Democrat, Republican team up on bill to remove Secret Service from DHS

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

05/08/26 11:58 AM ET


A new bipartisan bill would remove the U.S. Secret Service from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), following several threats to President Trump’s life and a record-breaking lapse in DHS funding.

Reps. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) and Russell Fry (R-S.C.) are co-leading the legislation, which would transfer the federal law enforcement agency to the Executive Office of the President.

Fry cited the recent attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where federal prosecutors allege that Trump and his administration were the target. Secret Service agents responded to the incident and safely escorted the president and his Cabinet from the scene. One agent who was shot in his bulletproof vest was uninjured.

“Moving the Secret Service to the White House allows the organization to uphold its mission while simultaneously giving them more direct accountability to the President of the United States,” Fry said in a Thursday statement. “In a time where political attacks are becoming more and more rampant, the Secret Service should be able to focus solely on its mission of protecting top U.S. officials — not dealing with bureaucratic tape that ultimately serves as a distraction to keeping the President safe.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5869726-secret-service-dhs-bill/

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They used to be under the Treasury Department before the Homeland Security Act of 2002.

[LiberalArkie]

1. EVERY THING in Homeland needs to be put back to pre-Bush

[dave99]

3. That IS correct. Fucking shrub fucked up everything on Cheney's order

[LiberalArkie]

4. Just following the Republicans "Business Plot" coup attempt from 1932.

Nothing has changed, they keep chugging along. Maybe this time they will win. I hope not.

[pecosbob]

9. We should repeal the entire Patriot Act.

[LiberalArkie]

10. Yes, indeed. As well as the Reagan tax cuts... Have to Make America Great Again. Like it used to be.

I firmly believe that the MAGA came from Republican projection that they always do.

They think that during the depression was when the nation was great as the top 1% did indeed benefit greatly.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Is that a good idea? Magnifies potential for partisanship in my view /nt

[slightlv]

5. I think not only that all depts Bush put under DHS should be put back to where

they were prior to Bush's edict. Second, the entire entity "DHS" should be disbanded as un-American. Motherland, Fatherland, Homeland... they all reek of fascist governments gone by. This one set the stage for what was to come. A meaningful gesture would be to trashcan the whole damn thing and getting us back to being "Americans."

[intheflow]

6. Why the fuck is a Democrat supporting giving Trump more

direct authority over anything? And this is because “political attacks are becoming more and more rampant” and DHS funding shortfalls? Moskowitz should understand that all the alleged violence against Trump is suspect, and the Secret Service was not stationed to protect any of the Dems who have faced political violence, even unto death. The 🍊💩 will not hesitate to put citizens in the concentration camps using a fully funded DHS but thank god HE won’t have to worry anyone will kill him.

To be clear, I think DHS should be abolished, but FFS House Democrats, let’s do it when we’re in power again and its effects won’t be used against us.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. The assumption is that it would be for any President in the future

and such a reorg is NOT "instant". It can take a few years to do any major federal reorg (which is what happened with the creation of DHS). And legislation usually takes that in account, meaning they can direct for it to not go into effect until the next administration.

[travelingthrulife]

7. Protecting themselves as always. Gotta make sure their muscle gets paid.