According to reports, the committee recommended that Republican presidential primary candidate Nikki Haley receive Secret Service protection. report It says it’s a section of the Department of Homeland Security. Alejandro Mayorkas will decide whether to give the green light to protection.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who had been unsuccessfully trying to obtain Secret Service protection for some time, took notice of this development.
“A Congressional advisory committee just voted in favor of granting Nikki Haley Secret Service protection. I’m glad she’s being protected and publicly supporting her requests, but there’s a double standard.” is rampant,” he declared in a statement. post With X.
“Denying Secret Service protection is a way to deplete my campaign and stop the movement we are building together,” he wrote in the post. “They are trying to exclude them from the election campaign. This is blatant election interference.” “Let me be clear: I have great respect for the Secret Service. This corruption comes from far above.”
“Unfortunately for the establishment and those lurking around in the back rooms, I’m not going anywhere. Our movement is growing stronger and our coalition is building. I am more determined than ever about victory in November. If you give me the sword and I have a place to stay, I will give you back my country,” he declared.
In response to Kennedy’s post, Republican Texas Congressman Chip Roy said: tweeted“Mr. Kennedy should be afforded protection.”
Kennedy ran in the Democratic presidential primary last year, but later switched to running as an independent candidate.
Trump has largely cleared the field of rivals in the Republican presidential primary and could likely easily defeat Haley and win the party’s 2024 presidential nomination.
we law At the time, it said that, based on the direction of the DHS Secretary, the Secret Service “may provide protection to major presidential and vice presidential candidates and the spouses of such candidates within 120 days of the presidential general election.” . As used in this paragraph, the term “principal presidential and vice presidential candidates” refers to the vice presidential candidates consisting of the Speaker of the House, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate. means the individual identified by the Secretary of Homeland Security as a candidate for Vice President after consultation with the Advisory Committee. And she is one additional member selected by the other members of the committee. ”
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