RFK, Jr. skewered after Vanity Fair profile includes photo of presidential aspirant eating grilled dog during Asia trip 14 years ago

Credit: Daily Mail
Credit: Daily Mail

South Dakota Gov.ย Kristi Noemย (R) became a pariah after she admitted thatย she once killed a puppy named Cricket for being โ€œuntrainable,โ€ย in a book that was meant toย hype her as a potential vice presidentย forย Donald Trump, no less.

On [July 2], Robert F. Kennedy Jr.ย seemed to metaphorically say โ€œhold my beerโ€ after aย Vanity Fairย 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 photoโ€™s metadata shows it was taken in 2010, the same year that Kennedyย was diagnosed with a parasitic worm in his brain.

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Responding to the articleย in an interview on โ€œBreaking Pointsโ€ [July 2], Kennedy called the profile โ€œgarbageโ€ and claimed that the carcass in the photo โ€” which you can view on Vanity Fairย โ€” 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 โ€œfloating ribโ€ found in dogs. (It should be noted that goatsย also have 13 pairs of ribs.)

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