Chelsea Clinton Defends Secret Service Protection for Trumps

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton would have preferred to have seen her mother, Hillary Clinton, in the Oval Office, but Wednesday she fired back at critics of President Donald Trump who do not think his family should receive Secret Service protection.

It makes me very sad to read this & to know that anyone would ever say this. The President's family's protection should not be politicized. https://t.co/49xmDD0hy2

— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) April 17, 2017

Critics have complained Trump has wasted money traveling to his Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida almost every weekend since his inauguration and first lady Melania Trump and 11-year-old Barron Trump require extra protection as they have continued to live in their Manhattan home atop Trump Tower as Barron finished out the school year.

Others on Twitter told Clinton that Trump's grown children have abused the taxpayer-funded protection while traveling the world to pursue their business interests.

But Clinton was having none of it, responding to at least two people.

Understandable. The answer isn't to endanger Trump's family-it's to vote him out of office (& vote in people who will hold him accountable) https://t.co/Kv3nSdgkut

— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) April 17, 2017

@NuttyTrump It's not a requirement. If you think it should be, ask your representatives to take it up as an issue.

— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) April 17, 2017

The Secret Service requested an extra $60 million in February to protect the Trump family, but the request was rejected by the Office of Management and Budget, The Washington Post reported in March.

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