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Related: About this forumJust heard Trump and Carson given Secret Service protection. Has Bernie gotten it?
Hope so but haven't heard anything to that effect. Thanks!
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Just heard Trump and Carson given Secret Service protection. Has Bernie gotten it? (Original Post)
DiehardLiberal
Nov 2015
OP
I think there's a requirement that the candidate must actually have a shot at winning.
NurseJackie
Nov 2015
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jwirr
(39,215 posts)1. I suspect he has to be the one to ask. We had a petition that
asked for him but I don't know where that is at.
DiehardLiberal
(580 posts)2. Yes, i signed that petition. Concerned.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)4. Me too.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)3. I think there's a requirement that the candidate must actually have a shot at winning.
Oh, I kid! I kid the senator from Vermont. Calm down, it was a joke!
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)5. Bernie will not get protection unless he asks for it. End of story.
DiehardLiberal
(580 posts)6. Wasn't clear about how it works. Thanks!
chillfactor
(7,584 posts)7. Has Hillary gotten it? n/t
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)9. Uh, hello, she was the former SOS and former First Lady
What do you think?
DiehardLiberal
(580 posts)10. She already has it as former First Lady I believe.
brooklynite
(94,757 posts)8. Be careful what you ask for...
...if Sanders gets SS protection, access to him will be far more restrictive.
BooScout
(10,406 posts)11. Has he asked for it?