Congress May Pass More Funding for Secret Service After Trump Assassination Attempt

‘If the Secret Service is in need of more resources, we are prepared in providing it,’ said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

Secret Service agents stand guard outside the Mar-a-Lago home of former President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 27, 2023. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images

Several congressional leaders have suggested that the U.S. Secret Service could receive more funding soon, following a second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Sept. 15.

Trump, the Republican Party’s nominee for the 2024 presidential election, was allegedly targeted by Ryan Routh, a 58-year-old gunman with a rifle at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida—whom a Secret Service agent spotted as Trump was moving on the golf course. Routh was fired upon by the agent and escaped, though he was later apprehended, while Trump was unharmed.