 calls it the most stunning failure for the Secret Service in decades, which clearly is true, since we haven't had a major assassination attempt on a president or presidential candidate in several decades. The last major assassination attempt on a presidential candidate was, in fact, on President Ronald Reagan, going all the way back to the early 1980s, in which President Reagan was shot at very close range. Here's the video of the shooter. Again, he had plenty of time to get ready up on top of that roof. I wouldn't be doing this job. I wouldn't be doing this job.