WHY THE HELL DOSEN'T BERNIE HAVE SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION YET?

[Ferd Berfel]

Fucking Trump has it and he doesn't have a chance of being elected.

[brooklynite]

1. Answer: he hasn't asked for it.

[tecelote]

3. Link?

[anigbrowl]

17. Hard to provide links for things that haven't happened yet.

http://www.secretservice.gov/about/faqs/ explains that the decisions on this are made by the secretary of the DHS, so you could try tweeting to Jeh Johnson to ask about it. Perhaps Bernie does not wish to have a secret service security detail because it would conflict with his 'man of the people' image at this stage of his candidacy, or he may have received so little heckling or hate mail that he doesn't feel any need for it.

[highprincipleswork]

5. If he hasn't asked, I wish he would.

[brooklynite]

7. Why?

Are you under the impression he's at come risk? And are you prepared to have him isolated from mass audiences?

[KingFlorez]

9. Sanders supporters think Hillary is out to harm him

You know, because of Vince Foster....

[wendylaroux]

14. they do???!!!

how horrible!

[Art_from_Ark]

26. No, Sanders supporters are nervous about this news report:

"Bullet hole found at Sanders campaign HQ on day candidate was present"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251995158

[highprincipleswork]

11. I care about his safety. Has it gotten to the point where people don't understand about caring?

[Punkingal]

2. Do you know for sure he doesn't?

[yeoman6987]

4. If he did, he'd have it.

If he was turned down, highly unlikely, it'd be national news.

[LiberalArkie]

6. Secret Service Protection

Presidential and vice presidential nominees and their spouses are to receive Secret Service protection within 120 days of a general presidential election under the Title 18, Section 3056 of the United States Code.

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, you’re having the taxpayers pay to take care of somebody. I’m 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. That’s a lot of money," Paul said.

Snip

http://uspolitics.about.com/od/CampaignsElections/a/Secret-Service-Protection-For-Presidential-Candidates.htm

[FSogol]

10. LOL, Ron Paul never misses an opportunity to show everyone what a dumbass he is

[KingFlorez]

8. Because the Secret Service is in the tank for Hillary

[longship]

13. That is absolute rubbish.

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]

15. I'm pretty sure that poster was being sarcastic. Many here see

conspiracies in everything. I think he was goofing on that.

[Agschmid]

20. Yup.

[oasis]

27. When the sarcasm thingy IS used a comment loses its cutting edge.

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]

12. Better question:

Why doesn't Gabby Giffords?

Have you read her Facebook page recently?

[Empowerer]

22. Why would she get Secret Service protection? She's a private citizen.

[OilemFirchen]

34. I was being sardonic.

Did that honestly neeed an explanation?

[backscatter712]

16. Are those Secret Service guys protecting Trump, or does he hire his own goons? n/t

[brooklynite]

18. Trump got SS coverage in November. So did Carson.

[Empowerer]

25. Because they requested it

[brooklynite]

19. Question: who's prepared to have Sanders stop flying Coach?

[Empowerer]

21. Because Sanders is conspiring against himself?

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]

23. What about Ben Carson?

I thought he got it when Trump got it.

[tammywammy]

24. He hasn't requested it yet

[SCantiGOP]

28. Finally, the right answer

And OP, please TURN OFF THE DAMNED CAPS LOCK

[FSogol]

29. Finally? The 1st reply posted in under a minute stated the same thing.

Sanders hasn't requested protection.

[tammywammy]

30. Maybe they have them on ignore.

[FSogol]

31. Ignoring people with the right answers is probably a poor policy.

[SCantiGOP]

32. My abject apologies FSogol

Thank you for the unnecessarily rude correction.

[FSogol]

35. Stating "finally the right answer" when their were earlier right asnwers

was the rude part. And you are welcome.

[JustAnotherGen]

33. Trump is going to be their nominee

And - he's polarizing. Sanders is not a hate filled polarizing person.

[mog75]

36. here's the petition

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/provide-secret-service-protection-bernie-sanders

[tammywammy]

37. The candidate has to request it

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.