US EditionFox News host defends RFK Jr. swimming in Rock Creek: ‘That creek looks clean’
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Swam with his grandchildren in Washington D.C.'s Rock Creek on Sunday, sharing photos of the event online.
- The swim occurred despite a longstanding ban on swimming and wading in Rock Creek due to high bacteria levels posing health risks.
- Fox News host Jesse Watters defended Kennedy on Tuesday's The Five, stating the creek "looks clean" and comparing it to the murkier Hudson River.
- The National Park Service reports that Rock Creek contains high levels of bacteria, including E. Coli, which can cause serious illnesses, making water contact hazardous.
- Kennedy's swim challenges official health warnings and has generated public debate about safety and his stance as Health and Human Services Secretary.
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Fox Hosts Defend RFK Jr's Swim In Sewage-Tainted Water
The Trump sycophants on Fox's The Five prove once again that there's nothing too vile or toxic that this administration can do that they won't defend. Here's the mind-numbing exchange from the end of this Tuesday's show, where co-host Marie Harf asked the rest of the panel what they thought of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. taking his grandchildren for a swim in water with warnings of danger from high levels of bacteria. HARF: HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is t…
Fox News host defends RFK Jr. swimming in Rock Creek: ‘That creek looks clean’
Fox News host Jesse Watters on Tuesday defended Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent swim in Washington, D.C.’s, Rock Creek, saying it “looks clean.” “That [creek] looks clean,” Watters said on Fox News’s “The Five.” “It doesn’t look like it’s filled with sewage.” Kennedy recently revealed that he took a…
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