Last Wednesday, Secret Service agents apprehended yet another man attempting to break into the White House. This was the latest event in a string of security breaches around what should be the most secure building on the planet.
I am absolutely sick and tired of these fence-jumpers illegally entering the White House grounds. The U.S. cannot exist as a sovereign state unless our government fulfills its role and secures the White House fence.
In the early days of our country, there was no need for a fence around the presidential mansion. The honest, hardworking people of this country knew it was probably best to stay out unless officially invited.
Now, we are confronted with the clear and present danger of people who don’t understand that a spiked fence, guard house and rooftop snipers generally mean you shouldn’t try to break in.
We could speculate for days on why people are trying to break into the White House. At worst, they are attempting to cause harm to administration officials. Maybe they’re trying to reenact “Olympus has Fallen.”Or they could be card-carrying members of the lefty, UN-backed globalist movement, seeking to push their no borders or fences agenda.
Then again, maybe they are attempting to sneak in undetected and take a job as a chef or landscaper for below average pay, stealing the jobs of White House staffers to support their families outside the fenced-in grounds.
Whatever their reasoning, they are flagrantly violating our laws, and upon capture, they should be immediately kicked off of the grounds and subject to harsh punishment. We simply cannot sustain a policy of amnesty for these fence-jumpers. The most recent one, Dominic Adesanya of Maryland, went as far as kicking a Secret Service guard dog to avoid capture.
That’s right. He kicked a dog that was just following its training because some jerk with no regard for the law decided to trespass in a high security area.
Clearly, security measures around the White House need to increase. For starters, let’s place military units around the entirety of the fence while we make improvements. Nothing says ‘keep out’ quite like an Abrams tank.
Once we have boots on the ground, we must consider all options. Obviously, we should not double, but triple the height of the existing fence. It should then be electrified. 10,000 volts should do nicely.
I must now echo the sentiments of congressional candidate Lenar Whitney. If we can secure the few miles of border between North and South Korea, why can’t we secure our own?
The answer, of course, is the presence of tens of thousands of landmines and a permanent U.S. military garrison. I say we apply that logic to securing the White House. Would-be intruders would have a rude awakening and dismembering, should they try to make their way up the lawn.
When we finally have a 100 percent secure fence, then perhaps we can have a national conversation about loosening restrictions on entry to the White House, or even allowing certain former fence-jumpers back in. However, until we turn off the faucet of would-be assailants and residents of the political fringe, we will be fighting an uphill battle.
What good is a fence if people can just scale over it like a hurdle at a track meet? Our government must act to lockdown the perimeter of the White House before the front foyer is totally filled with unwanted guests.
No amnesty, no fence- jumping, no dog-kicking, and by God, no compromise.
Ryan McGehee is a 21-year-old political science, international studies and history major from Zachary, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @JRyanMcGehee.