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Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 69, is gearing up for the presidential debates by hitting the fitness center. The anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist shared a video of himself doing pushups and calling out President Joe Biden, 80. “Getting in shape for my debates with President Biden!”, he captioned the now-viral clip. The shirtless politician ended up doing a complete of 9 pushups however was visibly shaking by the seventh one.
Getting in form for my debates with President Biden! pic.twitter.com/ns8MdJVlmx
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) June 25, 2023
By the top of the clip, a person off-camera shouted, “That’s a fit boy!”, to which RFK Jr. responded by sharing an enormous smile. Soon after he shared the video, a lot of his 1.7 million followers took to the feedback to react to seeing the 69-year-old hit the fitness center. “Why would anyone do *eight and half* pushups?”, one fan inquired, to which RFK Jr. replied, “Final set.” He additionally adopted it up by confirming that he can, certainly, do greater than 10 pushups. “p.s. And yes, I can do more than 10 pushups. That was my last set,” he defined.
One admirer couldn’t assist however reward the father-of-six for exercising in denim. “The fact you’re working out in jeans is bada**”, they penned, whereas one other joked, “The debate is going to be cool, but the push-up competition is going to be incredible.” The candidate additionally took to Instagram that very same day and added how he plans to “restore” the United States to “health.” He captioned the identical clip, “As President, I will restore America as the global example of health & well-being. Not through pills or syringes, but through character and self-discipline. And I will continue to walk the walk and lead by example.”
He concluded his word by including that his followers ought to, “Get yourself in shape” to arrange “for a Kennedy Presidency!” RFK Jr. is the nephew of the late John F. Kennedy and the son of the late Robert F. Kennedy. Both of the late Kennedy males had been assassinated. RFK Jr. introduced that he was operating for president in Apr. 2023, as reported by NPR. In a video he shared through Instagram on Jun. 10, he in contrast himself to his late dad. “My father was in many ways in the same position that I am in today. He was running against a President in his own party. He was running against a war. He was running at a time of unprecedented polarization in our country,” he wrote within the caption.
RFK Jr. is married to Curb Your Enthusiasm alum Cheryl Hines, 57, who he shares a stepdaughter, Catherine Rose, 19, with. He has six kids from his earlier marriages to Emily Ruth Black, 65, and the late Mary Richardson Kennedy. Cheryl, for her half, was beforehand married to film producer Paul Young from 2002 till their cut up in 2010. While her hubby was displaying off his pushups, Cheryl took to Instagram on Jun. 24 to submit a video from her journey to Italy. “Beautiful Rome,” she captioned the submit.