Protect Our Candidate

People for Kennedy’s Initiative to Secure Our Candidate the Protection He Deserves

Some Helpful Facts

  • The campaign submitted a 67 page report from the world’s leading protection firm requesting security for Mr. Kennedy
  • There have been well established security and safety risks as well as commonplace death threats
  • 30% of monthly campaign expenditures are spent for private security
  • At least a dozen candidates in the past have had the federal government supply security one year or longer before election day.
    • Obama 551 days before election
    • Ted Kennedy 400 days before election
    • Trump (November 2015 for 2016 election)
    • Ross Perot, a third party candidate, was offered but declined

 

Current Status:

  • On October 28, Kennedy filed a lawsuit against the DHS and the SS including a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for any correspondence, notes, etc. between the Biden administration, DHS and the SS related to Kennedy’s SS request.
  • On July 21st, Alejandro Mayorkas, President Biden’s Secretary of the DHS, denied Kennedy’s security request writing: “I have determined that Secret Service protection for Robert F Kennedy Jr is not warranted at this time.”
  • One week prior to Christmas, Secretary Mayorkas denied Mr. Kennedy Secret Service protection for the THIRD time, now less than 11 months out from the election.
    Take a look at the actual response from Secretary Mayorkas

 

Why This is Important:

    • Currently, 30% of the campaign’s monthly budget is being spent on private security. Imagine if these funds could be properly allocated to support Mr. Kennedy in meeting people across the country and spreading the truth!
    • Mr. Kennedy’s campaign is not accepting any funds from special interests or corporations. Every cent the campaign has raised is from supporters, like ourselves, who believe in his mission
    • See Gavin De Becker, head of Mr. Kennedy’s private security firm’s message for the importance of federally funded security for our candidate

What You Can Do To Protect Our Candidate:

We have made it simple for you to be involved. If you have never done this before, it is easy. You do not need to be intimidated. The people answering the phone are friendly and are expecting you to share your opinions and concerns.

Follow the simple steps on the following pages:

HOW TO MAKE CALLS AND SEND EMAILS

Have an understanding of who you are calling/emailing and why.

President Biden appointed Secretary Mayorkas who makes the final decision for Mr. Kennedy to receive federally funded protection.  Voicing our opinion will prompt the reconsideration of this decision.

Secretary Mayorakas is the Head of the DHS. By calling and sending him tweets, we are delivering the message straight to the source.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and House Minority Whip Hakeem Jeffries make up the subcommittee that advises Secretary Mayorkas on this decision. 

By inundating their phone lines, inboxes and tweets with requests to supply our candidate with federally funded security, the message will be relayed to President Biden for Secretary Myorkas to reverse the decision.

  • You will be reaching someone whose job it is to take incoming calls like yours.
  • Be clear and concise and speak from your heart.
  • Please see below for scripts we are providing as inspiration and guidelines for your outreach.  Take some time and find one or two that feel appropriate then please create your own version. First we list phone scripts. These can be modified and used as email content as well. Recommended copy for emails to Congress follow.

SCRIPTS FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN and/or SECRETARY MAYORKAS

“I am calling to request that the President and Secretary Mayorkas reconsider the decision to deny RFK Jr. Secret Service Protection. The need is quite obvious and history supports this protocol. I find it hard to understand their reasoning and hope they can find the decency and compassion to ensure a serious presidential candidate be given protection in the legal pursuit of the highest office of our country. Please tell the President and Secretary I ask them to set aside personal pride and have the administration do what is right for the safety of the candidate, those who surround him, and all Americans involved in our democratic process.”

“I am calling to ask that Secretary Mayorkas grant Secret Service protection to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. The threat Mr. Kennedy faces is indisputable, and it is inconceivable to your Democratic base that his requests have been denied. Please reconsider your ill-advised decision to deny protection to this highly respected American presidential candidate. Thank you.”

“Please grant Secret Service protection for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as has been offered for every major Presidential candidate in modern history. Given his family history, the need is more acute. Further, denying protection just makes the Biden administration look petty and small.”

“Please provide Secret Service protection for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. It’s bad enough that you refuse to debate him, and that the DNC stacks the rules against him. What happened to fairness and democracy in the Democratic party? What possible rationale is there for denying him security?”
 

COPY FOR EMAILS TO SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN REQUEST FEDERALLY FUNDED SECURITY

Please use this script as guidance to create one in your own voice.

Hello, I am writing to you today in your role as a member of the Department of Homeland Security’s SubCommittee on presidential candidate protection.
I understand that as a SubCommittee member you recommended that Secretary Myorkas not provide Secret Service protection to presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr. Given the importance of this matter I am hoping you will change your mind on this and let the Secretary and President know.

 

PROMOTE OUR SECURITY INITIATIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA


Copy and customize any of the following sample posts to share on your social media channels. If you wish, include one of RFK’s videos about needing Secret Service protection.

  1. Join #People4Kennedy in calling The White House to tell the President to provide Secret Service protection to @RobertKennedyJr.
    Learn More at https://www.people4kennedy.com/ProtectRFKJr
    #RFKjr #Kennedy24 #RestoreDemocracy #United4Good #ProtectRFKJr #KennedyAmericans
  2. Protect Our Candidate! History shows that @RobertKennedyJr deserves Secret Service Protection! @POTUS @SecMayorkas @SenSchumer @LeaderMcConnell @SpeakerJohnson @RepJeffries Please make this right! #RestoreDemocracy
  3.  #RFKjr #Kennedy24 #People4Kennedy #KennedyAmericans
  4. #ProtectRFKJr #WeThePeople #United4Good

CONTACT LIST:  Phone, Email, Twitter Account

President Biden 
202-456-1111 Tues, Weds, Thurs 11am-3pm EST
Email www.whitehouse.gov/contact
https://twitter.com/POTUS

Secretary Mayorkas of the Department of Homeland Security
DHS Comment line – 202-282-8495 – Leave a message
No email – postal mail only
https://twitter.com/SecMayorkas
https://twitter.com/AliMayorkas

SUB COMMITTEE:

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
202-224-6542 (live person will take message and ask for zip code)
Email  Message Chuck | Senator Chuck Schumer of New York (senate.gov)
https://twitter.com/SenSchumer

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell 
202-224-2541 (live person unless busy); (859) 224-8286 (Kentucky)
Email   Contact Form – U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (senate.gov)
https://twitter.com/McConnellPress
https://twitter.com/LeaderMcConnell

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson
(202) 225-2777
He only allows emails from people in his district.  If you are in his district, here is a link to the form: https://mikejohnson.house.gov/contact/

House Minority Whip Hakeem Jeffries
(202) 225-5936 / (718) 237 – 2211 / (718) 373 – 0033
Email  Contact | Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (house.gov)
https://twitter.com/repjeffries

 

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