History
We’ve gone over some of this before, but it bears repeating.
Robert F. Kennedy was shot and killed during the 1968 presidential campaign, 55 years ago this past June. As a result, Secret Service protection was afforded presidential nominees, and when warranted, candidates. Barack Obama secured such protection 15 months before he won his party’s nomination; Dr. Ben Carson was granted such protection during his campaign in 2015.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is running for president. His team compiled an 80-some page report documenting threats made to him and applied for Secret Service protection. The Biden Administration denied the request.
This past weekend came news that an armed man, disguised as a U.S. Marshal and claiming to be on Kennedy’s security detail, was spotted trying to get close to the candidate during an event Friday marking the start of Hispanic Heritage Month. He was discovered by Kennedy’s actual private security detail and held for local police; the man was arrested on weapons charges.
Mr. Kennedy can afford a private security detail, and lucky for him he can. He noted on social media following the event that he hoped the incident would lead the Biden Administration to reconsider his request for Secret Service protection, saying he’s the only candidate to ever had such a request denied.
CNN tried to cover for the administration, by saying “the vast majority of candidates in modern presidential primaries never receive Secret Service protection because they are not deemed ‘major’ candidates — and it would be nearly unprecedented for even a major candidate to receive protection this early in a campaign if they did not already have it on account of currently or previously serving in the White House.”
Conveniently, CNN forgot the Obama and Carson examples I gave you a moment ago…neither man qualifies under the CNN explanation, but received protection nonetheless.
Regardless, the national Democrat party and the current administration continuing to act as if there are no challengers to the incumbent goes beyond rigging a nomination process, as was done with the revised 2024 schedule of primaries and caucuses. Safety is at issue, and the issue is well beyond speculation.
I enjoy studying history, as you know…and if it’s one thing that is certain, unchecked, history tends to repeat itself. Let’s hope someone in Washington with sanity and the power to change this unjust situation appears.
