RFK Jr. swimming with grandchildren in the contaminated D.C. Rock Creek defies national warnings against high bacteria levels. Grandparenting meets germ daredevilry.

Kennedy’s Rock Creek plunge now rivals his past stunts—like picking up a bear cub in Central Park or collecting whale samples—as a viral political spectacle. With E. coli warnings and “fecal coliform” levels chronicled in D.C. reports, this splash is pure headline bait.