Joe Biden explains why he ‘can’t go outside anymore’ and who’s stopping him

President Joe Biden complained Monday that the Secret Service’s tighter restrictions are preventing him from reaching voters.

“I’m not allowed to go out in crowds anymore, the Secret Service won’t allow it,” he told reporters at the White House.

“They said it’s too dangerous. No one is allowed outside,” he noted.

Biden had just returned from Pittsburgh, where he held his first campaign rally with Kamala Harris since she replaced him as the Democratic presidential nominee.

After the speeches, Biden and Harris stopped working the “rope line,” the point at which a candidate walks past the steel barriers holding back the crowd to shake hands, chat with voters and take selfies.

Biden especially enjoys standing in line. He can spend an hour there after a speech, chatting and posing for photos.

When a president is working on a ropeway, there are usually a few officers in front of him, manually searching the waiting crowd, and an officer behind the president to pull him out if there is a security problem.

Anyone attending a presidential event must pass through TSA-style security before entering.

Biden’s complaint follows an attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last month.

The Secret Service declined to comment on the matter.

“Due to operational integrity concerns, we are unable to comment further on the protective protocols in place for the President,” spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told DailyMail.com.

Biden did get some time with voters one-on-one. After his speech, he chatted with people standing behind him onstage during his address. He and Harris also had a private meet-and-greet with a small group of union members before their larger rally.

Donald Trump surrounded by Secret Service agents after the attempted assassination at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13

The July 13 assassination attempt on Trump sent shockwaves through the country and raised questions about how it happened. The Secret Service came under increased scrutiny. The FBI and Republicans in the House of Representatives launched investigations.

Photos and videos analyzed after the attempt show that shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks got astonishingly close to the podium where the former president was speaking.

The roof from which Crooks fired the shots was just outside the security zone of Trump’s campaign rally.

The attack grazed Trump’s ear, killing one spectator and seriously injuring two other people at the rally.

The Secret Service has made major changes in the wake of assassination attempts on presidents.

After the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan in 1981, the agency moved to improve the president’s security.

This included introducing stricter screening procedures, improving vehicle security with advanced technologies and intensifying training programs to improve response capacity and situational awareness.

Reagan was emerging from the Washington Hilton hotel when John Hinckley Jr. opened fire from a group of bystanders less than 15 feet away from the then-president.

Hinckley fired six shots before Secret Service agents tackled him, the last shot ricocheting off a limousine and into Reagan.

The assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and the attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford in 1975 also brought about changes.

The Secret Service took steps to improve cooperation with local law enforcement, increase visibility at public events and enhance intelligence sharing to identify potential threats.

Kennedy was shot in Dallas while driving a convertible with the top down. Afterward, presidents were no longer allowed to sit in open vehicles, but waved to bystanders through the thick glass of a heavily armored limousine nicknamed “the Beast.”

Chaos surrounding shooting victims immediately following the attempted assassination of President Reagan, March 30, 1981

President John F Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally in an open convertible on the day of the assassination – November 22, 1963

Following the attempted assassination of Trump, Kimberly Cheatle resigned as director of the agency and five agents were suspended.

Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe vowed to restore public trust after the incident.

He said the shooting amounted to a “failure on multiple levels,” including a lack of imagination and a “failure to question our assumptions.”

“And I can assure you,” Rowe added, “we will not make that mistake again.”