‘Who Is In Charge?’: Lou Correa Questions PA Law Enforcement Official On Trump Rally Shooting

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On Tuesday, Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA) questioned a Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Official on the investigation into the shooting at the Trump Rally in Butler, PA.

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00:00Commissioner Parris, Mr. Yost, we're looking at a rearview mirror of what happened, a lot

00:11of good questions from both sides of the aisle.

00:16Commissioner Parris, you don't have the luxury of time.

00:20You're protecting governor and you'll be protecting high profile candidates in your battleground

00:27state like right about now.

00:32I'm trying to figure out how we help you do your job a whole lot better.

00:37Mr. Kelly, his line of questioning was interesting and I consider it important because that's

00:44his background, that's his backyard.

00:47And he asked, who decided the side of the event?

00:50It's a good question.

00:53The bigger question is, who okays, who approves the side of an event?

00:59And I come back to what I said earlier, which is one of those officers on the ground said,

01:04Lou, he said, who's in charge?

01:08The Secret Service says good or bad, does the campaign then say good or bad or does

01:15the campaign have the ability to override the Secret Service at an event?

01:24And I ask this question from you, Commissioner Parris, you're going to have to make these

01:28decisions here real soon, because if I'm here where you're at today, today you've learned

01:37some lessons.

01:40The 13th to today, we've all learned some lessons and you have to execute, sir.

01:47And it's not your responsibility, it's not our responsibility.

01:51It's all of us, our responsibility.

01:54And I want to know how we can help you clarify these lines of command, so to speak, to make

02:00sure that we minimize the possibilities of this happening again.

02:07Who makes the decisions?

02:09Who's in charge?

02:10What are the lessons we've learned today, gentlemen?

02:15Sir, what is it that we can do to make sure that it's not going to be on your shoulders?

02:20You're not going to be able to resign.

02:23You have to execute.

02:24Please.

02:25I appreciate your comments very much.

02:27I can say that through the governor and the legislature and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,

02:32we are very supported and we have the resources, I believe, moving forward to rise to the occasion.

02:41The Secret Service remains the agency with the most experience, traditionally, when you

02:46talk about organizational knowledge to carry this forward.

02:51Responsible for the Pennsylvania State Police, I pledge that any and all support that we

02:56can give to keep all Pennsylvanians safe, which is what 6,400 civilian and enlisted

03:03Pennsylvania State Police show up every day to do, we will do.

03:08We want a robust republic and we want to secure people's ability to express their

03:18views and we have worked diligently and will continue to work diligently to make sure that

03:23that happens, sir.

03:25Commissioner Parris, you are the thin blue line that keeps us safe.

03:30Secret Service is an even thinner line that keeps, in many ways, our democracy functioning,

03:37protecting us.

03:39They have to score 100%.

03:41They cannot let one bad thing happen, as they did on the 13th.

03:48I want to make sure that we know that we give the Secret Service the ability to make those

03:54decisions when it comes to the safety of our candidates and elected officials.

04:00And for the third time, I'm going to repeat those words that were told to me by an individual

04:07law enforcement individual on the ground when he said, Lou, who's in charge?

04:13Is it the campaign or is it the Secret Service?

04:17And I'd like to get to the bottom of that and make sure it's the Secret Service that's

04:22in charge.

04:25I don't know who is in charge and I hope to God that we do find out and I hope it's the

04:31Secret Service and if it is the Secret Service that reaffirmed that they are in charge because

04:38the buck stops somewhere and it's got to be here.

04:42This committee, the government, with us in Congress.

04:46Gentlemen, thank you very much and Mr. Chairman, I yield.

‘Who Is In Charge?’: Lou Correa Questions PA Law Enforcement Official On Trump Rally Shooting

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