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demmiblue

(39,158 posts) Fri Jul 28, 2023, 04:04 PM Jul 2023

This RFK Jr. tweet is being called out. When you see it... [View all]

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.

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This RFK Jr. tweet is being called out. When you see it... [View all] demmiblue Jul 2023 OP

Do all the other nnnounced candidates get it? brush Jul 2023 #1

No. brooklynite Jul 2023 #25

That's what I thought. RFK jr seems to be a bit selfish... brush Jul 2023 #31

He can't afford his own protection? milestogo Jul 2023 #2

Yep, that last name is good for more than Xavier Breath Jul 2023 #5

Its called playing the Assassination card. milestogo Jul 2023 #11

Well, yeah, I'd have to admit that he's got us there. Xavier Breath Jul 2023 #14

It's also playing the Dorian Gray Jul 2023 #34

I declare my candidacy for the presidency. Yavin4 Jul 2023 #3

Me MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2023 #28

Does ANY other candidate have secret service right now? Renew Deal Jul 2023 #4

After the primary, the major candidates get protection, not before. haele Jul 2023 #6

Obama got his detail in May 2007 WarGamer Jul 2023 #10

Yep canetoad Jul 2023 #18

Just pointing out there is flexibility in the sebject. WarGamer Jul 2023 #19

Well, two Kennedys were shot by assassins. onenote Jul 2023 #23

Or stop being such an asshole that people hate him. milestogo Jul 2023 #13

He's such a lying, unlikable whiner. Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #7

IOW MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2023 #29

Obama received Secret Service Protection in May of 2007, 18 months before election day WarGamer Jul 2023 #8

Why would a wingnut harm him ? They love him. rickford66 Jul 2023 #9

the POS just had to work '14' AND '88' into his statement Celerity Jul 2023 #12

He's a weirdo. Nobody writes like that e.g. 1-week has 7-days dalton99a Jul 2023 #17

JFC. Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #20

Maybe if she does that Dorian Gray Jul 2023 #36

Bingo! demmiblue Jul 2023 #21

Wow. Elessar Zappa Jul 2023 #24

It INSTANTLY stuck out for me. Surely he has someone proofreading his shit before he hits send. Celerity Jul 2023 #27

It's not. He's aligned himself with Steven Bannon and Roger Stone. SMC22307 Jul 2023 #30

Right Dorian Gray Jul 2023 #35

Here is the reasoning JohnSJ Jul 2023 #15

The crazies with the guns love him. rogue emissary Jul 2023 #16

Is everyone ignoring the 14-88 thing, or do people just not know, even after recent years?? WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2023 #22

I didn't know, I just googled it. emulatorloo Jul 2023 #26

I never knew about it until your OP...I put a link in my reply here...very iteresting. Demsrule86 Jul 2023 #33

Another poster wrote an OP saying this was a right wing racist slur. Demsrule86 Jul 2023 #32

Courting white supremist sdfernando Jul 2023 #37