RFK Jr.'s Secret Service protection ends after suspended campaign

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBS News

August 25, 2024 / 2:49 PM EDT


Washington — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who suspended his third-party presidential bid last week and endorsed former President Donald Trump, has lost his Secret Service protection following the decision to leave the race, his campaign said.

"Mr. Kennedy no longer has USSS," Stefanie Spear, Kennedy's press secretary, told CBS News.

In remarks in Phoenix on Friday, Kennedy said he was backing Trump because he could see no viable path to the White House. And although he said he wasn't "terminating" his campaign — remaining on the ballot in some noncompetitive states — he pledged to remove his name from states where he could be a spoiler. Kennedy was on the ballot in more than 20 states when he suspended his White House bid.

President Biden directed the Secret Service to afford protection to Kennedy after the assassination attempt against Trump in July. Kennedy's campaign had long requested the protection for the independent presidential candidate — an issue that was especially acute for Kennedy, whose father and uncle were assassinated in the 1960s.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-secret-service-protection-over-campaign/

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I know a DUer had asked about (or at least insisted on it ) in another thread.

[Think. Again.]

1. But it says in the article, he is NOT "terminating his campaign"....

....which lie is it?

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

2. Since he has deferred to the Curmudgeony Cantaloupe, he'll have to carry full term or ask him to pay for the procedure

Rulez is rulez

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Well I see it as no different from Haley who "suspended" and no long had SS protection

yet her name was still on a number of state ballots (probably more than him).

[Jack Valentino]

8. Ah, "suspending" is not quite "terminating"...

Also, he made some weird comments to the effect that
"you can still vote for me if you want to" or something like that....

Maybe we should give Secret Service protection to dead bears and whales,
if Bobby is still running around out there.....

[JI7]

10. It's mostly about raising money to pay off debts

So they use the term suspending instead of ending .

[Oopsie Daisy]

4. What a fucking waste of money THAT was!

[ZonkerHarris]

5. Endorse another candidate and the SS goes home.

[LiberalFighter]

6. That answered my question.

Under normal circumstances he would not have received protection.

This news also answered another question I had. That he was only on the ballot in twenty states.

Alaska, Delaware, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia. He's also on the ballot in California

[BumRushDaShow]

7. He was in court to try to get on PA's ballot

but ended that effort in a court filing where he also endorsed 45.

I think similar happened with AZ where he apparently attempted to get on that one as well but withdrew.

[Jack Valentino]

9. Junior was on the ballot in Michigan because he won the ballot line of some

minor party.... so wonder what happens with that? is the minor party now left with no candidate?
or will RFK still appear on their ballot line in Michigan, since he was not an 'independent' candidate here ?

[Wonder Why]

11. I guess the SS agents trained to hunt worms will be laid off. 😁😁