RFK Jr. denies eating a dog following bombshell Vanity Fair report

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(NewsNation) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is denying a Vanity Fair report saying he barbequed and ate what appears to be a dog.

"@VanityFair, you know when your veterinary experts call a goat a dog, and your forensic experts say a photo taken in Patagonia was taken in Korea, that you’ve joined the ranks of supermarket tabloids. Keep telling America that up is down if you want," Kennedy said on social media platform X.

"I’ll keep talking about the fact that working families can’t afford houses or groceries because our last two presidents went on a $14 trillion debt joyride, paid for by hard-working Americans. The DNC media’s garbage pail journalism may distract us from President Biden’s cognitive deficits but it does little to elevate the national debate or reduce the price of groceries."

The unsettling photo Kennedy is referring to shows him posing, pretending to take a bite, with a barbecued carcass of an animal. According to the Vanity Fair report, Kennedy texted the photo of himself and an unidentified woman to a friend last year who was traveling to Asia.

Kennedy was an exclusive guest on NewsNation during the Biden-Trump debate.

“Over 70% of Americans want a different choice than Presidents Biden or Trump,” Kennedy said in a video he posted on X. “They’re tired of voting for the lesser of two evils.”

Kennedy hasn’t qualified on enough state ballots to win the 270 electoral votes needed for victory. That was CNN’s requirement for any debate participant. Only Biden and Trump met that requirement.

Last month, Kennedy’s campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, accusing CNN of setting requirements to intentionally exclude him from the debate.