Rep. Pat Fallon on Monday angrily described to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle how he recreated the Donald Trump assassination attempt with his AR-15 and had "15/16 kill shots."
"That's a 94% success rate!" Fallon said, referring to his restaging. "And that shooter was a better shot than me! It is a miracle President Trump wasn't killed!"
Cheatle testified in front of the House Oversight Committee and faced fiery questioning from lawmakers over the security failures that led to the attempted assassination of Trump.
"I have never had any long gun training in my life," Fallon said. "I own an AR-15 and last time I shot it — I shot it one time my whole life — it was six years ago. That is until Saturday, where we recreated the events in Savoy, Texas."
"I was lying prone on a sloped roof at 130 yards at 6:30 at night," the Texas Republican continued. "And I knew that he had a scope, but I didn't know what kind, red dot or magnified, so I shot eight rounds from both. You know what the result was? Fifteen out of 16 kill shots!"
The single nonkill shot, Fallon claimed, would have "hit the president's ear."
Throughout the hearing, Cheatle faced bipartisan calls to step down from her position as Secret Service director. Fallon declared that Cheatle "should be fired immediately."
"I believe your horrifying ineptitude and your lack of skilled leadership is a disgrace," Fallon concluded. "Your obfuscating today is shameful."
