The night before the Cape Canaveral trip, protesters had swarmed over temporary barricades in front of the Treasury building, next to the White House, and hurled objects at Secret Service agents, striking dozens of them. The Secret Service, following established protocol, had ordered that the White House be put on temporary lockdown, and had moved the president to the underground Emergency Operations Center. This news broke in the New York Times on Sunday, and the president was immediately criticized for moving to the bunker. The movement had been mandated by Secret Service security protocols.
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