Nikki Haley requests Secret Service protection amid growing threats
Newsy
The Secret Service typically protects the president and vice president and their families, but can also be approved for other political figures.
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has requested Secret Service protection after receiving a growing number of threats during her 2024 presidential campaign, according to a report published Monday.
Haley told The Wall Street Journal while campaigning in South Carolina that she had made the request.
“We’ve had multiple issues,” she said. “It’s not going to stop me from doing what I need to do.”
Neither Haley's campaign nor the Secret Service responded to requests for comment.
Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump receive Secret Service protection. The Secret Service protects the president and vice president as well as their families along with some senior government officials. It is also authorized to provide protection to major party presidential candidates, an authority granted after the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.
