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2024-07-16 Home Front: Politix

Biden orders RFK Jr to get Secret Service protection

[CBSnews] President Biden has directed the Secret Service to protect independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., following Saturday's attempted assassination of Donald Trump, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced Monday.

How very thoughtful and generous of him … or his administration, anyway.

The RFK Jr. campaign was requesting Secret Service protection long before the attempt on former President Donald Trump's life. The Kennedy family is painfully aware of how quickly life can be taken by a single attacker — both RFK Jr.'s father, Robert F. Kennedy, and his uncle, John F. Kennedy, were assassinated in the 1960s.

"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.," Mayorkas announced during Monday's White House press briefing.

Kennedy is still trying to appear on ballots across the country, and his presidential aspirations are a long shot. But he does enjoy strong support from some Americans, and his events have drawn crowds.

Mr. Biden has ordered an independent review of Trump's Saturday rally and law enforcement's handling of the situation. Trump was not seriously injured when he was shot, but one spectator was killed, and two more were critically injured. The shooter was outside of the security perimeter, but managed to fire off shots mere hundreds of feet away from the stage of Trump's Butler County, Pennsylvania, rally site.

Posted by Gromble+Dribble4342 2024-07-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11145 views ] Top

#1 Attempting to cover their arses.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-07-16 00:26|| 2024-07-16 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 "Alright! We'll put some disabled broads on it. Happy??"

Posted by Frank G 2024-07-16 00:34|| 2024-07-16 00:34|| Front Page Top

#3 'Buck Stops with Me,' But 'I Do Plan to Stay on'

Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-16 04:29|| 2024-07-16 04:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Secret Service director: Agency will 'participate fully' in independent review of Trump shooting

Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-16 04:55|| 2024-07-16 04:55|| Front Page Top

/\ First step in ANY review should be the director's resignation. Tomorrow or the next day will be fine, January 20th at the very latest.

I recommend Polk County Florida Sheriff Grady Judd chair the investigation.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-07-16 05:43|| 2024-07-16 05:43|| Front Page Top

#6 RFKs run is damaging to Biden although he does hurt Trump in certain swing states. Biden does not have the margin available to sustain the harm, though. I think that one of Biden’s handlers explained to Jill that pressuring RFK to get out by not giving him protection is liable to backfire in spectacular fashion. The post Trump assassination attempt polls are going to be brutal for Jill.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-07-16 09:50|| 2024-07-16 09:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Slow Joe waits for something bad to happen before taking precautions.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2024-07-16 12:37|| 2024-07-16 12:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Slow Joe and his colleagues set the conditions for disaster by steering the ship of state into the night storm; then blame sleeping passengers for the wreck as the row away to safety.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-07-16 13:41|| 2024-07-16 13:41|| Front Page Top

#9 Give him Hunter's team.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-16 16:29|| 2024-07-16 16:29|| Front Page Top

#10 so now they want to get RFK killed?

He should be the next US President, he is the only one who will really root out their networks because he knows it from the INSIDE of the democrats where the rot is festering.

Trump can take care of the Bush/Cheney networks in the repubs.

Posted by anon1 2024-07-16 17:55|| 2024-07-16 17:55|| Front Page Top

#11 ^ Ignorance in Australia. You have noooo idea what you're talking about, and thank God, you can't vote here.

Posted by Frank G 2024-07-16 18:03|| 2024-07-16 18:03|| Front Page Top

#12 FrankG, I spend a lot of time listening about it mainly as the best commentators come out of the US

RFK Jr is the only anti-corruption candidate you have

my evidence for this is Trump's previous presidency.

He didn't build the wall and he brought in operation warp speed bringing us all the poison vax. (and i am not interested in the 'dims blocked him' or 'he was deceived' excuses)

He sent weapons and money to Ukraine also - so much for America first.

He is a populist, which the Foreign Policy blob and military contractors don't like as it's a threat to their forever-war revenue

But he's not a big threat like RFK would be

He's not an existential threat

they're prepared to assassinate Trump for even being a minor threat to revenue and foreign policy control.

RFK would literally take them apart.

Also, Trump is not going to secure your southern border like you wish.

He has said he will electronically tag instead.

You want a secure southern border. Trump will say anything now and not do it. He had that chance already in 2016 and he didn't do it.

Posted by anon1 2024-07-16 18:12|| 2024-07-16 18:12|| Front Page Top

#13 Also Frank G I will say this, which is pertinent to everyone in the US.

Trump will win this election.

You are hoping that means he actions the things you care about: securing the southern border etc.

But he is not going to do any of that.

Trump will win the election

But you are not going to win the election.

That's because you're all just falling for the "I hate the other team" two-party shell game

It's one or the other side but both red team and blue team answer only to the donor class and that includes Trump.

In Australia far away here, sadly it affects us what happens in the US ricochets here including BLM including the poison mRNA, including the war on free speech - everything.

Posted by anon1 2024-07-16 18:15|| 2024-07-16 18:15|| Front Page Top

#14 logorrhea can be cured

Posted by Frank G 2024-07-16 18:19|| 2024-07-16 18:19|| Front Page Top

#15 You think that when Trump wins that means you will win the policy changes that will make America great.

But the two things are different.

The Democrats are a corrupt disaster run by the war machine.

But Trump's entire first term in office shows he will promise you anything then not do it.

So really, either way you don't win.

Your only hope of getting your democracy to be responsive is to take the hard medicine, risk losing and vote for the independent candidate, you have a viable one in RFK.

You know what would happen then?

The two major parties would stop taking voters for granted.

Posted by anon1 2024-07-16 18:45|| 2024-07-16 18:45|| Front Page Top

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