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In reply to the discussion: Kellyanne Conway - Buys Kids clothes at Target with 2 SUVs and 4 Secret Service Agents [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)36. From wikipedia: Today, the Secret Service is authorized by law to protect:
The President, the Vice President (or other officer next in the order of succession to the Office of President, should the Vice Presidency be vacant), the President-elect, and the Vice President-elect
The immediate families of the above individuals
Former Presidents and their spouses for their lifetimes (except when the spouse divorces or remarries), under the Former Presidents Act. From 1997 until 2013, legislation became effective limiting Secret Service protection to former Presidents and their spouses to a period of 10 years from the date the former President leaves office. President Barack Obama signed legislation reversing this limit and reinstating lifetime protection on January 10, 2013.[5][6][7]
The widow or widower of a former President who dies in office or dies within a year of leaving office for a period of one year after the President's death (the Secretary of Homeland Security can extend the protection time)
Children of former Presidents until age 16 or 10 years after the presidency
Former Vice Presidents, their spouses, and their children under 16 years of age, for up to 6 months from the date the former Vice
President leaves office (the Secretary of Homeland Security can extend the protection time)
Visiting heads of states or governments and their spouses traveling with them
Other distinguished foreign visitors to the United States and official representatives of the United States performing special missions abroad, as directed by the President
Major presidential and vice presidential candidates[8]
The spouses of major presidential and vice presidential candidates (within 120 days of a general presidential election)
Other individuals as designated per executive order of the President
National Special Security Events, when designated as such by the Secretary of Homeland Security
My guess is the highlighted one may apply, meaning the trump administration is willing to starve senior citizens and watch Americans die in Emergency Rooms to pay for Ms. Beavis' protection while she shops at Target.
Ridiculous.
The immediate families of the above individuals
Former Presidents and their spouses for their lifetimes (except when the spouse divorces or remarries), under the Former Presidents Act. From 1997 until 2013, legislation became effective limiting Secret Service protection to former Presidents and their spouses to a period of 10 years from the date the former President leaves office. President Barack Obama signed legislation reversing this limit and reinstating lifetime protection on January 10, 2013.[5][6][7]
The widow or widower of a former President who dies in office or dies within a year of leaving office for a period of one year after the President's death (the Secretary of Homeland Security can extend the protection time)
Children of former Presidents until age 16 or 10 years after the presidency
Former Vice Presidents, their spouses, and their children under 16 years of age, for up to 6 months from the date the former Vice
President leaves office (the Secretary of Homeland Security can extend the protection time)
Visiting heads of states or governments and their spouses traveling with them
Other distinguished foreign visitors to the United States and official representatives of the United States performing special missions abroad, as directed by the President
Major presidential and vice presidential candidates[8]
The spouses of major presidential and vice presidential candidates (within 120 days of a general presidential election)
Other individuals as designated per executive order of the President
National Special Security Events, when designated as such by the Secretary of Homeland Security
My guess is the highlighted one may apply, meaning the trump administration is willing to starve senior citizens and watch Americans die in Emergency Rooms to pay for Ms. Beavis' protection while she shops at Target.
Ridiculous.
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Kellyanne Conway - Buys Kids clothes at Target with 2 SUVs and 4 Secret Service Agents [View all]
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2017
OP
Well you need at least one to carry the merchandise and one to open the car door
dalton99a
Mar 2017
#6
For the attention whores in the Gump administration, that would never do.
Charles Bukowski
Mar 2017
#18
So you suggesting the same people that had problem with Hillary have a problem with Kellyanne?
LisaL
Mar 2017
#24
David Axelrod and Valerie Jarrett, advisors to President Obama, had SS protection
Kaleva
Mar 2017
#32
Irrelevant. BTW, if you read the posts below, the FIRST LADY (Michelle Obama)....
George II
Mar 2017
#39
Obviously they weren't hanging all over her like they were with Conway. You might want to...
George II
Mar 2017
#43
Still, her SS protection is unprecedented. I don't ever recall a campaign chairman/director...
George II
Mar 2017
#45
With an entourage like that they should have delivered a few "Meals On Wheels" along the way.
Vinca
Mar 2017
#17
Great research, thanks! Michelle Obama was First Lady, Miss Beavis is a trump hanger-on.
George II
Mar 2017
#38
Kellyanne Conway is a serial liar and harms America. Michelle Obama shows grace, class, and honesty
sharedvalues
Mar 2017
#49