2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWHY THE HELL DOSEN'T BERNIE HAVE SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION YET?
Fucking Trump has it and he doesn't have a chance of being elected.
brooklynite
(94,911 posts)anigbrowl
(13,889 posts)highprincipleswork
(3,111 posts)brooklynite
(94,911 posts)Are you under the impression he's at come risk? And are you prepared to have him isolated from mass audiences?
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)You know, because of Vince Foster....
wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)how horrible!
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)"Bullet hole found at Sanders campaign HQ on day candidate was present"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251995158
highprincipleswork
(3,111 posts)Punkingal
(9,522 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)If he was turned down, highly unlikely, it'd be national news.
LiberalArkie
(15,732 posts)In modern history, however, major candidates receive Secret Service protection well before that time frame. In 2012, major Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum received Secret Service protection early in the primary season.
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, was the first to get Secret Service protection. He received it on Feb. 1, 2012, before more of the states held their primaries and caucuses.
Santorum, a former U.S. senator, received coverage on Feb. 29, 2012, according to published reports that cited federal officials with knowledge of the plan. And Gingrich, a former House speaker, got Secret Service on March 7, 2012.
Ron Paul, the Republican presidential hopeful popular among libertarians, declined Secret Service protection. The Texas congressman described Secret Service protection as a form of welfare.
"You know, youre having the taxpayers pay to take care of somebody. Im an ordinary citizen. I would think I should pay for my own protection. And it costs, I think, more than $50,000 a day to protect those individuals. Thats a lot of money," Paul said.
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http://uspolitics.about.com/od/CampaignsElections/a/Secret-Service-Protection-For-Presidential-Candidates.htm
FSogol
(45,579 posts)KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)She is the spouse of a former POTUS. She automatically gets secret service coverage.
So stop making shit up.
BTW, I will be voting for Bernie in the MI primary, so folks don't need to paint me as a HillaryBot. I guess one could correctly paint me as a DemocratBot, as opposed to any alternative, all of which are horrible.
I will support and vote for any Democratic nominee.
FSogol
(45,579 posts)conspiracies in everything. I think he was goofing on that.
oasis
(49,454 posts)I found out the hard way that no matter how many posts I have in favor of my candidate, there are posters who still don't get it. Although I'm a HRC supporter, but I prefer not to use a Hill friendly avatar.
That said, I salute you for your courage.
Title edited from "isn't" to "is".
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Why doesn't Gabby Giffords?
Have you read her Facebook page recently?
Empowerer
(3,900 posts)OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Did that honestly neeed an explanation?
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)brooklynite
(94,911 posts)Empowerer
(3,900 posts)brooklynite
(94,911 posts)Empowerer
(3,900 posts)He hasn't asked for Secret Service protection, so that's the only possible explanation that fits into the outrage-provoking category.
Secret Service protection is not automatically provided to primary candidates. They must meet certain criteria and then request it. Based on the criteria, it appears that Sanders is entitled to protection, if he requests it but he hasn't asked for it yet.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)I thought he got it when Trump got it.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,875 posts)And OP, please TURN OFF THE DAMNED CAPS LOCK
FSogol
(45,579 posts)Sanders hasn't requested protection.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)FSogol
(45,579 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,875 posts)Thank you for the unnecessarily rude correction.
FSogol
(45,579 posts)was the rude part. And you are welcome.
JustAnotherGen
(32,000 posts)And - he's polarizing. Sanders is not a hate filled polarizing person.
mog75
(109 posts)tammywammy
(26,582 posts)I doubt the petition will have any effect if Sanders doesn't want Secret Service protection. They should be petitioning the Sanders campaign to request it.