Former President Donald Trump said he believed the move was “the right thing to do.”
President Joe Biden has directed the Secret Service to provide a security detail to independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
The announcement from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas came amidst growing bipartisan calls to extend protections to Kennedy following Saturday’s failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
“Maintaining the safety and security of the president, the former president, and their campaign events, is one of our most vital priorities,” Mayorkas said. “In light of this weekend’s events, the President has directed me to work with the Secret Service to provide protection to Robert Kennedy, Jr.”
Christopher Gavin is a freelance reporter for The Daily Beast. He previously covered breaking news at The Messenger, a short-lived national news outlet, where he frequently covered courts, crime, and a bit of everything else around the U.S. Prior, he was a staff writer at Boston.com, where he wrote about politics, real estate, crime, music, policy, business, public education, transit, health, historical events, weather, and cultural curiosities – writing that earned eight awards from the New England Newspaper and Press Association. His work regularly appears in The Boston Globe and has also been featured in local newspapers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York
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