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TO STAY STILL, NOT QUITE SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON WANTS TO TIGHTEN UP SECURITY AT EVENTS LIKE SATURDAY’S. HE SAYS IOWA SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY WOULD BE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW IF THE SHOOTER WASN’T STOPPED. WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT SECURITY MEASURES WHEN YOU’RE GOING TO GATHER THAT MANY PEOPLE THERE. YOU THINK OF THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, THAT’S THE FIRST THREE IN LINE. I DON’T THINK CHUCK GRASSLEY WAS IN THE BUILDING. BUT, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN CHARGE AFTER THAT. HALF THE CABINET, AT LEAST, WAS THERE. THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO REEVALUATE THIS. SENATOR GRASSLE
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Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley was ‘designated survivor’ for Saturday’s correspondents’ dinner
House Speaker Mike Johnson wants to tighten up security at events like Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.Johnson said Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley would be president right now if the shooter hadn’t been stopped.READ MORE: Man accused in correspondents’ dinner shooting charged with attempted assassination of Trump”We do need to look at security measures when you’re going to gather that many people there. You can think of it. You had the president, the vice president, speaker of the House, that’s the first three in line. I don’t think Chuck Grassley was in the building, but he would have been in charge after that. Half the Cabinet at least was there. They’re going to have to reevaluate this.”Grassley was the “designated survivor.” He was at home Saturday night in New Hartford.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
House Speaker Mike Johnson wants to tighten up security at events like Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.
Johnson said Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley would be president right now if the shooter hadn’t been stopped.
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READ MORE: Man accused in correspondents’ dinner shooting charged with attempted assassination of Trump
“We do need to look at security measures when you’re going to gather that many people there. You can think of it. You had the president, the vice president, speaker of the House, that’s the first three in line. I don’t think Chuck Grassley was in the building, but he would have been in charge after that. Half the Cabinet at least was there. They’re going to have to reevaluate this.”
Grassley was the “designated survivor.” He was at home Saturday night in New Hartford.
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