Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says his team has been talking to government officials about getting him Secret Service protection, and that he’d have it if he belonged to a different political party.
“Well, we’re getting the biggest crowds. You know, last night we had 8,000 people in Virginia,” Mr. Trump said on Thursday evening’s “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” on Fox News. “We had 20,000 people in Dallas, Texas. We had 35,000 people in Mobile, Alabama, and 20,000 in Oklahoma, and I know this: If I was a Democrat, they’d have it.”
“But it’s really up to them. They know what they’re doing, and I assume they’re doing the right thing. I would hope they’re doing the right thing,” he said.
Mr. Trump said his people have been speaking to them about it “and we’ll see what happens.”
“But again, when you have 20,000 people, that’s a lot of people,” he said. “And even if you have some really fantastic guys doing it … in this case we have 10 people that are very strong people, when you have 20,000, it’s pretty hard to protect, I would imagine.”
• David Sherfinski can be reached at dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com.
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