As Democrats And Republicans Squabble Over Who's Weirder, RFK Jr. Leaves Them All In The Dust

Democrats in recent weeks have sought to make the 2024 election a referendum on normalcy, casting Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, as “weird” over their comments about “childless cat ladies” and their anti-abortion agenda.

But Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose independent bid for president could spoil Democrats’ Electoral College outcomes, now may be spoiling their messaging strategy, as well, by sharing an anecdote so bizarre that it left prominent TV journalists almost at a loss for words.

“A strange story in a very strange campaign,” ABC News’ Jonathan Karl quipped Monday.

“Head scratcher,” “Good Morning America” anchor Michael Strahan replied.

“Very, very, weird,” agreed George Stephanopoulos.

In a video he posted online on Sunday, Kennedy admitted that he dumped a dead black bear cub in New York’s Central Park a decade ago in order to make it look like it got hit by a bicycle.

He was 60 years old at the time.

Kennedy explained that a woman driving in front of him in upstate New York hit the cub and killed it. Instead of leaving the carcass on the side of the road or alerting authorities, Kennedy pulled over and put it into his van. After dining with friends at a restaurant, he decided to leave the carcass in the park along with an old bicycle to appear as though a bicyclist hit it.

“We thought it would be amusing for whoever found it or something,” Kennedy says to Trump-supporting actor and comedian Roseanne Barr, who also appears in the video for some reason.

Kennedy revealed his role in the bizarre episode, which was not previously known, because the New Yorker was about to publish a story and he wanted to get ahead of it. He said it was going to be a bad story.

“The press is often