Kamala Harris’s Life Could Be at Serious Risk

Somebody told him he could do it, so he did it and probably giggled until his wattles were sore. From CNN:

President Donald Trump revoked Kamala Harris’s Secret Service protection on Thursday, according to a copy of a letter reviewed by CNN. Former presidents receive Secret Service protection for life. Harris, as a former vice president, received six months of protection after leaving office, according to federal law. That period ended on July 21. However, her protection had been extended for an additional year via a directive—not made public until now—signed by then-president Joe Biden shortly before leaving office, according to multiple people familiar with the undisclosed arrangement. That is the order Trump canceled in his letter, titled “Memorandum for the Secretary of Homeland Security” and dated Thursday.

I don’t know why CNN leaned into the fact that President Biden’s order to extend Harris’s protection was “not made public until now,” but, hey, you be you, CNN.

To be honest, I didn’t know there was a time limit on protecting former vice presidents, but there ought not to be a time limit on vice presidents who subsequently run for president, because the hurly-burly of a presidential campaign is bound to stir up more serious threats. This is especially true for vice presidents who subsequently run for president against authoritarian madmen who will exact vengeance no matter how petty and dangerous it is.

Now the former vice president is going to have to fend for herself in regard to her personal security. She can probably afford it, but she shouldn’t have to do so. Kamala Harris’s life is now at serious risk. And the president of the United States is responsible for that. If he had the conscience God gave the common snail, that might bother him. Instead, those wattles are jiggling happily.