This is a breaking story, so the
24-hour rule applies: All reports within the first 24 hours are suspect.
But we will strive to give you the most accurate information.
Well, the answer to the question posed by the headline is not a
definite yes, but it looks like a strong possibility that someone was
trying to harm Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. We heard from several sources that
an armed man allegedly impersonating a U.S. Marshal was detained at a
Kennedy rally, but things took a more serious turn when we saw his
version of events:
The full text reads:
I’m very
grateful that alert and fast-acting protectors from Gavin de Becker and
Associates (GDBA) spotted and detained an armed man who attempted to
approach me at my Hispanic Heritage speech at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre
in Los Angeles tonight. The man, wearing two shoulder holsters with
loaded pistols and spare ammunition magazines was carrying a U.S.
Marshal badge on a lanyard and beltclip federal ID. He identified
himself as a member of my security detail. Armed GDBA team members moved
quickly to isolate and detain the man until LAPD arrived to make the
arrest. I’m also grateful to LAPD for its rapid response.
I’m still entertaining a hope that President Biden will allow me Secret Service protection. I am the first presidential candidate in history to whom the White House has denied a request for protection.
Here's an enlarged copy of the same picture from the Tweet of the suspect:
We had previously seen reporting from the Epoch Times discussing the same event:
From the article:
LOS
ANGELES—An armed man was arrested by police at an event attended by
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after the Democratic presidential candidate’s
unsuccessful requests for Secret Service protection since declaring
candidacy in April.
Photos provided to The Epoch Times show the
man, who was wearing a shirt with ‘EMS’ on the back, being held in
handcuffs by police officers outside the event venue in Los Angeles on
Friday afternoon. Multiple police vehicles were at the scene.
Mr.
Kennedy Jr. was at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, located at 4401 West 8th
Street, to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. The event was held at 4–8
p.m. PT.
The Los Angeles Police Department told The Epoch Times it
received a call at around 4:30 p.m. reporting that a male was in front
of the event venue with ‘a badge on their lapel, a gun, and a shoulder
holster, and claimed to be a U.S. Marshall.’
A spokesperson for
Mr. Kennedy Jr. confirmed the incident to The Epoch Times. Mr. Kennedy
Jr. had not arrived at the venue yet when the incident occurred.
That seems to contradict Kennedy’s claim that the man ‘attempted to
approach me at my Hispanic Heritage speech at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre
in Los Angeles tonight.’ Of course, a threshold question is whether or
not Kennedy writes his own social media posts. While it is written in
the first person, very few politicians actually write their own
posts—although there are exceptions. If Mr. Kennedy is not the author,
then the ordinary confusion that arises when passing stories around
might explain it. After all, there is a reason why hearsay is considered
unreliable. Otherwise, we don’t know how to reconcile the story.
As
Mr. Kennedy has pointed out, it is very unusual for a candidate in his
position to be denied secret service protection. We previously covered Ex-Secret
Service Agent Dan Bongino’s scathing reaction to the Biden
adminstration’s decision to deny him secret service protection (and
also covered how woefully wrong the Community Notes were on the subject.
Meanwhile, Kennedy himself made the case for secret service protection when he appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Twitter/X show.
At the time, Kennedy argued that the most charitable interpretation was
that the Biden administration wanted to increase the cost of Kennedy’s
political campaign, by forcing them to pay for security.
Of course, the less charitable interpretation is that Biden is hoping someone actually kills him and ends his primary challenge.
Reactions were swift:
Exactly. What is "Common Endeavors" attempting to argue? That Kennedy should be assasinated? It's a noxious and inappropriate point to make.
Ms. Spencer has a long thread covering some of the same information.
That's harsh, but we are not certain it isn't true.
That gave us a pretty grim chuckle.
The first person’s full message read:
It's unreal how they can continue to deny SS to a
Kennedy. Most assassinated family in US political history, and they deny
protection.
I don't think you should use SS anyways, given their
track record, but if the Biden administration doesn't immediately try
to rectify the problem and get you protection, then we all have to know
exactly what message they're trying to send to not just you, but to the
rest of us that still having a functioning spine and set of morals.
It's indefensible in every way. The government is criminal in every way.
The statement that they are the most assassinated family in U.S. history is startling, and likely true.
The last line said, ‘Joe is the Trojan Horse.’
We also had our own harsh words on the subject in the past and we stand by them:
[I]n
1960 the American people made John Kennedy, Sr., the President of the
United States and who decided Lyndon B. Johnson was going to be
president, instead? One guy. And in 1968, Robert Kennedy, Sr., might
have been able to win the Democratic Party nomination and become
president of the United States, but one guy decided that wasn’t going to
happen, either. That is an outrage in any republic. Power in a republic
is supposed to come from the people, not some random nutball. And,
while such assassinations can’t be prevented 100% of the time, it is
important to try to prevent as many as reasonably possible. …
Every
political assassination is an offense against the right of the people
to control their government. And the Biden administration has decided it
won’t protect probably its most serious primary challenger against such
a possibility. If anything should happen to Kennedy, they will have
blood on their hands.
We don’t actually think we want Robert Kennedy, Jr. to be president. But we don’t want an assassin making the choice for us.
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