Do Presidential Candidates Get Secret Service? RFK Jr. Denied Protection

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is blasting the U.S. Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security, claiming that he has not received protection even though certain stipulations are associated with them.

Kennedy, a candidate who has been accused of promoting conspiracy theories and who arguably poses the greatest inter-party challenge to incumbent President Joe Biden, tweeted Friday that all candidates have received Secret Service protection since his father was assassinated in 1968. "But not me," he added.

"Typical turnaround time for pro forma protection requests from presidential candidates is 14-days," Kennedy tweeted. "After 88-days of no response and after several follow-ups by our campaign, the Biden Administration just denied our request."