In a scathing letter Tuesday, Caroline Kennedy warned senators about her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling him a “predator.”
The letter was despatched to lawmakers forward of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Senate affirmation listening to for the position of secretary of the Division of Well being & Human Providers (HHS), which is scheduled for Wednesday.
Caroline Kennedy – a former U.S. ambassador to each Australia and Japan and the final dwelling baby of former President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s uncle – referred to as the position “an infinite duty, and one which Bobby is unqualified to fill.”
Caroline Kennedy wrote that she feels “an obligation to talk out” now that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been nominated for “a place that may put him answerable for the well being of the American folks.”
“I’ve recognized Bobby my entire life; we grew up collectively,” she wrote within the letter, partly. “It is no shock that he retains birds of prey as pets as a result of he himself is a predator.”
Caroline Kennedy mentioned she watched relations observe her cousin “down the trail of drug dependancy,” and shared disturbing particulars of his alleged conduct with animals.
“His basement, his storage, and his dorm room had been the facilities of the motion the place medicine had been obtainable, and he loved displaying off how he put child chickens and mice within the blender to feed his hawks. It was usually a perverse scene of despair and violence,” she wrote.
She additionally accused Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of being “hooked on consideration and energy,” and mentioned he “preys on the desperation of oldsters of sick youngsters – vaccinating his personal youngsters whereas constructing a following by hypocritically discouraging different mother and father from vaccinating theirs.”
Caroline Kennedy additional accused her cousin of “[continuing] to grandstand off my father’s assassination, and that of his personal father,” saying former President Kennedy “could be disgusted” by his actions.
“The American well being care system, for all its flaws, is the envy of the world,” Caroline Kennedy wrote. “Its docs and nurses, researchers, scientists, and caregivers are essentially the most devoted folks I do know. Each day, they provide their lives to heal and save others.”
“They deserve higher than Bobby Kennedy – and so do the remainder of us. I urge the Senate to reject his nomination,” she concluded.