He demanded that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. receive Secret Service protection from the Biden administration following the attempt on Donald Trump’s life. Only hours later, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas declared that the Biden administration would cover the Secret Service.
The GOP nominee posted on social media, “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 mentioned. The Biden administration has consistently refused to provide Secret Service security to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“The President has directed me to work with the Secret Service to provide protection to Robert Kennedy Jr.” Mayorkas declared a few hours later.
In an email, former House member and cousin to RFK Jr., Patrick Kennedy, stated to DNS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, “As a family member of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as a former member of Congress, and as a member of the public, I struggle to understand the administration’s persistent refusal to grant Secret Service protection to a presidential candidate deemed by the Secret Service itself to be at elevated risk.”
The publication said that 34 times, RFK Jr. received threats or strange outbursts. RFK Jr. took the lead in the days preceding the attempted assassination of Trump by urging the government to give him Secret Service protection. He did this by citing a DHS regulation that states candidates are entitled to the protection “as identified by the DHS Secretary, within 120 days of the general Presidential election.”
“Every time my application for Secret Service protection has been denied, apologists for the DHS said it was because protection isn’t guaranteed until 120 days before the election,” he said on July 8. He added, “That actually isn’t true – many candidates got it a year or more in advance. Anyway, the election is now 120 days away. Still no Secret Service. What is their excuse now?”
