President Obama has 99 problems, and the lack of White House security appears to be one.
A Democratic congressman from New York recently expressed his dissatisfaction with the Secret Service’s inability to prevent an intruder from making his way deep into the White House last month by comparing President Obama’s security to that of rapper Jay Z.
After Secret Service Director Julia Pierson announced her decision to resign, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called the resignation “a welcome development” but not a “sufficient” one.
“We cannot have a situation where Jay Z appears to have a more competent security apparatus than the President of the United States,” Jeffries said in a statement. “The Secret Service needs strong leadership from top to bottom, significant retraining, a firm disciplinary code, technology enhancements and a greater budget allocation. Only then, will the president and the American people get the agency we deserve.”
Reportedly, Jay Z and his pop star wife Beyonce hired a security team of 500 people to guard and protect them on their “On the Run” tour, which concluded last month.
Julia Pierson resigned from her position as Secret Service director Wednesday following a brutal hearing with the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the issue of the White House intruder.
Luckily for Obama, he, Jay Z and Beyonce appear to be quite good friends, and he can likely borrow their security team anytime he wants.
H/T The Hill
