Republican Florida Rep. Cory Mills expressed concerns on Fox News about the Secret Service’s response to an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

Speaking on “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Mills highlighted key failures in how the Secret Service managed the situation. The initial congressional hearing on the issue uncovered notable gaps and refusals by the Secret Service to make use of the security resources at their disposal.

“We had our very first hearing today, if you will, our forum where we had Ben Shafer, who is one of the actual counter snipers that was on the ground there. He confirmed not only what type of a sophisticated explosive device that Thomas Crooks had, as well as for the multi -channel detonator, but he also confirmed two key things,” Mills told Jesse Watters. “One, that the Secret Service refused the offer of communication platforms to be able to ensure that everyone has a comms channel that they can utilize. And two, that they were offered a surveillance drone by local law enforcement, and once again, the Secret Service refused to utilize it. So now we have three things, Jesse. We have no comms plan and no communications, which is refused.”

Watters then inquired with Mills about why the Secret Service had declined the request.

“I think that they’re going to try and run this whole idea of negligence or the fact that they’re going to try and say that it was the fault of three or four of the officers. The bottom line stops at the director themselves. And I can tell you, we asked Dan Bongino today, former Secret Service officer, whether or not he feels safer with Ronald Rowe at the seat, and he said, absolutely not,” Mills explained. “Look, this is a culture of a foster DEI society whereby they are not trying to send their best. I went through a plethora of lists since 2023 to 2024 of all the failed and missed steps that has been taken by the Secret Service. So I can tell you, it is a culture issue, it is DEI at heart, but this is either criminal gross negligence or purposeful intent, and that’s what we’re set out to actually find.”