Sen. Kevin Cramer: Trump should have never taken the stage in Pennsylvania

Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., spoke to NBC's Kristen Welker about Secret Service briefing for members of Congress on the attempted assassination of former President Trump.

Cramer said a lingering question for lawmaker is why Trump was allowed to take the stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, when there was a known security threat.

"And so when we had this moment last night where we we learned that the directors, not only in the building, but on the same level, a few of us were at we that this is our moment to ask her, and her hostility toward us was remarkable, her unwillingness to talk and and then the appropriate suggestion that maybe this isn't the right place to do it," Cramer said, referring to the moment a group of GOP senators confronted Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday.

Cramer said Trump never should have been allowed on stage at the rally.

"I mean, when you look at that timeline and you think at 551, this threat was so significant that that the Secret Service notified the counter sniper unit, who then put their eyes on that roof. So if it was significant enough to call the calling the counter sniper unit, why wasn't it significant enough to keep the president from going to the stage."