Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) stuck to his conservative principles when asked about President Donald Trump raising the prospect of a tax increase on the highest income earners in the country.
NBC&#8217;s Kristen Welker pressed the top Senate Republican on the issue during the latest <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8OkaWsVzHA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">airing</a> of &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; after Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-takes-shock-stance-on-taxing-rich-warns-gop-against-adopting-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he would be &#8220;OK&#8221; with a tax hike on the rich to help lower and middle income workers in the &#8220;big, beautiful bill&#8221; — even as the president conceded &#8220;Republicans should probably not do it&#8221; considering the political consequences.
&#8220;I want to talk about the president&#8217;s tax bill. In order to get some of the savings needed to pass it, President Trump floated the idea of increasing taxes on the highest income earners, those making more than $2.5 million. He also acknowledged the politics are quite thorny, but, senator, would you support that? Increasing taxes on the highest income earners?&#8221; Welker asked.
&#8220;Well, I&#8217;m a conservative, and I don&#8217;t want to increase taxes on anybody,&#8221; Barrasso replied. &#8220;What you do know is that the Democrats, if we don&#8217;t get this bill passed, they&#8217;re going to raise taxes by $4 trillion on the American people. It will hit every working family in America with higher taxes. And you know, 84% of Americans don&#8217;t like what the Democrats are proposing. Our goal is to keep more money in people&#8217;s pockets so they can go to the store, pay their rent, save for retirement. That&#8217;s what our focus is &#8212; lower costs and higher wages.&#8221;
Barrasso refused to budge as Welker sought to clarify whether he was ruling out the possibility of increasing taxes on the highest income earners.
&#8220;I oppose raising taxes on anyone and the Democrats want to raise $4 trillion of taxes on everyone,&#8221; Barrasso said.
He added later: &#8220;I am against raising taxes on anyone. We&#8217;re working the bill through the process. It&#8217;s going through the House. We&#8217;re ironing out the details right now. We&#8217;re going to get a bill passed and signed by the president that&#8217;s going to put more money in people&#8217;s pockets and give them the certainty that taxes aren&#8217;t going to go up.&#8221;
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Sen. John Barrasso

Top Republican Senator Responds To Trump’s Suggestion For Higher Taxes On Rich

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Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) defended President Donald Trump&#8217;s tariffs during a Monday morning appearance on Fox News, saying that cattle ranchers in his state were grateful for the president&#8217;s efforts to balance trade by pushing back against the barriers put in place by other nations.
Barrasso told the hosts of Fox&#8217;s &#8220;America&#8217;s Newsroom&#8221; that because of trade barriers imposed by nations like Australia, beef producers were forced into an uneven — and unfair — trade market because they had to compete for domestic sales with countries that wouldn&#8217;t even allow their product to be sold abroad.
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&#8220;Congress has given the President more and more authority on tariffs,&#8221; Barrasso explained. &#8220;Specifically, national security for unfair trade practices, President Trump is fully within his authority, and I appreciate what the president is doing on tariffs, specifically in our home state of Wyoming.&#8221;
&#8220;In terms of beef, the cattle producers, they are saying it is about time,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;One of the countries that you just showed on that slide before I came on, Australia — Australia has sold $29 billion worth of beef in the United States, and we haven&#8217;t been able to sell one hamburger in Australia because of barriers.&#8221;
&#8220;They showed Thailand, 30% tariffs on beef coming from the United States,&#8221; Barrasso said. &#8220;Vietnam, 50%. You look at these numbers, and the ranchers of Wyoming are saying, &#8216;Thank you, Mr. President, it is about time.'&#8221;
The widespread tariffs, introduced last Wednesday during a White House event dubbed &#8220;Liberation Day,&#8221; have sparked <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/spin-cycle-legacy-media-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-tariffs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fierce debate</a> both on Capitol Hill and across media outlets as the resulting uncertainty caused the stock market to take a dramatic tumble.
Still, Trump has defended the move and urged those concerned about the market to &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hang-tough-trump-calls-on-americans-to-ride-out-tariff-storm-predicts-historic-investments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hang tough</a>&#8221; as the tariffs are used as leverage to bring other nations to the table to negotiate fairer trade arrangements for the United States.

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Wyoming Senator Defends Trump's Tariffs: 'We Haven't Been Able To Sell One Hamburger In Australia'

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Senator Marsha Blackburn (TN) introduced a bill on Thursday that would make President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization permanent, barring massing reform. 
The <a href="https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/services/files/E5F2FE62-438C-4157-98FE-439FA3126326" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> would block taxpayer dollars from either funding WHO programs or American membership in the organization unless the organization took significant steps to demonstrate independence from China and root out leftist ideology. Blackburn&#8217;s fellow Republican Senators John Barrasso (WY), Rick Scott (FL), and Ted Cruz joined Blackburn in putting the legislation forward.
“The World Health Organization has long been a puppet for the Chinese Communist Party, grossly mismanaging the COVID pandemic and taking over a billion dollars of U.S. funding without advancing our interests,” Blackburn told The Daily Wire. “We must support President Trump’s actions to hold the WHO accountable by ensuring any future president who wants to rejoin meets concrete conditions of improvement.”
The bill would codify Trump’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-orders-u-s-to-withdraw-from-world-health-organization" target="_blank" rel="noopener">day one executive order</a> withdrawing the United States from the organization, citing WHO handling of COVID and demands for &#8220;onerous&#8221; and unfair payments. 
Under certain conditions, the legislation said that it would be possible for the United States to rejoin WHO. These conditions include the WHO adopting reforms to ensure that humanitarian aid is not politicized, demonstrate independence from the Chinese Communist Party, grant observer status to Taiwan, and end funding or promotion of things like abortion, climate change, and sex-change procedures. 
Another condition would stipulate that humanitarian aid and medical supplies could not be diverted to Iran, Syria, and North Korea. 
“American tax dollars cannot be used to fund the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) and World Health Organization’s (WHO) cover-up of the COVID-19 pandemic. The mismanagement, failed transparency, and lack of independence at the WHO is inexcusable,” Barrasso told The Daily Wire. “Our bill ensures that not one penny of taxpayer money is spent rejoining the WHO if serious reforms aren’t made to prevent another failed pandemic response.”
A companion version has been introduced in the House by Republican Representatives Jodey Arrington (TX), Ron Estes (KS), Greg Steube (FL), and Anna Paulina Luna (FL).
When Trump issued the executive order last month to pull America out of WHO, he said that the country was paying too much to be a member of the United Nations-backed organization in comparison to other countries like China. 
“So we paid $500 million to World Health when I was here and I terminated it,” Trump said, adding that it “seemed a little unfair” because China was paying around $39 million to the organization. 
Trump ended American participation in WHO back in 2020, but that decision was later reversed by Joe Biden.

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Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) said during an interview over the weekend that Americans should be prepared to see significant executive orders issued immediately after President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Barrasso made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221; with Margaret Brennan when asked if he was confident that all of Trump&#8217;s nominees would make it through their Senate confirmation hearings.
&#8220;Republicans are now in the House, the Senate and the White House, because Americans wanted safety and prosperity,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So you&#8217;re right, the rubber hits the road this week with all of these hearings on the cabinet, and then when President Trump takes office next Monday, there is going to be shock and awe with executive orders.&#8221;
&#8220;A blizzard of executive orders on the economy, as well as on the border,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;So, when we met with President Trump, just- earlier this past week, what President Trump said the number one goal for the Senate needs to be to get his team in place. I&#8217;ve met with just about all of them. I support every one of these nominees. As the whip, my job is to make sure they get across the finish line.&#8221;
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He said that Trump deserves to have his team put in place early so he can get to work quickly.
&#8220;Chuck Schumer said he wants to make fireworks at the hearings,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If that happens, we are going to work around the clock, through the night, through weekends to make sure we get that cabinet confirmed.&#8221;
Barrasso said that supports Trump&#8217;s picks for secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth; director of National Intelligence, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI); and more.
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&#8220;President Trump deserves a team early,&#8221; Senate Majority Whip <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJohnBarrasso?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenJohnBarrasso</a> says ahead of confirmation hearings this week for his nominees, telling <a href="https://twitter.com/margbrennan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@margbrennan</a> he supports &#8220;every one&#8221; of Trump&#8217;s picks.
&#8220;Chuck Schumer says he wants to make fireworks at the hearings. If that… <a href="https://t.co/LujPyfcobu">pic.twitter.com/LujPyfcobu</a>
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1878490741292294493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2025</a></blockquote>

Barrasso: Trump To Unleash ‘Shock And Awe’ With Day 1 Executive Orders

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Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) said during an interview over the weekend that if Congress approves any U.S. taxpayer money to help aid in the recovery of the historic fires in California that it will come with &#8220;strings attached&#8221; because of how poorly Democrats have mismanaged the fires.
Barrasso made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221; with Margaret Brennan as the fires continue to burn in Southern California where they have caused tens of billions of dollars in damage and killed more than a dozen people.
&#8220;When you see what&#8217;s being shown on television, in addition to the tragedy on the ground, you&#8217;re also seeing gross mismanagement in California by elected officials, and it&#8217;s heartbreaking to hear the fire chief say that they&#8217;ve diverted all of this money away from the fire department to be used for social programs when they were already stretched too thin,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So yes, I expect there&#8217;s going to be hearings, there&#8217;s going to be requests of Congress.&#8221;
He said that there &#8220;can&#8217;t be a blank check on this, however, because people want to make sure that as rebuilding occurs, as things go on in California, they have to be resilient, so that these sorts of things can&#8217;t happen again.&#8221;
&#8220;And the policies of the liberal administration out there, I believe have made these fires worse,&#8221; he added.
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Brennan, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/margaret-brennan-norah-odonnell-slammed-over-debate-bias">a left-wing partisan</a>, then asked: &#8220;Do you expect, though, that Congress and Republicans will still help these Americans in need, even if they don&#8217;t like their local politics in the party?&#8221;
&#8220;I expect that there will be strings attached to money that is ultimately approved, and it has to do with being ready the next time, because this was a gross failure this time,&#8221; Barrasso responded.
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&#8220;There will be strings attached&#8221; to any disaster and recovery aid Congress will &#8220;ultimately&#8221; approve for the California wildfires, says Senate Majority Whip <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJohnBarrasso?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenJohnBarrasso</a>.
&#8220;It has to do with being ready the next time because this was a gross failure this time,&#8221; he tells… <a href="https://t.co/ym9WvXaDoa">pic.twitter.com/ym9WvXaDoa</a>
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Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)

Barrasso: ‘Strings Attached’ To Any U.S. Money Given To California After Democrats Mismanaged Fires

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Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) said during an interview over the weekend that President-elect Donald Trump has the right to use the U.S. military to remove the millions of illegal aliens who are in the country.
Barrasso made the remarks during an interview on &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; about Trump&#8217;s agenda and the men and women he&#8217;s tapped to be in his administration.
When asked about Trump confirming that he is considering using the military to conduct mass deportations, Barrasso said: &#8220;Well, I support the president.&#8221;
&#8220;We have a national security crisis in this country right now because of our open border, and when he declares it a national emergency, he can appropriately use the military,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There are over 10 million illegal immigrants in the country right now.&#8221;
&#8220;We are talking about drug dealers, people in criminal cartels,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;These are folks who have actually been murdering, raping, poisoning American citizens. When you take a look at the president&#8217;s magnificent victory, the decisive victory, I think it&#8217;s because people were scared about all of these people in the country illegally. People want to feel safe in their own homes.&#8221;
Barrasso correctly noted that the overwhelming majority of the American public supports Trump conducting mass deportations.
&#8220;Yet we still have some of these big city mayors and governors who unbelievably, are more concerned about the rights, the so called rights of illegal immigrants than they are about the safety of their own citizens,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We have to make America safe again, and what the president is talking about is the right thing to do.&#8221;
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— Fox News Sunday (@FoxNewsSunday) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSunday/status/1860712224190275984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-barrasso" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Barrasso</a> (R-WY) was elected to the number two position in the Senate Republican Conference on Wednesday as his colleagues selected him to be the new Senate majority whip.
The 72-year-old physician ran unopposed for the position after serving for six years as the chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, according to <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4986544-senate-gop-whip-john-barrassaro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hill</a>.
The politically savvy senator is widely liked throughout the various factions of the Republican Party, including among MAGA Republicans.
&#8220;Wyoming for their support and allowing me to continue serving our state in the United States Senate,&#8221; Barrasso said. &#8220;I want to thank my Republican colleagues for their confidence and their vote today. It is my honor to serve them as Assistant Majority Leader.&#8221;
&#8220;We have an extraordinary opportunity in front of us. Voters spoke loudly,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It is our job to listen and to lead on their behalf. Our agenda will be bold. We will work on the issues that are so clearly the priority of voters – lowering costs, protecting the border, restoring America’s strength in the world, and unleashing American energy.&#8221;
He said that the new Republican majority would work to deliver on Trump&#8217;s agenda.
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Other Republicans elected to serve in leadership positions during the 119th Congress included Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), Republican Conference Chair Tom Cotton (R-AR), Republican Policy Committee Chair Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV), Republican Conference Vice Chair James Lankford (R-OK), and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Tim Scott (R-SC).
Barrasso said in an interview over the weekend that the top two issues Republicans were focused on solving starting in January when they take over was the border crisis and high prices.
&#8220;Those are the things we&#8217;re going to start working on immediately,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been working with the transition team on those things. Now, there are some things that the president can do as soon as he takes office, in terms of making some U-turns on these bad policies of the current administration, in terms of unleashing American energy, in terms of the policies with the border, reversing so many of these executive orders that were put in place four years ago.&#8221;

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Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) on Sunday outlined what Senate Republicans will aim to do during President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s second term.
Barrasso made the remarks during an interview with NBC News&#8217; Kristen Welker on &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; while recapping Trump&#8217;s victory last week.
&#8220;The biggest comeback, politically, in the history of our country,&#8221; Barrasso said. &#8220;You know, they used to call Bill Clinton &#8216;the comeback kid.&#8217; Donald Trump is the comeback king. He has come back from two impeachments, from being dragged through the courts, from getting shot and he won with over 300 electoral votes, a majority of the people, winning all these demographic areas.&#8221;
He said that Republicans would immediately focus on fighting high costs and closing the southern border.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve been working with the transition team on those things,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Now, there are some things that the president can do as soon as he takes office, in terms of making some U-turns on these bad policies of the current administration, in terms of unleashing American energy, in terms of the policies with the border, reversing so many of these executive orders that were put in place four years ago.&#8221;
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&#8220;I expect to see the president put back in place the Remain in Mexico policy, stop this catch-and-release policy,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And the Senate also wants to work very quickly &#8212; actually, before the inauguration &#8212; on making sure the president&#8217;s Cabinet is in place. We&#8217;re going to have hearings and votes so that on Day One, January 20, when the president takes over, he&#8217;s going to have as much of the Cabinet in place as we can get.&#8221;
&#8220;And he met huge resistance in 2016 and when he was inaugurated in 2017 with getting his Cabinet in place,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;What I&#8217;m hoping is that as a result of this huge landslide victory, that we get a little more cooperation from the Democrats in helping President Trump get that Cabinet in place for Day One.&#8221;
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The people of America voted to get this country back on track.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenateGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenateGOP</a> is ready to tackle what Americans care about most – high costs and the open border.
We&#8217;ve been working with <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>&#8216;s transition team to get to work on day one. <a href="https://t.co/hs6wp8ouTZ">pic.twitter.com/hs6wp8ouTZ</a>
— Sen. John Barrasso (@SenJohnBarrasso) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJohnBarrasso/status/1855700841887396044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 10, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Furious GOP senators confronted Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, demanding she answer lingering questions about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump or resign.
Senators John Barrasso of Wyoming and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee confronted Cheatle after a conference call earlier in the day, but the senators&#8217; questions were cut off.
“All of us were on the phone,” Barrasso told Cheatle. “We’re very disappointed. We were all in the queue trying to ask questions &#8230; every one of us had questions we wanted to ask.”
Barrasso continued, adding that the senators were “very disappointed&#8221; in Cheatle&#8217;s &#8220;leadership,” noting that “allowing him [Trump] to go on stage in Pennsylvania at a time when you’d already been alerted that there was somebody &#8230;” was inexcusable. He then said bluntly that she should offer her “resignation or full explanation.”
“Can you give an explanation? Why would anyone allow a president to go on stage when you know that you’ve got a potential threat and you’ve got snipers &#8230;?” Blackburn asked.
When Cheatle tried to escape the questioners by saying, “I don’t think this is the format to have this discussion,” Barrasso fired, “Well, we can find a place to go right now. As the senators followed her, Barrasso walked alongside her, declaring, “You answer to us. You answer to us.”
“You owe President Trump answers,” Blackburn demanded. “You cannot run away from your responsibility to the people of the United States. You’re the head of the Secret Service,” Barrasso added.
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🚨FULL VIDEO: Secret Service Director REFUSES to answer to the American people. <a href="https://t.co/MPVOke5zhY">pic.twitter.com/MPVOke5zhY</a>
&mdash; Marsha Blackburn (@VoteMarsha) <a href="https://twitter.com/VoteMarsha/status/1813757661583970333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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After the confrontation, Barrasso and Blackburn issued further statements.
“Senator Blackburn and I just went face to face with the director of the Secret Service, asking for specific answers about what happened with President Trump in Pennsylvania and how that shooter was able to get off a clear shot when the FBI with the Secret Service knew that there was a suspicious person an hour in advance of when the shooting occurred,” Barrasso said.
“And they identified a potential threat at 5:51,” Blackburn said. “She would not answer our questions. She wanted to say it was not the time or place. This is after we’ve been through a conference call today where the question queue got cut off. But I’ve got a message for her: She can run, but she cannot hide because the American people want to know how an assassination attempt was carried out on former President Donald Trump.”
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BREAKING: We just confronted the Secret Service Director at the RNC Convention. 
She can run, but she can’t hide from accountability. <a href="https://t.co/i7NUIpGeLC">pic.twitter.com/i7NUIpGeLC</a>
&mdash; Marsha Blackburn (@VoteMarsha) <a href="https://twitter.com/VoteMarsha/status/1813749454941438280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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After the confrontation, the Secret Service issued a statement saying Cheatle had no intention of stepping down:
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Statement from Secret Service on Senators demanding questions from Director CHEATLE at RNC — <a href="https://t.co/hOgEfnElLm">pic.twitter.com/hOgEfnElLm</a>
&mdash; Aishah Hasnie (@aishahhasnie) <a href="https://twitter.com/aishahhasnie/status/1813810412917571596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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A spokesman for the Secret Service initially <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/secret-service-blames-local-police-for-not-securing-roof-where-shooter-targeted-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blamed</a> Butler, Pennsylvania’s local police for not securing the AGR building from which the shooter attacked Trump.
But Butler Township Commissioner Edward Natali fired back, “The Butler Township Police Department had no security detail for this event. There were seven officers all assigned to traffic detail. Period!! The BTPD was not responsible for securing AGR or any other location. Anyone who says so, reports on it, implies it, etc&#8230;is uninformed, lying, or covering their own backsides.”
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Butler Township Commissioner Edward Natali disputes the claims of SS Director Kimberly Cheatle that local law enforcement was responsible for securing the building where the shooter fired from on Saturday.
“The BTPD was NOT responsible for securing AGR or any other location.… <a href="https://t.co/iDx3ClM3AT">pic.twitter.com/iDx3ClM3AT</a>
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Butler Township Manager Tom Knights told <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-shooting-butler-building-security-secret-service-rcna161921" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a> that four Butler Township officers assigned to traffic duty left their posts and raced to confront the shooter.

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