The Secretary of Homeland Security grants Secret Service protection to “major candidates” – why Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doesn’t currently meet historical standards.
As President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump continue to comfortably lead the races for the Democratic and Republican nominations, respectively, a third-party candidate is trying to make waves ahead of the 2024 presidential election: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Kennedy’s father was a contender for the Democratic nomination in 1968, but he was assassinated during the campaign, an event that prompted the Secret Service to begin providing protection details to some presidential candidates.as evidence he’s facing threats in his run for the presidency.
Homeland Security has not issued public statements on its assessment of whether Kennedy qualifies and did not respond to VERIFY’s questions. However, in 2017, the Secret Servicethere have been numerous exceptions. However, news reports show that in the last 20 years, only one candidate has been given Secret Service protection this early in an election cycle. In the, Barack Obama was given a detail.
Polling is also a factor in deciding who gets a detail. Secret Service guidelines say for a third-party candidate to be considered “major,” they should poll at 20% or higher for 30 straight days.Still the guidelines are not hard rules, and exceptions can be made based on other factors such as specific threats. Kennedy argues the recent trespasser at his home is evidence he is facing such threats – an argument to which Homeland Security has not publicly responded.
Other high-profile candidates, like Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, also do not have Secret Service protection at this time. The only protected candidates are Biden and Trump – Biden because he is currently president, and Trump because former presidentsteam works to separate fact from fiction so that you can understand what is true and false. Please consider subscribing to our daily
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