Rick Scott leads effort to up Secret Service protections after 2nd assassination attempt on Trump
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Sen. Rick Scott and other GOP senators are moving to increase Secret Service protections for presidential nominees in the wake of two former President Donald Trump assassination attempts.
"It is unthinkable that this could happen in America today and demands the immediate action of Congress," he said. Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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"Today, I am leading my Republican colleagues to introduce the Protect our Presidents Act, which mandates that the USSS provide the same level of protective services to presidential nominees that it affords to sitting presidents."