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Since a protester jumped onto the stage and grabbed a microphone out of the hand of presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris, people have been calling for Secret Service protection for presidential candidates. Bobby Kennedy was assassinated while a candidate for president in June of 1968 in California and that led to new regulations providing Secret Service details to candidates, not just office holders. I was really glad to see this video clip on "The Joy Reed Show" today. I have always admired the quiet eloquence of Move On's Karine Jean-Pierre. I didn't know, however, that she would spring into action like a member of a security detail when someone else was attacked! I thought she was amazing! The attack could have been lethal, however. Candidates need more official protection.
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