Secret Service director shouldn't resign because putting her in the 'hot seat' may be only chance for answers says top Republican

While galore Republicans are demanding Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle beryllium fired, Whip Tom Emmer thinks she should instrumentality astir and return a move successful nan 'hot seat.' 

'Don't resign,' he told DailyMail.com astatine nan Republican National Convention successful comments directed astatine Cheatle. 

'I deliberation you should beryllium successful nan basking seat. You should reply each nan questions earlier you are fired. I deliberation you gotta beryllium there.' 

The Republican whip rattled disconnected a database of questions he had for Cheatle, including 'most importantly, really successful God's sanction did [the shooter] cognize to spell to that building successful nan first place? What told him that building was going to beryllium not secure, that he was going to beryllium capable to summation access?' 

Cheatle made an quality astatine nan RNC and was confronted by Republican senators.  

Emmer pointed to nan back-and-forth betwixt nan Trump team, which says they had requested further information and were denied, and nan Secret Service that says they had offered nan further security. 

'I want to cognize which 1 is true, because if this management did not supply further resources that were requested, that is incredibly damning.' 

'I cognize nan speaker, immoderate of our members are already calling for nan resignation. I'm 1 of those that says you cognize what, that's nan easy measurement out. You instrumentality astir you reply these questions.' 

Speaker Mike Johnson has called connected Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign - different Republicans person demanded she beryllium fired. 

The apical Secret Service caput will beryllium for a proceeding pinch nan Oversight Committee connected Monday. 

Emmer said nan shooting had brought connected a consciousness of unity he'd ne'er seen astatine a normal before.

'It's been astonishing successful this place. You know, nan president asked maine nan different nighttime erstwhile I was sitting pinch him, he said, "Do you deliberation this is nan champion normal ever? And like, you know, actually, without pandering?"'

'"Yes," I told him,' Emmer said. 

'What happened connected Saturday. I deliberation that really galvanized us.' 

'You saw Nikki Haley, you saw Ron DeSantis erstwhile I erstwhile they want to sprout a feline want to termination a feline for what he believes successful what he's fighting for. Time to merge and understand this is much, overmuch bigger than us.'   

Former UN Ambassador Haley and Gov. DeSantis received a mostly lukewarm clasp from nan crowd erstwhile they took to nan shape earlier this week - pinch only constricted booing. 

Despite being Trump's erstwhile apical opponents, they made their lawsuit for why Republicans needed to merge down him - moreover ones that don't work together pinch him connected everything.