Top Democrat asks DHS to consider Secret Service protection for 2020 Democrats

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The day after protesters rushed Joe Biden at a Super Tuesday rally, a top House Democrat isn’t taking any chances.

Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, wrote a letter Wednesday to acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, urging him to offer Secret Service protection to the candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination.

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