洛杉矶警方在独立总统候选人的家中处理了一名入侵者小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪而随着一名有希望的候选人退出，另一名竞争者敦促捐助者帮助他进入下一个辩论阶段，共和党的竞选范围略有缩小。
这是周四的活动要点。
肯尼迪家的闯入者
肯尼迪的竞选团队表示，周三，一名入侵者被他的安全团队拘留并逮捕时，他正在他在洛杉矶的住所，当天早些时候，这名男子被释放后，第二次返回。
洛杉矶警方也向美国广播公司新闻证实，嫌疑人最初被逮捕，然后在周三早上被传讯并释放，当天晚些时候再次回到肯尼迪的家中，尽管对他发出了限制令。
当局称，嫌疑人随后再次被拘留并被关进监狱。
据肯尼迪的竞选团队称，肯尼迪的妻子，演员切瑞·海恩斯也在家。
Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during his 'Independence Tour' at Dallas College in Dallas, Texas, on Oct. 11, 2023.
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据竞选团队称，该男子明确要求见肯尼迪。
候选人多次请求特勤局保护为了他入主白宫。这种保护通常不会延伸到大选之后——尽管这种情况发生过多次。
肯尼迪和他的团队在一定程度上引用了他的家族成为目标的历史，包括他父亲和叔叔的暗杀。
——美国广播公司新闻的尼古拉斯·克尔、艾比·克鲁兹和亚历克斯·斯通
埃尔德退出比赛
前电台节目主持人、加州州长候选人拉里·埃尔德退出了2024年总统竞选，并支持前总统唐纳德·特朗普。
“我这样做的原因是，从一开始，共和党全国委员会就欺骗了我...如果你不能进行第一场辩论，你几乎不可能进行第二场辩论，更别说第三场辩论了。所以我很现实，”埃尔德告诉美国广播公司新闻，指的是他如何未能满足国家党的捐助者和投票资格，以参加辩论。
埃尔德是第四位退出的共和党候选人。
据统计，他从未达到1%的水平538的全国民调平均值。根据他的文件，他在2023年第三季度手头上有大约244，000美元的现金，他告诉美国广播公司新闻，他希望将这些资金投入他的政治行动委员会，以摆脱“对犯罪手软”的检察官。
竞选结束后他要做的第一件事是什么?“休息。”
斯科特竞选团队在下次辩论前呼吁捐款
尽管几周前自信地告诉记者“迈阿密见”，但随着11月佛罗里达州第三次共和党初选辩论资格的最后期限逐渐临近，南卡罗来纳州参议员蒂姆·斯科特的竞选活动仍未跨过捐款人门槛。
他最初告诉福克斯新闻频道，他还差几百名捐赠者，后来在一个广播节目中，他说他还差“几千名”捐赠者。
他的筹款邮件强调了这种紧迫性:
“很抱歉打扰您，但我刚刚和我的团队开了一个重要会议。从现在开始，我没有资格参加下个月在迈阿密举行的辩论，我们还有9天的时间来扭转局面!”
拥有数百万还在手上根据他的联邦披露，斯科特还没有在民意调查中取得突破，根据538。
拜登的潜在民主党挑战者引起党内愤怒
明尼苏达州众议员迪恩·菲利普斯(Dean Phillips)预计将于周五对总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)发起一场漫长的民主党初选挑战让该党几名主要的非白人成员感到不安那些认为他通过申请新罕布什尔州初选来开始竞选活动的人将象征着他们所争论的他对民主党人强调南方和多样化选民的“忽视”。
“他跳过了一个非常多元化的州，去了一个非多元化的州，”一名要求匿名的资深黑人民主党人告诉美国广播公司新闻，并补充说，“我认为这是一个迹象，表明你的价值观在哪里。”
菲利普斯的团队没有回应对此事的置评请求。
他一再取笑在初选中与拜登竞争，但尚未确认，尽管他被认为正在准备周五新罕布什尔州提名竞争的文件，这是报名的最后期限。
事实上，根据美国广播公司新闻频道(ABC News)审查的消息，一些州居民收到了大量短信，称菲利普斯将于周五在州议会大厦前宣布他将竞选总统，这些短信称他们是“由24号院长支付的”。
Police arrest intruder at RFK Jr.'s home, Larry Elder drops out and more campaign takeaways
Los Angeles police dealt with an intruder at the home of independent presidential candidateRobert F. Kennedy Jr.while the Republican field got slightly smaller as one hopeful dropped out and another contender urged donors to help him make the next debate stage.
Here are the campaign takeaways for Thursday.
An intruder at Kennedy's home
Kennedy's campaign said that he was at his LA property at the time an intruder was detained by his security team and arrested on Wednesday -- and that the man returned a second time after being released earlier in the day.
LA police have also confirmed to ABC News that the suspect, who was initially arrested and then cited and released on Wednesday morning, returned to Kennedy's home again later that day despite a restraining order against him.
The suspect was then again taken into custody and booked into jail, authorities said.
Kennedy's wife, actress Cheryl Hines, was also home, according to his campaign.
According to the campaign, the man asked specifically to see Kennedy.
The candidatehas repeatedly requested Secret Service protectionfor his White House bid. Such protection is not often extended this far out from a general election -- though it has happened multiple times.
Kennedy and his team have cited, in part, his family's own history of being targeted including his father and uncle's assassinations.
Elder exits the race
Former radio show host and California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder has dropped out of the 2024 presidential campaign race and endorsed former President Donald Trump.
"The reason that I'm doing this is because in the very beginning, the [Republican National Committee] shafted me ... if you can't make the first debate, it's almost impossible for you to make the second debate, let alone the third debate. So I'm being realistic,” Elder told ABC News, referring to how he failed to meet the national party's donor and polling qualifications to be at the debates.
Elder is the fourth Republican candidate to drop out.
He never reached the 1% mark, according to538’s national polling average. He had about $244,000 cash on hand in the third quarter of 2023, according to his filings, and he told ABC News he hopes to put those funds toward his PAC to get rid of "soft on crime" prosecutors.
The first thing he'll do after campaigning? "Rest."
Scott campaign pleads for donations ahead of next debate
Despite confidently telling reporters "I'll see you in Miami" a couple of weeks ago, as the deadline ticks down to qualify for the third GOP primary debate in Florida in November, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott's campaign has still not crossed the donor threshold.
He initially told Fox News that he was just a few hundred donors away and then later, on a radio show, said he was a "few thousand" donors short.
His fundraising emails are underscoring that urgency:
"Sorry to bother you, but I just had an important meeting with my team. As of right now, I’m not going to qualify for the debate stage in Miami next month and we have 9 days left to turn things around!"
With millionsstill on hand, according to his federal disclosures, Scott has not yet had a breakthrough in polling, according to 538.
Biden's potential Dem challenger draws intraparty ire
Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips' expected decision to launch a long shot Democratic primary challenge against President Joe Biden on Fridayhas upset several major non-white members of the partywho think him starting a campaign by filing for the New Hampshire primary will be emblematic of what they argued was his "disregard" for Democrats' emphasis on the South and diverse voters.
"He's skipping a very diverse state to go to a non-diverse state," one senior Black Democrat, who requested anonymity to speak candidly, told ABC News, adding, "I think that is a telltale sign of where your values are."
Phillips' team did not respond to a request for comment for this story.
He has repeatedly teased a bid against Biden in the primary but hasn't confirmed one yet, though he is thought to be gearing up to file for New Hampshire's nominating contest on Friday -- the deadline to enter.
Indeed, a number of state residents received a mass text that states Phillips will announce he is running for president on Friday in front of the Statehouse, according to messages reviewed by ABC News, which state that they were "paid for by Dean 24."
