RFK Jr. requests Secret Service protection following suspected assassination attempt by Trump supporters.
Kennedy's requests for protection have been consistently denied by the Biden administration.
An important Democrat is calling for Secret Service protection for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after an alleged assassination attempt on former President Trump.
Hours after the shooting at Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis urged President Biden to alter his administration's prior decision to withhold Kennedy Secret Service protection.
Polis wrote on X that he urged Biden to promptly grant secret service protection to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Early spring, Kennedy's campaign had amassed $1.4 million in debt to a private security firm, despite the Biden administration consistently refusing his requests for Secret Service protection.
Biden has been criticized by Kennedy for turning down at least three requests for security during the 2024 campaign, dating back to last year.
Despite several documented death threats against him, the Biden administration maintains that Secret Service protection for Kennedy is not warranted, according to a letter obtained by Deseret News.
In the 1960s, both Robert F. Kennedy, the late former Democratic New York senator and U.S. Attorney General, and his uncle, the late former President John F. Kennedy, were assassinated.
Kennedy commended the Secret Service agents who saved Trump's life during the assassination attempt, but refrained from criticizing the Biden administration for not providing him with protection.
The White House declined to comment on Planet Chronicle Digital's request.
Planet Chronicle' Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
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