Sen. Blackburn demands Secret Service director's firing after heated confrontation at RNC: 'She cannot hide'

Sen. Marsha Blackburn demanded the firing of the Secret Service director after she attempted to confront Kimberly Cheatle over the security failures that led to the assassination attempt on former President Trump.

Blackburn, R-Tenn., discussed the confrontation she had with Cheatle at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee during "The Faulkner Focus," warning she will have to answer for the tragic shooting.

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"She's going to have to come forward. She can run, but she cannot hide," Blackburn told Harris Faulkner on Thursday. "She has to provide these answers. She should be fired. She should have been fired Saturday night."

Blackburn confronted Cheatle alongside Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., while she was in a private suite at the event on Wednesday, questioning the decisions that were made leading up to the shooting at Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

They decided to try to track Cheatle down at the event after Blackburn said she had a call alongside other lawmakers to brief them on the events leading up to the shooting. She said after the call was disconnected, and she found out she was on site for the convention, she took matters into her own hands.

"They said, oh, there are no more questions in the queue," Blackburn said. "And they cut the call and everyone was like, we need some answers."

In response to their questions during the face-to-face confrontation, Cheatle said it wasn't an appropriate place to have the discussion, but she was happy to answer questions shortly before leaving the suite.

In a statement in response to a query about the confrontation, the Secret Service said Cheatle is committed to