PC and the Secret Service
Dan Bongino Political correctness doing its job? Former agent reveals who 'ruined' the Secret Service The Secret Service has a clear mission that’s “as pure as the driven snow,” according to Bongino. They must keep the president, or whoever they are assigned to protect, alive no matter what. If bullets start flying, Secret Service agents are to die first. They are not to care about the president’s party affiliation or whether they agree with his policies. But politicians and bureaucrats have jeopardized that mission, partly through political correctness. As Bongino details in his book, upper-level management has not always promoted the most capable agents to the elite Presidential Protective Division. Instead, they have been preoccupied with making sure the PPD is diverse by promoting women, racial minorities and LGBT people, even when those agents are not the most qualified. What’s wrong with the Secret Service, how did it get this way and what can be done ...