RFK Jr. denies ever eating barbecued DOG abroad as picture surfaces
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy has denied ever eating dog meat, as a photo emerged of him holding up a charred animal body.
Vanity Fair came out on Tuesday with an in-depth dive into Kennedy’s long history of “reckless” behavior, detailing his drug use and allegations of sexual abuse.
The story noted that Kennedy had sent the photo to a friend last year, advising him to visit a restaurant in South Korea that served dog food. This photo could easily derail a presidential campaign.
The magazine said that a The veterinarian identified the animal as a dog, as it had a characteristic ‘floating rib’ that is also found in canines.
Metadata from the photo shows it was taken in 2010, the same year Kennedy contracted brain worm.
Vanity Fair published a story Tuesday alleging that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sent a friend a photo of himself pretending to eat a barbecued dog in Korea. Kennedy said it was a goat in Patagonia
On Tuesday afternoon, RFK Jr. pushed back against claims that he had eaten dog food, saying the story was meant to “distract us from President Biden’s cognitive deficiencies”
On Tuesday afternoon, RFK Jr. posted a message on X stating that the gray animal was not a dog, but a goat, and that the photo came not from Korea, but from Patagonia.
He gave the same explanation during an appearance on Fox News on Tuesday afternoon.
βHey @VanityFair, remember when you veterinary experts call a goat a dog, and your forensic experts say a photo taken in Patagonia was taken in Korea, you join the ranks of the supermarket tabloids,β Kennedy wrote.
“Keep telling America that up is down if you want. I keep talking about how working families can’t afford homes or groceries because our last two presidents have gone on a $14 trillion debt joyride paid for by hardworking Americans,” the independent continued.
βThe DNC media’s bullshit journalism may distract us from President Biden’s cognitive deficiencies, but it does little to advance the national debate or lower grocery prices,β he added.
The Vanity Fair story further suggests that Kennedy may have been infected with the “dog” brain worm in 2010.
The candidate has stated that he believes he contracted the tapeworm through food he ate, but it is unclear where he ate it.
At one point, Kennedy suggested he had contracted the parasite in India, while the campaign referred more vaguely to his extensive travels in “Africa, South America and Asia.”
In a divorce filing from his late ex-wife Mary Richardson, Kennedy stated that the tapeworm had eaten away at part of his brain, causing “brain fog” that reduced his earning potential.
Family members interviewed by Vanity Fair were skeptical of this explanation.
They pointed to the 14 years that RFK Jr. used heroin.
‘One Kennedy has circulated a report from the National Institutes of Health on the impact of long-term heroin abuse, which suggests that the damage can alter the brain’s physiology, creating “long-lasting imbalances in neuronal and hormonal systems that are not easily reversed” and that “impair the ability to make decisions, regulate behavior, and respond to stressful situations,” the journal’s Joe Hagan wrote.
Kennedy started smoking cigarettes at age 15 and was unable to quit until age 29.
“In the mid-1970s, Kennedy was regularly injecting speedballs, a mixture of heroin and cocaine, while at Harvard, becoming the Pied Piper of Hamelin to friends and family. According to several friends from that time, he regularly shot up drugs with his troubled brother David Kennedy,” Hagan continued.
Kennedy used his experiences as a recovering drug addict to argue that he could better handle the country’s drug crisis.
But tasting dog meat might be a step too far.
The American public is not exactly positive about politicians involved in dog scandals.
Incumbent Senator Mitt Romney saw his White House bid fall apart in 2012 after it was reported that he had strapped the family dog’s crate to the roof of his car for an hours-long road trip.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem appears to have been eliminated from the vice presidential nomination for former President Donald Trump after admitting she shot her dog.
And the White House had to answer questions about why two of President Joe Biden’s dogs β Major and Commander β were allowed to stay after a series of biting incidents.
DailyMail.com reported last month that the Secret Service had destroyed a video showing the commander biting an agent, prompting tours of the White House to be halted for 20 minutes while the blood was cleaned up.