Nikki Haley Requests Secret Service Protection Citing ‘Multiple Issues’
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has requested Secret Service protection, The Wall Street Journal (Center bias) reported.
Facing Threats: Haley attributed the request to “multiple issues” her campaign has faced recently. Last week in Columbia, South Carolina, a protesting Israel’s war in Gaza was apprehended by Haley’s private security team when she tried to rush the stage at one of Haley’s events. Haley previously said her home had been swatted twice in recent months.
For Context: In July 2023, then-Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was denied Secret Service protection by the Biden administration, which he believed was unfair. The Secret Service’s website, says major candidates will receive protection 120 days before a general presidential election, but recent candidates like Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Ben Carson all received protection over a year before their respective general election dates.
Key Quotes: “We’ve had multiple issues. It’s not going to stop me from doing what I need to do,” said Haley. “At the end of the day, we’re going to go out there and touch every hand, we’re going to answer every question,” she added.
How The Media Covered It: Some outlets mentioned RFK Jr.’s request in their coverage like CNN (Lean Left bias), BBC News (Center bias), and CBS News (Lean Left bias), but most across the spectrum did not.
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Nikki Haley Asks for Secret Service Protection After Increase in ThreatsRepublican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has applied for Secret Service protection because of increasing threats she has received as Donald Trump’s last major opponent for the 2024 GOP nomination.
Haley confirmed the application for protection in an interview Monday afternoon with The Wall Street Journal.
“We’ve had multiple issues,” the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador said after a campaign event here. “It’s not going to stop me from doing what I need to do.”
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From the Left
Nikki Haley requests Secret Service protection after growing threats on campaign, report saysFormer U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has requested Secret Service protection after receiving a growing number of threats during her 2024 presidential campaign, according to a report published Monday.
Haley told The Wall Street Journal while campaigning in South Carolina that she had made the request.
“We’ve had multiple issues,” she said. “It’s not going to stop me from doing what I need to do.”
Neither Haley’s campaign nor the Secret Service responded to requests for comment.
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Nikki Haley asks for Secret Service protection after increase in threats on campaign trailRepublican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has applied for Secret Service protection because of increasing threats she has received on the campaign trail, Haley’s team confirmed to Fox News on Monday.
The former two-term South Carolina governor who later served as U.N. ambassador in former President Donald Trump’s administration is Trump’s last remaining major rival for the 2024 GOP nomination.
Haley discussed the request for protection in an interview Monday afternoon with The Wall Street Journal.
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