RFK Jr. Boasts He Could Eat Brain Worms and Still Beat Trump, Biden
Robert F. Kennedy on Wednesday followed up the news of a “worm” that was discovered dead inside his brain in 2010 by boasting that he could eat five or six and still beat Donald Trump and Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential race.
The dead parasite, dubbed a “worm,” was initially reported by The New York Times on Wednesday. Kennedy described the incident in a 2012 deposition reviewed by The Times. The incident occurred in 2010, when Kennedy was suffering from memory loss. Doctors initially diagnosed it as a brain tumor. It was only as he was packing for his procedure when he received a call from a doctor at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital that believed his issues were “caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died,” Kennedy said in the deposition.
His campaign assured Reuters that the incident occurred ten years ago and that the independent candidate was fit for the White House. Kennedy spokeswoman Stefanie Spear said he “traveled extensively in Africa, South America, and Asia in his work as an environmental advocate, and in one of those locations contracted a parasite. The issue was resolved more than 10 years ago, and he is in robust physical and mental health.”