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The men and women of the United States Secret Service put their lives on the line to defend U.S. presidents and other high-profile leaders from around the world — a sacrifice that most revere. But this is 2017, so it’s completely within the pale for someone who has never put himself in imminent danger to refer to those who have as a “bullet sponge.” Because. You know. Trump!
In a series of tweets sent out on Sunday, Hollywood producer Joe Carnahan called former United States Secret Service agent and congressional candidate and Conservative Review contributing editor Dan Bongino a “bullet sponge.”
Carnahan, responding to a tweet from another user, insulted Bongino’s intelligence and wrongly said that Bongino lost to a Democrat.
Dan, you’re punching above your weight, son.
Stick with the room temp IQ’s you can play all “scholarly” with. https://t.co/RwDAlVMDwD
— Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) November 20, 2017
Bongino fired back, clarifying that he lost in the Republican primary in Florida and criticizing the filmmaker, saying that Carnahan didn’t have the courage to run for public office.
That’s okay, I’m used to dealing with liberal imbeciles who don’t have the balls, or the IQ, to actually run for office themselves opening their cowardly mouths and spouting off while making fools of themselves.
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) November 19, 2017
Carnahan referred to Bongino as a former “bullet sponge for better men” — referring to Bogino’s time in the presidential protective detail — and mocked his losses as a Republican in three congressional runs.
You 0-3 in political races, slick.
That’s losing.
You should have stuck to being a bullet sponge for better men.
— Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) November 20, 2017
Hysterical. From the loser who is zero for zero in ANY race, uses Wikipedia for homework, comments on politics without knowing any of the facts, and has YET to refute one thing in my best-selling book. Nice work chump. Go back to your playpen.
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) November 20, 2017
Bongino pointed out the appalling implications of Carnahan’s tweet, even as the producer doubled down.
How Hollywood types refer to Secret Service agents who put their asses on the line while these zeroes write movies about it. ???? https://t.co/ATNcmHPcPF
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) November 20, 2017
Hollywood loser taking cheap shots at the Secret Service https://t.co/ZfIYCHuh88
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) November 20, 2017
Carnahan has produced such films as 2011’s “The Grey” and popular television series “The Blacklist,” but has never served in a capacity that might have required him to give his life for another human being. Nor has he ever run for public office. But that didn’t stop him from public mocking of one who has.
Editor's note: This article has been updated to remove a typographical error.
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