RFK Jr says Secret Service won't provide protection as they do for every 'major' presidential candidate

On Friday, Robert F Kennedy Jr said that he had been denied Secret Service protection, a resource provided to all major presidential candidates since 1968, when Kennedy's father was assassinated during his campaign for the nation's highest office.

After numerous requests to the Department of Homeland Security-led panel, Kennedy said that Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas handed down the official verdict, telling Kennedy that protection was "not warranted at this time."

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