Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Faces Backlash For Photo Alleged To Be Barbecued Dog
It seems like this year’s presidential election is going to be dogged with discomfiting stories involving canines.
First, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) became a pariah after she admitted that she once killed a puppy named Cricket for being “untrainable,” in a book that was meant to hype her as a potential vice president for Donald Trump, no less.
On Tuesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seemed to metaphorically say “hold my beer” after a Vanity Fair profile revealed that the independent presidential candidate texted a photo last year to a friend that showed him and an unidentified woman about to bite into what appears to be a barbecued dog.
The person Kennedy was texting was traveling to Asia, and the presidential candidate suggested they might enjoy a restaurant in Korea that served dog on the menu.
Vanity Fair said the photo’s metadata shows it was taken in 2010, the same year that Kennedy was diagnosed with a parasitic worm in his brain.
HuffPost reached out to the Kennedy campaign for comment, but no one immediately responded.
Responding to the article in an interview on “Breaking Points” Tuesday, Kennedy called the profile “garbage” and claimed that the carcass in the photo — which you can view on Vanity Fair — is actually a goat he ate while in Patagonia. However, a veterinarian told Vanity Fair the carcass is canine due to its 13 pairs of ribs, including the telltale “floating rib” found in dogs. (It should be noted that goats also have 13 pairs of ribs.)
Kennedy denied eating dog and doubled down on his Patagonia goat story in a social media post.
Still, people on X, formerly Twitter, had a bone to pick.
I did not have "pictures of RFK Jr with barbecued dog" on my hellspace bingo card this morning
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 2, 2024
RFK jr wants you to be careful of what you put in your body. Apparently, this includes eating bbq’d dog.
The brain worm must have really enjoyed that…— Jeremy London ?? (@SirJeremyLondon) July 2, 2024
I cannot post the photo of RFK Jr posing with a barbecued dog. I just cannot because it’s too depraved and horrific for me to want on my timeline. But honestly - that monster is getting double digit support in some polls. What is wrong with people? With this country??
— HawaiiDelilah? (@HawaiiDelilah) July 2, 2024
I thought Kristi Noem shooting her puppy in the face would surely be the worst dog violence story we’re hear this election cycle. But no.
Robert Kennedy ate a BBQed a dog. What a degenerate psycho. https://t.co/m2IonmoFao— Trinity Votes ???????????? (@TrinityMustache) July 2, 2024
Donald Trump hates dogs. He always has.
Robert Kennedy Jr tasted barbecued dog in Korea and he really loves them now.
Really, America? Hating and/or eating dogs should automatically disqualify anyone from running for any office. pic.twitter.com/Ysw7hJAcZR— Now 81% Good Human, VaxChip? by Nintendo (@allatti2d) July 2, 2024
Logged on to get the latest on America's demise and end up immediately coming across a picture of RFK, Jr. eating a dog.
So, ...I think it's time to walk away from this freak show of a "society".— SabrosaPurrWillLove (@SabrosaPurr) July 2, 2024
Say what you will about this political moment we're in, but it always manages to surprise you. Today, for example, I never would have guessed I'd find myself looking at a photo of RFK gnawing on a grilled dog carcass in Vanity Fair https://t.co/ZeLMCIhPFJ
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) July 2, 2024
Hopefully, the photo of RFK Jr. holding and feasting on a BBQ'd dog is the last nail on the coffin for that motherfucker.
— ChadLindberg (@ChadLindberg) July 2, 2024
