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Markwayne Mullin: “We need to hire about 860 [Secret Service] agents right now.”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Published | Video Starts at 03:02

If you could talk about the things that, you know, we've seen multiple attempts attack against him. Your role over Secret Service. Secret Service does a phenomenal job and they're understaffed. We need to hire about 860 [Secret Service] agents right now. President Trump, unfortunately assassination attempts on him have become normal and it's sad. It doesn't seem like it faces him. He's laser focused on his job. He trusts the Secret Service. (03:02–03:06)

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