RFK Jr. posts second video of himself fighting a snake, which goes viral online
After a video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. handling a snake went viral, he returned to social media with a video of him wrestling another snake.
A day after a video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. handling a snake went viral, the Secretary of Health and Human Services posted another video on social media of him wrestling a snake, but this time it was venomous.
On May 27, President Kennedy posted a video on his personal
Hoping to show the nation that it’s all in a day’s work, Kennedy’s second video features a “recent rattlesnake rescue” he worked on with his wife, Cheryl Hines, according to the caption.
“In the middle of a meeting”
The video begins with an unknown woman entering Kennedy’s office during a meeting and telling the HHS secretary there is a snake in her driveway.
Kennedy then goes to the driveway with a net and bucket.
After a short struggle and a close call or two, Kennedy was able to knock the rattle into the bucket. You can hear people off-screen saying things like “It’s just you,” “Wow,” and “I’m in a meeting.”
Kennedy then pinned the snake’s head and grabbed its mouth to avoid a potential poisonous bite.
At that point, he enlists the help of Hines and Pillowcase.
“No, no, no, no, no, honey,” a reluctant Hines says as he hands Kennedy a pillowcase. “I’ll watch it from here.”
President Kennedy described the snake as “beautiful” and identified it as a western diamondback by the ring around its tail.
After Kennedy dropped the snake on a pillowcase and heard Hines screaming, Hines took the snake to the woods near the couple’s home and released it.
Kennedy’s previous snake encounter
It is unclear when the rattlesnake video was taken. But that came a day after Kennedy posted a video of himself picking up two snakes at the home of Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
“Honey, honey! Why? Why?” Mr. Hines can be heard asking as a formally dressed Kennedy leans down to grab the black reptile. As the snakes jumped and slithered in an attempt to escape, Kennedy managed to grab the snake with both hands, narrowly avoiding their attempts to snag a mouthful of skin.
As he proudly dangled them in the air for the camera, one of them managed to land a nice blow on Kennedy’s hand. While Hines continues to worry off-camera, Oz and Kennedy laugh it off while trying to identify the type of snake and therefore whether the bite is anything to worry about.
“Are you biting?” Oz asks.
“Yeah,” Kennedy laughed, holding up his injured hand.
Hines expressed concern that the snake might be a poisonous water moccasin, but Kennedy ultimately dismissed his concerns as the reptile continued to writhe in his hands. They were later determined to be non-venomous Southern black racers.
“Honey, please, let them go! Bobby, please!” Kennedy can be heard saying as she beckons Oz to “take a picture” with the creature.
“Cheryl is rooting for the removal of a pair of black racers from Dr. Oz’s courtyard,” Kennedy wrote in the caption of the post, identifying the species of snake.
Drew Pittock covers trending news from around the country for USA TODAY. He can be reached at DPittock@usatodayco.com.
