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Robert F. Kennedy Jr Has a long History Handling Snakes
Twitter / X / Robert Kennedy ^ | May 31, 2026 | Robert F. Kennedy Jr

Posted on 05/31/2026 4:16:36 PM PDT by Red Badger

Not bored with snakes yet? I caught this Timber rattler during a Colorado River trip with my Dad in 1967. My cousin Maria Shriver is to my left. pic.twitter.com/ULMzv2hFJNβ€” Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) May 31, 2026

The girl is Maria Shriver. I don't know who the nose picker in the back is!......... πŸ™„


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; History; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: kennedy; rfkjr; snakes; timberrattler; wildlife
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1 posted on 05/31/2026 4:16:36 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

https://x.com/i/status/2061206838125764916


2 posted on 05/31/2026 4:20:25 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger

Handling snakes and handling Congress. Seems RFK Jr was trained at a young age for his current position.


3 posted on 05/31/2026 4:27:33 PM PDT by CatOwner ( )
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To: Red Badger

Well, he was/is a Democrat after all.


4 posted on 05/31/2026 4:30:51 PM PDT by Obadiah
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To: Red Badger

I guess, even as a child, Bobby Jr. knew his snakes.
Timber Rattlers are one of the less aggressive species of Rattler Snakes, preferring to remain motionless to avoid detection or flee from a threat rather than attack right away.

The Western Diamondback are highly nervous, quick to rattle, and will stand their ground aggressively rather than retreat if cornered.

Unfortunately, Maria probably refuses to even utter her cousin’s name these days, since he (Bobby Jr.) has crossed Party Lines by enthusiastically working for republican President Donald Trump


5 posted on 05/31/2026 4:35:03 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Red Badger

Excellent.
He’s just one step away.
Speak in tongues and he could be an Evangeli-Tard.πŸ˜„


6 posted on 05/31/2026 4:37:12 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the Change You Filthy Animal !)
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To: Red Badger

It was too bad about handjob.


7 posted on 05/31/2026 5:09:42 PM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthbym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: Red Badger

Handling snakes gives him excellent training for handling democratic congresscritters


8 posted on 05/31/2026 5:50:46 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Red Badger

It’s amazing you people in this site would probably never dare do this. What are you done. Could you bad mouth see jokes but something is real it’s amazing. It’s amazing that people on this site.


9 posted on 05/31/2026 6:30:23 PM PDT by bobrlbob (I BELIEVE IN LAW AND ORDER. )
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To: bobrlbob

I am not afraid of snakes and have picked up a few. Raised in The South, it’s what boys do............


10 posted on 05/31/2026 6:32:41 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: bobrlbob

English M.F!
Do speak it?πŸ€ͺ


11 posted on 05/31/2026 6:42:31 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the Change You Filthy Animal !)
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To: Red Badger
So it was no surprise when Robert got to boarding school:

SlytherinSortingHat

12 posted on 05/31/2026 7:08:08 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (is the son of a professional magician.)
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To: Red Badger

The bigger the better....

Moonraker.

https://www.google.com/search?q=moonraker+movie+scene+of+python&sca_esv=8e47304d2b7c0f14&udm=2&biw=1316&bih=621&ei=hukcatfoMqvq


13 posted on 05/31/2026 7:10:46 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Red Badger

Same here. Snakes are awesome and necessary in Florida. I remember catching a black snake at 10 years old and had it in a box with a screen on top in my bedroom. It bit me when i causght it and I couldn’t believe my parents let me bring it in the house. Of course it escaped the first night I had it and we never saw it again. I have lot of other snake stories.


14 posted on 05/31/2026 8:40:54 PM PDT by subterfuge (What happened to my tagline?)
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To: Red Badger

” I don’t know who the nose picker in the back is!”

I’d go with cousin Patrick Joseph (Patches) Kennedy II, the future Congressman, drug addict, and alcoholic.


15 posted on 05/31/2026 9:04:25 PM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: CatOwner

My comment was that snake wrangling skills seemed like good background for managing DC bureaucrats.


16 posted on 06/01/2026 2:00:04 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Red Badger

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17 posted on 06/01/2026 6:30:29 AM PDT by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi issue voter in)
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