Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley he asked for secret service protectionthe body of agents that guarantees the safety of American political leaders, due to threats that he is receiving in the race for the White House.
Haley is now the only one with a real chance of challenging Donald TrumpCNN reported it.
In recent months the former American ambassador to the UN had been the victim of two episodes of ‘squash’, that means, false telephone alarms due to non-existent domestic incidents that caused the intervention of elite police units.
The White House candidate told the Wall Street Journal that additional security measures are needed “a lot of problems.”
“This isn’t going to stop me from doing what I need to do,” Haley said. Photo: AP“This won’t stop me from doing what I need to do,” he said every day.
Trump urged Haley, who trails Trump in opinion polls, abandon the race and unify the party against Democrat Joe Biden.
Haley, former United Nations ambassador and currently governor of South Carolina use personal safety during his campaign. The local police were also present at the events.
“When you do something like this, you get threats,” he told reporters in South Carolina last week.
“It’s simply the reality.”.
“This won’t discourage me,” he said.
“Does that mean we have to put a few more bodies around all this? Yeah, okay.”
Former Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley. Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP Any decision to provide him with a Secret Service security team would be made by the US Secretary of Homeland Security, who I would like to consult with a joint congressional committee first.
Haley’s house was recently the subject of a hoax ‘squash’, in which someone calls 911 and tries to provoke a heavily armed police squad to respond. She said she wasn’t home at the time, but his elderly parents were there with a caregiver.
Protesters showed up at Haley’s campaign events criticize his support for Israel and Ukraine.
When do the secret services guarantee security?
Secret service protection awarded to “important” candidates. according to federal law, in general when they seem certain to become their party’s candidate.
As former president of the United States, Trump receives permanent protection from the Secret Service.
Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly called for Secret Service protection, but he said so They denied it.
His uncle, President John F. Kennedy, and his father, Senator Robert Kennedy, were assassinated while in office.
Barack Obama received Secret Service protection in May 2007, unusually early in that election cycle, amid safety concerns as he campaigned for lockdownr the nation’s first black president.
Source: Clarin
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