RFK Jr. Says Biden DHS Won’t Provide Secret Service Protection

RFK Jr., whose father was assassinated on the presidential marketing campaign path in 1968, says the Biden Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has denied his request for Secret Service safety.

“Since the assassination of my father in 1968, candidates for president are provided Secret Service protection. But not me,” Kennedy tweeted.

“Our campaign’s request included a 67-page report from the world’s leading protection firm, detailing unique and well established security and safety risks aside from commonplace death threats.”

Since the assassination of my father in 1968, candidates for president are offered Secret Service safety. But not me.

Typical turnaround time for professional forma safety requests from presidential candidates is 14-days. After 88-days of no response and after a number of…

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) July 28, 2023

Here’s Mayorkas’ letter. This screenshot is from Kennedy’s marketing campaign web site: pic.twitter.com/cEXUfPmV0c

— Alex Nitzberg (@alexnitzberg) July 28, 2023

A deceptive group notice was added to the tweet, which means that candidates will solely be protected inside 120 days of the final election…

The Secret Service’s website suggests the identical:

The actual text of the law, nonetheless, makes clear that the 120-day steerage is for spouses.

“Major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and, within 120 days of the general Presidential election, the spouses of such candidates.“

Punctuation issues.

Meanwhile, an argument for why Kennedy ought to obtain SS safety:

1) In June of 1968, following the assassination of presidential nominee Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, the Secret Service started defending main presidential nominees and their spouses. Just days after the assassination the Secret Service turned liable for the security of 5…

— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) July 29, 2023

(continued, emphasis ours)

The regulation authorizes Secret Service safety for main presidential and vice presidential candidates and their spouses inside 120 days of the final presidential election. However, the evolution of the protecting element is predicated upon precise threats and acts of aggression in opposition to each the very best public workplace within the land and those that search the place.

History reveals there’s precedent for candidates receiving safety >120 days forward of the final election.

Donald Trump & Ben Carson had been offered Secret Service safety twelve months earlier than Election Day in 2015

Barack Obama was offered Secret Service safety 551 days before Election Day in 2007

7) Ted Kennedy was offered Secret Service safety 410 days earlier than Election Day in 1979https://t.co/1QXvEqLG5D

— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) July 29, 2023

RFK Jr is throughout the time vary of the precedent set by the candidates above (465 days from Election Day) and is arguably underneath even larger risk given the Kennedy household’s tragic historical past of assassinations.

The Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas) has the discretion and the flexibility to approve or deny Secret Service protection to presidential candidates at any level within the marketing campaign.

Given that the Biden Administration started to censor RFK Jr inside days of entering into the White House and is continuous that censorship even via final week’s censorship listening to, it’s not stunning {that a} Biden appointee has denied a political opponent’s request for Secret Service safety.