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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Receives Secret Service Protection Following Attempt on President Donald Trump
Independent Political Report ^ | July 16, 2024 | Jordan Willow Evans

Posted on 07/19/2024 10:50:57 AM PDT by Angelino97

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will start receiving U.S. Secret Service protection following an attempt on the life of former President Donald Trump over the weekend, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Monday.

“In light of this weekend’s events, the President has directed me to work with the Secret Service to provide protection to Robert Kennedy Jr.,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced during a White House press briefing held on Monday. Mayorkas also mentioned that the Secret Service had increased and would continue to enhance security measures for Trump, although he said he could not provide specifics.

Following the announcement of his Secret Service protection, Kennedy thanked President Joe Biden via social media, saying, “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.”

The Kennedy campaign has been urging the Biden administration since last year to provide him with Secret Service protection but has been repeatedly denied, even in the face of previous altercations. Until now, the campaign had outsourced Kennedy’s security needs to Gavin de Becker & Associates, a private security consulting firm.

According to FEC filings from the beginning of the campaign, the Kennedy campaign has spent nearly $3 million on security services from Gavin de Becker & Associates.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: attemptedmuder; electioninterference; rfkjr
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1 posted on 07/19/2024 10:50:57 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

“Following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, some of his security detail has been transferred to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.” /sarc


2 posted on 07/19/2024 10:53:34 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Steve_Seattle

They just arrived from Butler PA.


3 posted on 07/19/2024 10:54:42 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Col Frank Slade

...with a bad case of PTSD...

If somebody banged a wall near them I would bet half of them would hit the ground with guns drawn at this point....


4 posted on 07/19/2024 10:57:18 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Angelino97

I don’t know if this is true, but I had heard that Trump himself requested that Kennedy have protection. And that was before Saturday. PDJT actually cares about people — all people — even his opponents.


5 posted on 07/19/2024 10:58:39 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's not as if Biden has the nuclear codes or anything. 😳)
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To: Angelino97

It’s a vicious crime that he didn’t have protection from the start.


6 posted on 07/19/2024 11:00:18 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Angelino97

Other than a lone kook working on his own, they’re not going to bother RFKjr, unless he starts seriously drawing voters from democrats.


7 posted on 07/19/2024 11:06:59 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Angelino97

With protection like that who needs an assassination attempt?


8 posted on 07/19/2024 11:07:43 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: MayflowerMadam

He did, and clearly does.


9 posted on 07/19/2024 11:08:27 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Angelino97

It merely shows how shallow, childish and short-thinking Biden’s closest advisors and Fed.gov apparatchiks are.


10 posted on 07/19/2024 11:08:30 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Angelino97

ms. cheatle: we have granted RFK jr Secret Service protection... of course, we had to pull from former president trump’s detail... not the dei hires, but the real ones.


11 posted on 07/19/2024 11:17:20 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: one guy in new jersey

Trump requesting security for Kennedy reminds me a little of how he held back from walking on stage until Ben Carson did. Respect for people, even opponents.


12 posted on 07/19/2024 11:19:22 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's not as if Biden has the nuclear codes or anything. 😳)
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To: Angelino97

He should probably reconsider SS protection. Maybe hire a retired mall cop?


13 posted on 07/19/2024 11:36:52 AM PDT by bort
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To: MayflowerMadam

Yes. He has and shows respect for people as people. He puts himself in their shoes and acts accordingly.


14 posted on 07/19/2024 11:41:16 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Angelino97

They call it protection.

Could be a hit job.

In Deep State lingo SS protection can be akin to hit.


15 posted on 07/19/2024 11:42:39 AM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: Angelino97

Of all people to deny protection...That “do not protect” came from the top...


16 posted on 07/19/2024 11:42:45 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: MayflowerMadam

Maybe Trump will give RFK Jr. Fauci’s old job.


17 posted on 07/19/2024 11:44:00 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Angelino97

If the democrats can’t assassinate the competition at least look like you care?.


18 posted on 07/19/2024 11:46:25 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Angelino97

‘bout time.


19 posted on 07/19/2024 11:48:06 AM PDT by mware
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To: dfwgator

“Maybe Trump will give RFK Jr. Fauci’s old job.”

That might be a good idea. Fauci would hate it; it would rot his socks - LOL.

Of course, seriously, I’d want to know ALL departments that Fauci controlled. We might not want Kennedy’s fingers in every facet.


20 posted on 07/19/2024 11:51:40 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's not as if Biden has the nuclear codes or anything. 😳)
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