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birdographer

(1,328 posts) Sun Mar 24, 2024, 11:47 AM Mar 24

Secret Service oath [View all]

Doesn't Donnie have secret service agents protecting him? The secret service agents' oath, as I found it, is

“I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”

So...how are they defending our constitution against all enemies while defending Donnie from harm? He has threatened our constitution numerous times. Maybe it's just me, but that is puzzling. Do they take some secret MAGA oath that overrides it?

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Secret Service oath [View all] birdographer Mar 24 OP

All former presidents get SS protection. Elessar Zappa Mar 24 #1

Will that include him multigraincracker Mar 24 #2

We never had an ex president in jail before. We Emile Mar 24 #6

No, the most logical thing is that Secret Service would replace prison guards. brooklynite Mar 24 #10

Or just deputize prison guards into the Secret Service C_U_L8R Mar 24 #12

I'm guessing the SS has a different training protocol. brooklynite Mar 24 #15

Oh please. As if SS agents would be living with him in jail NanaCat Mar 24 #21

No. 2naSalit Mar 24 #14

That's the tradition, yeah jmowreader Mar 24 #16

Yes, I know birdographer Mar 24 #17

They go where they're assigned. It's not their job NanaCat Mar 24 #22

No judgments birdographer Mar 24 #32

Exactly the same oath evert Federal agent takes n/t CanonRay Mar 24 #3

The oath every federal employee takes NanaCat Mar 24 #23

I suggest we change the role that secret service agents have... Think. Again. Mar 24 #4

I highly reccomend reading Roman History Sympthsical Mar 24 #18

As most adults know... Think. Again. Mar 24 #19

Still a hard no Sympthsical Mar 24 #20

I don't agree... Think. Again. Mar 24 #28

Are you saying he shouldn't be protected from "harm"? brooklynite Mar 24 #5

Finger crossed, maybe ? republianmushroom Mar 24 #7

As a side note, what do you get when you mix Lassie with a Pit Bull? Uncle Joe Mar 24 #8

Oaths aren't magic. They don't actually bind or guide behavior. RockRaven Mar 24 #9

What evidence do you have that any Secret Service agent in Trump's detail has violated their oath? brooklynite Mar 24 #11

"So help me God" RSherman Mar 24 #13

No one's ever had to add the G-d part to the oath NanaCat Mar 24 #24

That's good RSherman Mar 24 #25

he's not going to jail NoRethugFriends Mar 24 #26

Just wondering if TFG was IMPEACHED, like he should have been bluestarone Mar 24 #27

Send the rat to ADX Florence, it should be safe & need minimal Secret Service guards. He's cost us enough already Attilatheblond Mar 24 #29

RSO rso Mar 24 #30

Still trying to reconcile that oath with not alerting the FBI and homeland pre Jan6 JT45242 Mar 24 #31

Apparently many government staff also sign another oath that isn't public. erronis Mar 24 #33