{"id":74094,"date":"2026-05-27T21:54:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/rfk-jr-responds-to-snake-handling-critics-with-new-video-showing-him-wrangling-a-venomous-rattlesnake\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T21:54:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:54:59","slug":"rfk-jr-responds-to-snake-handling-critics-with-new-video-showing-him-wrangling-a-venomous-rattlesnake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/rfk-jr-responds-to-snake-handling-critics-with-new-video-showing-him-wrangling-a-venomous-rattlesnake\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. responds to snake-handling critics with new video showing him wrangling a venomous rattlesnake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr<\/a>. shared another snake-handling video Wednesday after social media users raised concerns over his earlier encounter with a pair of black racer snakes.<\/p>\n

Kennedy Jr. posted an Instagram video captioned, “In response to the many comments about venomous snakes, this video shows how Cheryl and I handled a recent rattlesnake rescue.”<\/p>\n

The clip begins with Kennedy Jr. sitting in his home office before someone alerts him to a snake in the driveway.<\/p>\n

“Hold on, guys. I’ll be back in a flash,” he says before grabbing a bucket and a small net and heading outside.<\/p>\n

RFK JR BAREHANDS A PAIR OF SNAKES ON DR. OZ’S PATIO IN WILD VIDEO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The HHS secretary<\/a> then carefully scoops up the rattlesnake as onlookers react in amazement.<\/p>\n

After placing the snake in a bucket, Kennedy Jr. later pins it behind the head and lifts it toward the camera while explaining how to identify the reptile.<\/p>\n

“His fangs are in there. I don’t want to touch them,” he said. “This is a beautiful snake. This is a Western Diamondback. You can tell by these rings at the end of his tail.”<\/p>\n

Kennedy Jr. then asked his wife, actress Cheryl Hines<\/a>, to bring him a pillowcase before transporting and releasing the snake back into the wild.<\/p>\n

ACTRESS CHERYL HINES CLASHES WITH ‘THE VIEW’ OVER HER HUSBAND RFK JR\u2019S RECORD SERVING AMERICANS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Instagram post appeared to respond directly to criticism and concern sparked by another snake video Kennedy Jr. shared Tuesday on X.<\/p>\n

In that clip, Kennedy Jr. grabbed two black North American racer snakes with his bare hands while visiting Dr. Mehmet Oz’s<\/a> patio as Hines watched in apparent horror.<\/p>\n

“Honey, honey … why?” Hines yelled as Kennedy Jr. cornered the snakes.<\/p>\n

Kennedy Jr. then lunged at the reptiles<\/a> and eventually lifted both by their tails as they repeatedly bit his hands.<\/p>\n

CHERYL HINES SHARES HARROWING EVACUATION FROM WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS’ DINNER AS GUNSHOTS RANG OUT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Black snakes, they’re biting me,” Kennedy Jr. said with a smile.<\/p>\n

The snakes continued striking at his hands as Hines pleaded, “Bobby, please! Bobby, Bobby, please,” before later telling him, “You are nuts.”<\/p>\n

Kennedy Jr. later posted the video to X with the caption, “Cheryl cheerleads the removal of a pair of Black Racers from Dr Oz’s patio.”<\/p>\n

According to the Florida Museum of Natural History, black racer snakes are nonvenomous and generally harmless to humans, though they will “readily bite to defend themselves.”<\/p>\n

The earlier video showed Kennedy Jr. handling nonvenomous snakes, while Wednesday\u2019s Instagram clip focused on a venomous Western Diamondback rattlesnake, prompting some social media users to question whether the HHS secretary was taking unnecessary risks.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital’s Robert McGreevy contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared another snake-handling video Wednesday after social media users raised concerns over his earlier encounter with a pair of black racer snakes. Kennedy Jr. posted an Instagram video captioned, “In response to the many comments about venomous snakes, this video shows how Cheryl and I handled … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}