Did Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. post on X he could bench Ukrainian President Zelenskyy with one hand? No, that's not true: The message originated on an unaffiliated X account that says it posts "commentary", not on Kennedy's own account. The bio section of the account that posted the message says it has "no affiliation to the real RFKJR."
The quote appeared in a post on X (archived here) published on February 28, 2025 and it read:
Just passed Zelensky in the hall!
Small guy!
I could bench him with one hand!
MAHA!
This is what the post looked like at the time of writing:
(Image source: screenshot taken by Lead Stories on February 28, 2025 at 21:17:38 UTC)
However, the message was posted to an X account named @RobertKennedyJc (ending in a "c" and archived here), not to Kennedy's actual X account @RobertKennedyJr, which hasn't been active since February 16. A search of Kennedy's real account for the word "bench" (archived here) did not bring up any results.
The bio of the account that posted the message read:
#MAHA News (Commentary) Not affiliation to the real RFKJR
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