Opinion: Washington Secrets
Secret Service: President Trump, son Don Jr., No. 1, No. 2 highest death threats
by Paul Bedard
| November 03, 2019 08:29 AM
President Trump, once the popular reality TV host of “The Apprentice†and a favorite of celebrity shows and gossip columns, has become the No. 1 target of death threats, according to the U.S. Secret Service.
His son, Donald Trump Jr., is No. 2 on the list.
And, Don Jr. writes in his new book Triggered: How The Left Thrives On Hate And Wants To Silence Us, “It gets worse. Much worse.â€
In his book, due out Tuesday, Trump lists several friends, family members and conservatives who have become targets of left-leaning critics and attackers.
“Anyone who supports my father is a target,†he wrote. He named a few who have been threatened and harassed: Sen. Rand Paul and Paul’s aide Sergio Gor; Rep. Steve Scalise and others injured in the June 2017 baseball field shooting assault; girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle; brother Eric and sister Ivanka; former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen; former spokeswoman Sarah Sanders; top policy aide Stephen Miller; Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell; Vice President Mike Pence.
The president last week said he would have thrown out a first pitch during the World Series, won by the Washington Nationals, but “they’ve got to dress me up in a lot of heavy armor — I’ll look too heavy," a reference to body armor.
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