Social Media Mocks RFK Jr., Fox News For Setting Bar ‘In Hell’ With Wild On-Screen Note
Fox News educated viewers on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s diet with an on-screen note that looked straight out of a “Saturday Night Live” skit.
Tom Shillue, on Wednesday’s episode of “The Five,” declared that the independent presidential candidate is “barking mad” and denying a Vanity Fair report about him appearing in a photo that shows him about to eat what appears to be a barbecued dog.
“RFK Jr. says dog is not on the menu so what’s off limits, then?” asked Shillue before tossing to a NewsNation clip that included the chyron: “RFK JR: I WOULDN’T EAT A HUMAN.”
The conspiracy theorist, in an interview with NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo on Tuesday, informed the host that he wouldn’t eat human, monkey and dog while discussing the Vanity Fair profile he’s described as “garbage.”
“I think I’d eat anything else but I just couldn’t bring myself to do those things,” Kennedy told Cuomo.
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 3, 2024
Social media users couldn’t help but poke fun at the wild on-screen message.
The bar is in hell https://t.co/RBsLtzmS9S
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) July 3, 2024
Risky stance. https://t.co/8eYnHRczA9
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) July 3, 2024
Let's check in on how things are going with the other campaign https://t.co/PgZHmqiN1l
— Alfred Spellman (@AlfredSpellman) July 3, 2024
The fact that a candidate running for president has to say that is telling
— Denison Barb (@DenisonBarbs) July 3, 2024
Wow. That's the 563rd most absurd chyron in Fox history!
— The Shallow State (@OurShallowState) July 3, 2024
https://t.co/A6BLBu3NUwpic.twitter.com/ndXrFRh86V
— Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) July 3, 2024
Sir this is a Wendy's https://t.co/dZGuhupvb7
— Thor Benson (@thor_benson) July 4, 2024
roses are red
violets are bloomin' https://t.co/2cUvRwU2OD— Scott Wessman (@scottew) July 3, 2024
"...again." https://t.co/VTQr3aDbJp
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) July 3, 2024
https://t.co/IvfKvTkzsSpic.twitter.com/IvUZPbkEz2
— Bilge Ebiri (@BilgeEbiri) July 3, 2024