{"id":1047568,"date":"2024-08-27T15:44:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T19:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1047568"},"modified":"2024-09-04T15:45:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T19:45:34","slug":"statement-trump-owns-rfk-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-trump-owns-rfk-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"STATEMENT: Trump Owns RFK Jr.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1038290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In a new interview with <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8O-ZM0RxG4g\"><em>Tucker Carlson<\/em><\/a><em>, RFK Jr. touted his new position on Trump\u2019s transition team and alluded to being considered as a running mate for Trump. This comes amid new reporting that he <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/08\/26\/rfk-jr-dead-whale-head-chainsaw\/\"><em>illegally sawed off a dead whale\u2019s head<\/em><\/a><em>, bungee corded it to the roof of his minivan, and drove five hours home with, \u201cwhale juice [pouring] into the windows of the car.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>In response, DNC Senior Advisor Mary Beth Cahill released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the four days since he endorsed Trump, RFK Jr. has spent his time tweeting about chemtrails and dodging questions about illegally sawing off a dead whale&#8217;s head. Normal candidates would run from a surrogate like this, but desperate men do desperate things. In Trump\u2019s case, that means inviting RFK Jr. to join his transition team to help identify possible administration personnel. For anyone who had concerns about the first Trump administration being too extreme, RFK Jr. being anywhere near a second Trump admin should terrify you.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new interview with Tucker Carlson, RFK Jr. touted his new position on Trump\u2019s transition team and alluded to being considered as a running mate for Trump. This comes amid new reporting that he illegally sawed off a dead whale\u2019s head, bungee corded it to the roof of his minivan, and drove five hours [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1047568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>STATEMENT: Trump Owns RFK Jr.\u00a0 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-trump-owns-rfk-jr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-27T19:44:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-04T19:45:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-trump-owns-rfk-jr\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-trump-owns-rfk-jr\/\",\"name\":\"STATEMENT: Trump Owns RFK Jr.\u00a0 - 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