Bipartisan calls in House for enhanced Secret Service detail after 2nd Trump assassination attempt

The House is making a bipartisan call to expand Secret Service protection for former President Donald Trump following a second assassination attempt Sunday in Florida.

Trump, as a former president and the 2024 GOP presidential nominee, has Secret Service detail, but not at the level of a sitting president. 

Concerns were raised about the extent of Trump's detail after the first assassination attempt, when a gunman was able to climb onto a rooftop in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, then fire shots into a Trump campaign rally, grazing the nominee in the ear.

On Sunday night, after the second attempt, by an alleged assassin outside of the Trump International Golf Club, in West Palm Beach, Florida, Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., posted on X that Trump should have “the same security levels afforded to a sitting president to ensure his safety.”

California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, posted on X on Sunday night: "The Secret Service must come to Congress tomorrow, tell us what resources are needed to expand the protective perimeter, & lets allocate it in a bipartisan vote the same day.”

President Biden suggested Monday the Secret Service "needs more resources."