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- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lashed out at the Biden administration for not granting him Secret Service protection.
- The reality is that many presidential candidates are not granted protection.
- Kennedy has not also reached some of the criteria the agency uses to reach its decision.
Long shot Democratic presidential hopeful Robert Kennedy Jr. on Friday lashed out at the Biden administration for refusing to grant his request for Secret Service protection, a complaint that ignores the reality that many presidential candidates are not granted protection.
"Since the assassination of my father in 1968, candidates for president are provided Secret Service protection. But not me," Kennedy wrote on Twitter.