Task force member says Trump's Secret Service detail can't take 'cookie-cutter approach'

 U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., a member of the bipartisan task force investigating July's assassination attempt of former President Trump , questioned why there wasn't an increase in the Secret Service detail for him on Sunday when his life was in danger for a second time.

Waltz said that acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe told lawmakers that President Biden, back in July, called for Trump and Vice President Harris to have the same level of maximum protection.

“Clearly, the agents responded appropriately, as did the agents on July 13th,” Waltz told “America Reports” on Monday. “But there was a breakdown in terms of the perimeter and how that was established. And I think there's a bigger issue here that I've talked to acting Secret Service Director Rowe about and I think the committee needs to take a hard look at. And that's how the Secret Service allocates its resources. It's kind of stuck in this paradigm.”

“You're a sitting president and vice president," he added. "You get this, you're a former and you get that.”

The suspect targeting Trump at his Florida golf course was arrested and the Secret Service has been commended for its quick response.

Waltz said the agency needs to base its allocation of resources based on the severity of threats against the protectees, not a “cookie-cutter approach.”

Rowe said he wasn't aware of why Trump's security detail may not have been the maximum level of protection," the congressman said.

“They've beefed it up dramatically," said Waltz. "And they have. Anybody who's traveled with the president can see that. But clearly, there are some kind of either a protocol disconnect or still a resource disconnect. And then the other piece is he's saying, you know, they're maxed out.”

“He also briefed us, between all these details, the U.N. and the meetings Biden's having this weekend, they're completely maxed. But when I and others talk to agents, they're saying, look, there's agents available. They want to travel, they want the overtime. And so those are also disconnects that the task force has got to get the bottom up.”