All Eyes on RFK Jr. After Probe Begins Into Dolphin’s ‘Butchered’ Corpse

A dolphin’s butchered corpse was discovered connected a New Jersey formation past week, so, naturally, the net is present exploding with jokes astir flop statesmanlike campaigner and MAGA person Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being the culprit.

If you recall, Kennedy’s dismal governmental run was fundamentally conscionable a long drawstring of scandals, with respective involving dormant and mutilated animals. First helium was accused of eating a dog. Then he admitted that successful 2014 he’d dumped a carnivore cub carcass successful Central Park. At 1 point, helium bragged astir having a freezer afloat of roadkill successful his house. Then, successful August, helium was federally investigated aft it came to airy that he’d cut a whale’s caput off with a chainsaw. Understandably, the caller quality of a dead, mangled carnal has the net turning an accusatory oculus to the Kennedy scion.

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center, a Jersey-based non-profit dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and merchandise of distressed section marine mammals and turtles, said in a property release Friday that a dolphin’s “butchered” assemblage had been discovered connected a formation successful Allenhurst, New Jersey.

“The animal’s soma had been wholly removed with cleanable cuts from a crisp instrument, leaving lone the head, dorsal fin and flukes,” a connection reads. “The animal’s organs, but for the bosom and lungs, had been removed.”

The nighttime earlier the carnal was discovered, a unrecorded dolphin was spotted successful the surf not acold away, MMSC said, portion noting that it’s unclear whether this was the aforesaid animal. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Law Enforcement is present investigating the death, the MMSC said.

Those wondering astir the Jack-the-Ripper-type maniac who stole the aquatic mammal’s innards wasted nary clip successful pointing the digit (if lone jokingly) astatine RFK. Yes, the tweets truthful acold person been good: “Aw crap I didn’t recognize RFK came to town,” said 1 smart-ass on X. Another person, who besides shared the story connected the platform, said: “I’m guessing RFK Fr. sorted an alibi already.” Yet different poster quipped that Trump had officially “lost the dolphin vote.” 

There's a non-zero accidental that this was RFK doing a dolphin sacrifice up of the predetermination pic.twitter.com/qL1roCqzMp

— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) November 5, 2024

To our knowledge, Kennedy had thing to bash with the dolphin’s death, though it would beryllium large if helium issued an alibi for Friday nighttime truthful we cognize for sure.

Overall, the MAGA-verse doesn’t person a large way grounds erstwhile it comes to carnal welfare. Sure, for the past week, rightwing influencers person been expressing outrage implicit the euthanization of a New York squirrel, but the superior crushed for their choler seems to beryllium authorities overreach, not a woodland creature’s well-being. No, for the astir part, Trump’s allies look to beryllium hounded by unusual allegations involving animals.

Case successful point: Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation (and, thus, 1 of the cardinal proponents of the dystopian Project 2025) was accused of bragging astir sidesplitting a dog with a shovel (Roberts has denied this). In an upcoming book, Roberts besides seemingly complained that the beingness of canine parks was an illustration of the creep of “antifamily culture.” JD Vance, Trump’s moving mate, has besides been accused (mostly jokingly) of liking dolphin porn.

Of course, there’s much astatine involvement for the carnal kingdom this predetermination than canine parks and dolphin porn. Trump, whose archetypal medication was not known for being peculiarly environmentally friendly, has allies who person advocated for the gutting of the Endangered Species Act. They besides privation to unfastened up long-protected nationalist parks for mining and national lands for municipality development. It’s improbable that the earthy satellite volition payment overmuch if helium gets into bureau again.