know exactly what they’re doing. This establishment, the swamp, whatever you want to call it, it’s an open sewer. They have thrown down the gantlet. They know if Donald J. Trump is elected, their days are over. We’ll get this country back in order and they will throw anything and everything at it. The problem is you’ve got a Secret Service, at least in my opinion, and in the public’s eye, that is compromised and that it lacks in leadership. And you’ve got brave agents on the ground, obviously, one who took that shot. But why in the world would anybody be anywhere near the perimeter of this? This line of sight that we talk about is just beyond me. So we’ve got to get some answers. I don’t think we’re going to get them during this administration, but hopefully under the Trump administration will clean this rat’s nest out. I mean, we’ve got to go through these departments like Grant, through Richman brother. We cannot put up with this anymore.

Watch the clip above via Fox News.