Dan Murphy: It's not that he made up a story about brain worms. It's that he made up a story about brain worms to argue cognitive impairment to avoid paying alimony to his former wife, who then committed suicide. www.mediaite.com/news/rfk-jr-...

It's not that he made up a story about brain worms. It's that he made up a story about brain worms to argue cognitive impairment to avoid paying alimony to his former wife, who then committed suicide. www.mediaite.com/news/rfk-jr-...

RFK Jr. Claims a Worm Ate Part of His Brain and Then Diedwww.mediaite.com Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed in a 2012 deposition that medical scans revealed a "dead parasite" in his brain. The New York Times' Susanne Craig reported on Wednesda...

Jesus Christ I should have known this story would get worse

trash

One hundred percent trash

Ok, can he please-please-PLEASE just go away now? Related: Anyone who wants to do minor violence on those who enabled him is granted permission.

lol absolutely not, we need this dumbass in the race

On the bright side, at least the attack ads write themselves. “RFK — too many holes in his brain to pay child support, but enough to be president?”

Ok, so their candidates are: Mr. "I am controlled by a Star Trek McGuffin"™ and Mr. "I'm Enough of a Grifty Perv, Russia Likes Me¹"™ ? [¹: ...and even Snopes thinks I am a "useful idiot" — www.snopes.com/news/2021/02... ]

There's nothing wrong with the Mediaite story but I couldn't read the Daily Beast story linked in the second paragraph. Yes, it's from 2017 but that wasn't *that* long ago, and its tone and language are awful, holdovers from another era.

It's weird how fast things have changed, isn't it?

It’s weird how I just cannot re-read books I LOVED on the first read. It’s also weird how I’m not at all mad about it.

And it wouldn't be the last time he lied about lost income as a swindle.

Well, when you put it that way, sure it sounds bad.

Was there a version of “presidential candidate says a worm ate his brain” that sounded good

No, but this one still seems even worse than the low expectations I had when I just knew the headline

Making inconvenient women disappear is a family tradition.

Thanks for your great opening to share my favorite conspiracy theory: JFK didn't die in Dallas, but was left a vegetable. He was secreted away to Chappaquiddick and Johnson became President to spare the nation furthur turmoil. Mary Jo Kopechne found out and Teddy had to drown her to keep her quiet

Eventually the constant care and bribes to keep it quiet grew too costly even for the Kennedys, so Jackie had to marry Onassis for his money.

Wow

Jesus fucking Christ That was context missing from the other articles

I did indeed miss that context... dear god things look worse and worse involving this... and I thought it couldn't get that bad when he said he had brain damage last year... and I thought it was the worst it could get at the parasitic worm damaging his brain this year... now it is rock bottom.

So basically he's the parasitic worm?

This makes even more sense than my theory he was playing to the alt-right fascination with triumph over parasites.

Why not both, though

Seriously: he had a financial motive to lie about his earning potential, but that that motive doesn’t shape the specific content of his lie. I bet Hulda Clark had at least some influence, but there’s also way more “vermin” rhetoric circulating in the US than I’m comfortable with.

He is a total nut too though. An anti vaxxer and conspiracy theorist with a long hx of heroin abuse. EVERYTHING about him is EWWWW!

If only he'd had his brain worm vaccination.

So true😂!

Finding out about this just keeps getting worse and worse

The skipping alimony part should appeal to Trumpers.

Jesus Christ this got dark

Noem: “o-oh yeah? well I had a brain worm too and i shot it!” Crowd: (annoyed) Noem: “i shot it in front of its worm family! and hear are some slurs i know!” NYT: “YOU HAD ME A SLURS!”

So Mr. Fiit&Young is full of worms, has a heart condition, and has given himself mercury poisoning on at least one occasion? Who knew that he had so much to offer?

That's the guy I want making healthcare decisions for the general public! -_-

He needs to be hounded until he shows his medical records. Keep the words "Kennedy" and "brainworm" on the front page.

bro had mercury poisoning from too much fish?? how much tuna was the mf consuming

Not enough

this wan went through lead poisoning, mercury poisoning and brain worms he gotta be fucking dead in the head mentally

You say that as if there is any doubt? Have you heard him say literally anything? 💩🧠🪱

i'll be honest i've only seen headlines but i figured from that alone guy was cookoo

🎱 Signs point to yes

The evidence speaks for itself

Gotta watch if he gets taller when it’s hot out

Underrated post IMO

Took me a minute. Good joke.

now he's really going to steal votes from Trump

holy @#$& that is a dark arc

This guy is like an onion of douchebaggery. Every day a new layer of scumminess is revealed

Perfect vice presidential mate for Trump. Watch it happen.

#DuelingDouchebags24

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