Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
finally Receive Secret Service protection.
Two days after a lone gunman nearly assassinated Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that Kennedy would receive Secret Service protection.
“I’m grateful to President Biden for giving me Secret Service protection.”
“In light of the events of this weekend, the president has directed me to work with the Secret Service to provide protection for Robert Kennedy Jr.,” Mayorkas said at the White House.
Mayorkas claimed that President Joe Biden had directed that protection be given to RFK Jr. “both before and after the events of last weekend.”
Campaign security is of paramount importance and is personal to RFK Jr.: His father, Robert F. Kennedy, was assassinated on the campaign trail in June 1968, and his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in November 1963.
Despite that tragic history, the Biden administration has denied at least giving RFK Jr. Secret Service protection.
5 times, Recently in March.
The Secret Service is legally required to provide protection for “the major candidates for president and vice president and their spouses” within 120 days of a presidential election, the agency said.
Explained on the websiteMost third-party candidates don’t get protection, but RFK Jr. is not your average independent candidate. In fact, he Consistently maintains approval ratings between 9% and 10% nationwide — which is no small thing — and his rallies draw big crowds.
The announcement came on Monday, just days after President Trump called on the Biden administration to provide protection for RFK Jr.
“Given what is going on in the world right now, I believe it is urgent that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. receive Secret Service protection. Given the history of the Kennedy family, this is clearly the right thing to do!” Trump
Said.
The day before, a bipartisan group of lawmakers
Pledge to strengthen safety For Biden, Trump and RFK Jr.
RFK Jr., meanwhile, said he appreciated Biden’s decision.
“I’m grateful to President Biden for giving me Secret Service protection,” he said in a statement, “and I’m very grateful to Gavin de Becker & Associates for keeping me safe during the final 15 months of the presidential campaign.”
Gavin de Becker recently said that RFK Jr.’s campaign’s private security spending was close to $6 million. Said Politico.
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