Friday, 15 November 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Granted Secret Service Protection

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been given Secret Service protection after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

“Thank you to President Biden for granting me Secret Service protection. And I am so grateful to Gavin deBecker & Associates for keeping me safe for the last 15 months of my Presidential campaign,” RFK Jr. said.

On Monday, President Trump called for RFK Jr. to immediately receive Secret Service protection.

“In light of what is going on in the world today, I believe it is imperative that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. receive Secret Service protection — immediately. Given the history of the Kennedy Family, this is the obvious right thing to do!” Trump said.

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From the Associated Press:

President Joe Biden has directed the U.S. Secret Service to protect independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the Homeland Security secretary said Monday.

Kennedy is a longshot to win Electoral College votes, much less the presidency. But his campaign events have drawn large crowds of supporters and people interested in his message. His campaign has been urging the president to provide him with Secret Service protection for months, and has sent multiple requests after various incidents.

In October, a man was arrested after trespassing twice in one day at Kennedy’s Los Angeles home, and a month earlier, an armed man accused of impersonating a federal officer was taken into custody outside a Kennedy campaign event.

Kennedy’s uncle, President John F. Kennedy, and his father, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, were both assassinated.

“The Biden White House caves and announces that Biden has ordered Secret Service protection for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Good job, Biden. The announcement came just hours after Trump demanded that protection be given to RFK Jr,” Collin Rugg wrote.

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Per CNBC:

Kennedy’s father, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y., was assassinated in June 1968 in Los Angeles, on the night he won the California and South Dakota Democratic presidential primaries.

Kennedy’s uncle, President John Kennedy, was assassinated in Dallas in November 1963.

Kennedy security consultant Gavin deBecker told Politico over the weekend that his campaign had a request for Secret Service protection pending with the Department of Homeland Security.


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