US President Joe Biden instructed the Secret Service to provide protection to independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. after the incident in Pennsylvania, during which Donald Trump was injured. This was announced by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, reports UNN citing Voice of America.
Mayorkas said that Biden had instructed that Kennedy be protected "both before and after the events of this past weekend.
The Secret Service is required by law to protect the major parties' presidential and vice presidential candidates and their families for 120 days before the election, while other candidates are protected as needed.
Kennedy has little chance of getting his supporters into the electoral college, let alone becoming president, but his campaign events draw large audiences.
Threats to political candidates are common, but law enforcement agencies have noted that there has been a spike in aggressive rhetoric since the attempted assassination attempt on Trump. According to Mayorkas, both Biden and Trump are "constantly being threatened.
We are in an environment of heightened and rapidly changing threats
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The other day, there was an attempt on Trump's life. The shooting took place at a speech by former US President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, he interrupted a speech in front of supporters, with the politician leaving the stage with a bloody ear.