CNN’s Erin Burnett struggled to make it through a new eyebrow-raising report Tuesday night involving Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s shirtless swim in a sewage-contaminated creek with his grandchildren.
“This is not ‘The Onion,’ Burnett told viewers as she described how RFK proudly posted photos of himself taking a dip in Washington D.C.’s Rock Creek Park, where she noted swimming has been banned for more than 50 years due to high concentrations of fecal bacteria.
“I don't know why I'm laughing,” she said. “This is disgusting.”
If that’s not enough, Burnett added, city officials recently announced repairs to a major sewer line that runs next to the park.
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“Please don't tell me that that's absolutely foul and disgusting because I'm well aware of that,” Burnett said as CNN’s data analyst Harry Enten came on her show to discuss RFK’s slipping poll numbers, which include public trust in the secretary.
“Sixty-six percent in March of 2025 had little to no trust in RFK Jr. on health issues,” Enten reported. He added: “It's worth reiterating he is the Health and Human Services secretary, he should be trusted a lot on this.”
The latest episode surrounding RFK, according to Enten was reminiscent of reports involving a tapeworm “inside RFK Jr.’s brain.”
“And now people are thinking about it, I think perhaps they're wondering, when you go in a sewage like that, could it possibly be that [he] gets another tapeworm in his head,” he said.
