Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem assured that the agency’s security for Super Bowl LIX will be paramount on Sunday, citing how President Donald Trump’s attendance reinforces this message to other game attendees.
Trump is set to become the first sitting president to attend the annual big game on Sunday, which will see the Kansas City Chiefs square off against the Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans, Louisiana. Due to a terror attack that occurred in the city last month, the event’s security has been the focus ahead of kickoff, with Noem acknowledging it is “a big job.”
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“But it is so special that the president, the first time in history, is going to the Super Bowl,” Noem said on Fox News’s Fox News Sunday with Shannon Bream. “So while we have been focused on security operations there for many, many months and have been preparing for this day, to have President Trump be there just amplifies the message that a great game means that everybody got to go celebrate, support their team, and leave and get home safely.”
Trump’s Super Bowl visit comes less than a year after the president narrowly survived an assassination attempt during a presidential rally. Noem assured that the investigation investigation into the failures of that rally’s security is “definitely moving in the right direction,” and that the president’s security at the big game is not being taken lightly.
This year’s game will see 2,000 law enforcement officers on patrol, along with 350 National Guard troops to assist with security. Noem also said on Monday that there are “no credible threats” to the game ahead of Sunday.
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Ahead of kickoff, Attorney General Pam Bondi has praised Noem’s work on securing the Super Bowl, stating that everyone involved in the event’s safety is “crushing it.”
It is unclear if Trump is rooting for either the Kansas City Chiefs or the Philadelphia Eagles at Sunday’s game, though he did congratulate the Chiefs after it bested the Buffalo Bills in a score of 32-29 last month. Meanwhile, he did not offer a similar congratulatory message to the Eagles who beat the Washington Commanders 55-23.