Today I read news of something I thought was truly amazing.
From Twitchy:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is challenging President Biden for the Democrat nomination, and according to Real Clear Politics RFK Jr. has about 14 percent support.
According to Kennedy, he requested Secret Service protection during his run for the nomination but says the Biden administration denied that request:
RFK Jr.commented , “Since the assassination of my father in 1968, candidates for president are provided Secret Service protection. But not me.
“Typical turnaround time for pro forma protection requests from presidential candidates is 14-days. After 88-days of no response and after several follow-ups by our campaign, the Biden Administration just denied our request. Secretary Mayorkas: ‘I have determined that Secret Service protection for Robert F Kennedy Jr is not warranted at this time.’ 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.”
This outright refusal is doubly perplexing in view of the recent personal ad hominem attacks that multiple Democrats leveled against RFK Jr. during a committee meeting on social media and alleged censorship. These Democrats were very nasty and more than rude. ‘Hateful’ would be the most descriptive word to describe the Democrats’ behavior, and now this refusal to provide secret service protection for RFK Jr.! Do the Democrats in power want an attempt on the life of RFK Jr.? … or worse? Think about the response of RFK Jr. supporters to this latest insult by JB and Mayorkas. At this point are any of these RFK backers going to support and vote for Biden?
Could this sort of double whammy cause RFK Jr. to run as a third party candidate? Personally, I would not blame him!
8/2/23