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What I have seen is joy and happiness, not evil thinkers! Freedom and showing that people of all nationalities can and will love each other. I AM NOT GOING BACK; going forward is a message that shows all of us who will be ready to reach these people. Hearts are being changed, and THE HOLY SPIRIT is prepared to reach the heart and change the mind! It is coming, and Trump today is speaking out of his head. He is showing his age and how ridiculous Tim Waltz says he is-Weird! Vance is a stocker. Can you believe how he tried to get close to Harris Plane? WEIRD!

? Tim Walz's empty portfolio Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz doesn't own a single stock, Axios Pro Rata author Dan Primack reports. His financial disclosures, both from his final year in Congress and his time as governor, also show no mutual funds, bonds, private equities or other securities. No book deals, speaking fees, crypto or racehorse interests. Not even real estate. Walz and his wife, Gwen, sold their home after moving into the governor's mansion. Their only investment assets appear to be via state pensions, including teacher pensions. ? This lack of investment is highly unusual for elected officials, particularly high-profile ones vying for federal office.

Charted: Nate Silver's forecast Data: Silver Bulletin. Chart: Axios Visuals Vice President Harris has narrowly pulled ahead of former President Trump in Nate Silver's election model, which moved last year from FiveThirtyEight to Substack. When Biden left the race, Silver's model gave him a slim 26.9% chance of winning the Electoral College. Full election model ($).

The Harris Cabinet Illustration: Natalie Peeples/Axios If she wins, Vice President Harris is expected to name a Cabinet and West Wing that are younger than President Biden's, with more people of color, sources close to her tell Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei for a Behind the Curtain column. Why it matters: Biden took a comfort-food approach to staff, so a second term could've looked like a rerun. Despite her risk aversion, Harris — while turning to plenty of familiar names — will also add some powerful new characters to Washington's cast. It's been 18 days since Biden bowed out. Harrisworld has been consumed with locking up the nomination, rebooting the campaign, preparing for the convention in Chicago two weeks from now — and getting ready for last night's captivating debut with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. So staffing the government hasn't been a central obsession. But based on conversations with a wide variety of current and former aides and associates, we can give you a good sense of her early shortlists. "You won't see a bunch of new people you've never heard of," said one Harris adviser, noting she kept much of Biden's campaign hierarchy. What we're hearing: The options listed below are preliminary. But they show how Harris and her team will start mapping her prospective administration: White House chief of staff: Harris, who has already made lots of history herself, might well make history with the first chief of staff who is Black — perhaps former Attorney General Eric Holder, who led the vetting of her veep options. Or the first chief of staff who's a woman — perhaps Lorraine Voles, her vice-presidential chief of staff, or Jen O'Malley Dillon, the campaign chair. Either could also be rewarded with the plum West Wing jobs of counselor or senior adviser. Secretary of State: Sen. Chris Coons (Del.), who's on the Foreign Relations Committee, would love to run Foggy Bottom. For confirmation reasons, Harris could be expected to lean into senators and former senators if Republicans take the Senate. CIA director Bill Burns and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan also would be on the list. Treasury: Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is popular with business and would be considered for Treasury. Wally Adeyemo, now deputy Treasury secretary, is one of the Biden officials most likely to get promoted in a Harris administration. Blair Effron, an investment banking partner who's very active in D.C. and New York, is another name to watch. Defense: Another place to make history — perhaps with Michèle Flournoy, who was undersecretary of Defense for policy under President Obama, as the first woman to lead the Pentagon. Attorney General: Former Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama, a former U.S. attorney, could be confirmed to head Justice, even if Republicans win control of the Senate. Commerce: Ray McGuire, president of the investment bank Lazard, Charles Phillips (a tech executive on the Defense Innovation Board), and other Black business leaders would be on the list. U.S. ambassador to the UN: Pete Buttigieg, 42, the Transportation Secretary and a finalist for Harris' running mate, still has ambitions to be president one day. So a role where he gets international experience would be attractive to him. We're told he and Harris have gotten friendlier since they were rivals for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. U.S. trade representative: Tom Nides — U.S. ambassador to Israel under Biden, and deputy secretary of state under Obama, now with the private equity and real estate giant Blackstone — would be strong for USTR, UN ambassador, or other top international roles. White House counsel (or Justice): Tony West is a top Harris campaign adviser who's chief legal officer at Uber, a former U.S. associate attorney general, and is married to Harris' sister, Maya. But bringing a family member into the White House is complicated. So West could remain an outside adviser. Brian Nelson, a close California ally who just left the Treasury to join her campaign, could land in a top role, either as White House counsel or at Justice. National security adviser: Phil Gordon, Harris' national security adviser in the V.P.'s office, looks headed for this role. Others to watch include Tom Donilon, who was Obama's national security adviser, and Rahm Emanuel, now U.S. ambassador to Japan. White House press secretary: Brian Fallon, the Harris campaign's senior adviser for communications, would be a top contender for the podium. Fallon is an alumnus of Sen. Chuck Schumer's tough office, plus the Justice Department and the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. Ian Sams, who has done well in podium outings as White House spokesperson for oversight and investigations, worked on Harris' 2019 presidential campaign. Communications director: Lily Adams, assistant Treasury secretary for public affairs, was communications director in Harris' Senate office and on her 2019 campaign. Column continues below. ? Part 2: Super-prepared short list Vice President Harris has had a stair-step progression to the pinnacle of American power — from elected D.A. of San Francisco, to state attorney general, to U.S. senator, to vice president to party nominee, Mike and Jim write. So look for her to reward officials who similarly have worked their way up, and are super-prepared — even over-prepared — for the jobs she gives them. Watch for: Rahm Emanuel, U.S. ambassador to Japan, to be a key player in the transition if Harris wins. Emanuel is a former House member, Chicago mayor and White House chief of staff for Obama. Emanuel would be interested in a Cabinet job with an international dimension. Harris sources mentioned several current officials who would have a good chance at a variety of Cabinet roles: At the top of this list is Sen. Laphonza Butler, 45, a longtime labor leader from Harris' home state of California. She was appointed to fill out the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Butler isn't seeking a full term, so she leaves office in January. Sen. Alex Padilla — California's senior senator and the son of parents who emigrated from Mexico — was appointed to fill Harris' term after she was elected vice president, making him the first Latino to represent the Golden State in the Senate. If Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were to take a job in a Harris administration, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II would become the Wolverine State's first Black governor. All three of those officials would be considered confirmable by a Republican Senate. "Two middle-class kids" "The promise of America," Vice President Harris said in Philadelphia last evening as she introduced her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, "is what makes it possible for two middle-class kids — one, a daughter of Oakland, Calif., who was raised by a working mother; the other, a son of the Nebraska plains who grew up working on a farm ... Only in America — only in America — is it possible for them, together, to make it all the way to the White House." [Chants of "U-S-A!"] ? As defensive coordinator, Walz helped coach the Mankato West (Minn.) High School football team to the school's first state championship in 1999. "Coach Walz and I may hail from different corners of our great country," Harris said, "but our values are the same." "Don't ever underestimate teachers," Walz said, hamming it up when it was his turn at the microphone. "My dad was a teacher. My brothers and sisters and I followed in their footsteps. Three out of four of us married teachers. What we do. For nearly 20 years, I had the privilege of teaching high school social studies and coaching football, including winning that state championship. Don't ever close the yearbook!" Walz bio. This afternoon, Harris and Walz will take their road show to Eau Claire, Wis., where they'll be introduced by a dairy and grain farmer. This evening, a first-time voter will introduce them in Detroit.

Harris’ pick of Walz amps up excitement in Midwestern states Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will spend their first full day as running mates on Wednesday rallying Democrats across the Midwest, a politically divided region that is crucial to their effort to win the White House in less than three months. Read more. Why this matters: Walz’s addition to the ticket has soothed some tensions in the states. The Biden-Harris coalition showed signs of fraying over the summer, particularly in Michigan, which has emerged as a focal point of Democratic divisions over the administration's handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict. With Biden now out of the race and Harris officially the Democratic nominee, leaders of the Arab American community and key unions say they are encouraged by the choice. Leaders say Democratic enthusiasm has surged since Harris announced her candidacy. That could be pivotal in Detroit, which is nearly 80% Black, where leaders for months had warned administration officials that voter apathy could cost them in a city that’s typically a stronghold for their party. Donald Trump had put a similar emphasis on appealing to voters in Midwestern states with his choice of Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his vice presidential pick. Vance will again bracket the Harris-Walz ticket with appearances in the same states on Wednesday. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ What polling shows about Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris’ new running mate Picking a running mate: Inside the 16 days between Kamala Harris’ launch and her VP choice How Tim Walz became beloved by young voters with a message that the GOP is ‘weird’

Two enlisted men No matter who wins in November, the next vice president will have served in the U.S. military, Axios' Avery Lotz reports. Tim Walz signed up for the Army National Guard two days after his 17th birthday, encouraged by his late father, a Korean War-era veteran. He has acknowledged he did not see real combat, saying in 2018, "There are certainly folks that did far more than I did. I know that." JD Vance enlisted in the Marine Corps after high school. He was deployed to Iraq for six months as a combat correspondent in 2005, working with members of the media, writing and taking photos, among other duties. He later wrote, "I was lucky to escape any real fighting." The lands that shaped Walz Photo: Justin Green/Axios Walz shouted out his Nebraska roots tonight while appearing with Harris at their first joint rally in Philadelphia: "I was born in West Point, Nebraska, and lived in Butte, a small town of 400 where community was a way of life. Growing up, I spent summers working on the family farm." Between the lines: This newsletter is written by an Axios editor who lives in Nebraska and loves to hunt and fish near where Walz came of age. In West Point, where Walz was born: Las Cañas has great food. There's also a Pizza Ranch. In Valentine, where Walz spent most of his childhood: Tank down the Niobrara River. If driving there, take the route north through Thedford to see the Nebraska Sandhills in their full glory. In Chadron, where Walz went to college: Swing over to nearby Crawford and take a day hike at Fort Robinson. In Alliance, where Walz taught school: Check out Carhenge. Delightfully weird.

Five things to know about Tim Walz MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has decided on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate in her bid for the White House. The 60-year-old Democrat and military veteran rose to the forefront with a series of plain-spoken television appearances in the days after President Joe Biden decided not to seek a second term. He has made his state a bastion of liberal policy and, this year, one of the few states to protect fans buying tickets online for Taylor Swift concerts and other live events. https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-harris-vice-president-walz-minnesota-006bca6e18be7ce39ef4bfd97547c3b5? Why Harris picked Walz Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's ability to crystalize several Democratic lines of attack into one viral word — "weird" — helped catapult him to the top of the veepstakes over the past two weeks. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro had seemed like the front-runner heading into Vice President Harris' one-on-one interviews this past weekend, Axios' Zachary Basu writes. But Walz's record in Minnesota along with his happy-warrior persona and facility with attacks like "weird" ultimately put him over the top. ?️ What we're watching: Harris is making a high-stakes bet that she can win Pennsylvania even without its popular Democratic governor on the ticket. Preparations for this evening's rally in Philadelphia. Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters The party's left flank wanted Walz, and Republicans have already criticized him as a radical and Harris as captive to progressives. One GOP strategist told Axios the Walz pick is the "first break we've caught since the Biden switcheroo." But Democrats say they're confident that Walz's communication skills and Midwestern-ness can deflate those attacks. Go deeper. Defining Tim Walz Despite the viral cable hits that catapulted him to being named Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, Gov. Tim Walz is a genuine unknown for most Americans. Why it matters: 70% of registered voters have no opinion of Walz or have never heard of him, according to new NPR/Marist polling. Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is at 51%, and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) is at 50%. GOP VP nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) was at 41% when he was introduced in July. Zoom in: The GOP has a clear early plan to define Walz, blasting out "dangerously liberal" across their messaging. Republicans plan to paint Walz as far left, highlighting that he was backed for VP by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and reminding people of Walz's handling of the 2020 protests after the police killing of George Floyd, Axios' Stef Kight and Juliegrace Brufke report. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) called the Walz pick "amazing" and "a great pick for us ... you can't script this any better." House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) praised Harris' selection of Walz as her running mate, calling him a "heartland of America Democrat." Between the lines: Harris is seeking to define him as "Coach Walz," harkening back to his days as a teacher and football coach. She told of Walz serving as the faculty adviser for a Gay-Straight alliance at his high school after being asked to help by one of the first openly gay students there. "Tim knew the signal it would send to have a football coach get involved. ... As students have said, he made the school a safe place for everybody." Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz appear together at Temple University in Philadelphia after VP announcement. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The big picture: Parts of Walz's resume as governor look like a progressive wish list. Walz enshrined 20 weeks of paid family and medical leave, protected abortion rights and signed a pair of "shield" laws for people who travel to Minnesota to receive gender affirming care and abortions. He signed legislation legalizing recreational marijuana, restoring voting rights for 55,000 felons on probation and making undocumented immigrants eligible for driver licenses. He pushed aggressive targets on climate change and renewable energy and created a prescription drug affordability board. Walz also made Minnesota one of six states that provides universal free school lunches and proposed an expansion of the child tax credit and billions in increases on some taxes. Go deeper: Before he went viral for calling Republicans "weird," Walz was going after Iowa and Florida over "banned" books.

Vance Backed Attempts To Gut Dozens of Biden Rules Since the start of his term in Congress, Ohio Sen. and now-Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance has sponsored two dozen GOP attempts to kill rules pushed by the Biden administration — fighting policies and protections on everything from new corporate climate disclosure rules to student loan forgiveness. https://www.levernews.com/vance-backed-attempts-to-gut-dozens-of-biden-rules/?

Trump’s New Attack on ‘Kamabla’ Harris Is Literally Gibberish After going after her racial identity, Trump has now taken to deliberately misspelling her name. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-new-attack-on-kamala-harris-is-literally-gibberish? ‘Republicans for Harris’ rallies members of GOP to campaign for Democratic ticket WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign over the weekend launched a “Republicans for Harris” initiative, as her campaign looks to court moderate GOP voters and others who don’t support former President Donald Trump’s reelection bid for the White House. https://floridaphoenix.com/2024/08/05/republicans-for-harris-rallies-members-of-gop-to-campaign-for-democratic-ticket/?

⚡ Stat du jour: Trump's Cabinet problem Of the 42 people who served in former President Trump's Cabinet, just over half — 24 — of them explicitly support his re-election bid, The Washington Post reports. Three former Cabinet members — John Bolton, Mark Esper and former Vice President Pence — have explicitly said they won't vote for Trump. 15 others have declined to state their positions. Those supporting Trump's run include Mike Pompeo, Steven Mnuchin and two of his harshest former critics, Nikki Haley and Bill Barr. Keep reading (gift link — no paywall).

Harris stress test Vice President Harris' rally in Atlanta last week. Photo: Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images The growing risk of twin calamities — recession and regional war in the Middle East — is suddenly looming over the U.S. election, Axios' Zachary Basu and Sophia Cai write. Neither life-altering event is inevitable. But each could imperil Vice President Harris' ascendant campaign at a critical moment. Why it matters: For the next 90 days, Republicans intend to treat Harris as the incumbent. That means saddling her with every crisis consuming the headlines, even when her role as vice president is murky or minimal. ? Zoom in: Harris' unprecedented political honeymoon faced its first major test yesterday when the stock market suffered its worst losses since 2022. Republicans were eager to shift blame to the White House — eyeing a rare opportunity to seize a news cycle dominated by tightening polls and speculation about Harris' running mate. Top allies of former President Trump flooded social media with the phrase "Kamala Crash" and videos of Harris promoting President Biden's economic policies. "STOCK MARKETS CRASHING. I TOLD YOU SO!!! KAMALA DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE," Trump roared in one of at least eight Truth Social posts blaming Harris for the selloff. Reality check: The stock market has long been Trump's favorite measure of economic success. But presidents — let alone vice presidents — typically don't have much daily influence over the Dow. The S&P 500 is still up about 15% over the past year, and over 30% since Biden's inauguration. Several of the market's steepest drops ever took place during Trump's presidency, in the early days of the pandemic. This January, Trump tried to take credit for the market's record highs — claiming that investors were pricing in polls that projected he would defeat Biden in November. Via Truth Social ? Between the lines: Even when the job market was at its strongest, polls suggested most Americans disapproved of Biden's handling of the economy. Early indications are that Harris hasn't inherited the full extent of Biden's economic baggage. That could change with a few weeks of recession alarms. Unlike the stock market, a full-scale war in the Middle East would have direct ramifications for Harris' day job as vice president — and could potentially yank her off the campaign trail. The bottom line: It's only August. Election Day is 91 days away — with countless twists along the way. Go deeper: How the virtual roll call worked.

Harris readies a Philadelphia rally to introduce her running mate Vice President Kamala Harris will introduce her new running mate at a rally Tuesday evening in Philadelphia, before spending the next five days touring critical battleground states. But with the event mere hours away, her choice remains a mystery. Read more. Key points: In recent days, she’s zeroed in on a trio of potential finalists: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Harris’ campaign planned to make the announcement via video message before the rally, though the exact timing remained unclear, according to a person involved in the planning who spoke on the condition of anonymity. JD Vance, meanwhile, is aiming to detract from the debut of Harris’ pick. He planned to arrive in Philadelphia ahead of the Democratic ticket and offer his own speech at midday as counterprogramming. The senator then announced he’d shadow Harris and her running mate with his own events in Wisconsin, Michigan and North Carolina. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Harris wins Democratic presidential nomination in virtual roll call. Here’s how the process worked Some activists step up criticism of Shapiro and Kelly as Harris closes in on naming a running mate Pelosi warns in her new book that political threats and violence ‘must stop’

Final countdown Not so fast, the Harris campaign is saying to reports that a decision's been made on a Democratic vice presidential nominee. Why it matters: Today's clues suggest Vice President Kamala Harris has narrowed her focus to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. But the last month has repeatedly proved that surprises come from all directions, and the potential VP list is big. Barring a leak, expect to find out the VP nominee's name just like everyone else ... by seeing a carefully choreographed video pop up tomorrow morning on social media. The bottom line: The stock market plunge and the potential of an escalation between Israel and Iran have sharpened the stakes for Harris' decision. The VP and President Biden met with national security advisers this afternoon in the White House Situation Room. ? Breaking this evening via AP: "Several U.S. personnel were injured in a suspected rocket attack at a military base in Iraq, U.S. defense officials said Monday, in what has been a recent uptick in strikes on American forces."

Presidential race Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to announce her running mate this week but intends to keep her selection under wraps until they make an appearance together on Tuesday. Sources say Harris has narrowed her selection to three final contenders — Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona. Her selection this week will be followed immediately by a joint tour of battleground states, starting with a stop in Philadelphia. Meanwhile, a fresh CBS News/YouGov poll released Sunday found no clear leader between Harris and former President Donald Trump among likely voters nationally — whereas President Joe Biden had been down 5 points in previous polling data. Florida Republicans who left party over Trump help launch ‘Republicans for Harris’ Three Floridians who collectively spent decades as Republicans are part of a nationwide effort to convince GOP voters to cast ballots for Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/08/05/florida-republicans-who-left-party-over-trump-help-launch-republicans-for-harris/?

Kamala Harris’ campaign launches “Republicans for Harris” Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign on Sunday launched “Republicans for Harris” as she looks to win over Republican voters put off by Donald Trump’s candidacy. The program will be a “campaign within a campaign,” according to Harris’ team, using well-known Republicans to activate their networks. Read more. Why this matters: The program will kick off with events this week in Arizona, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Republicans backing Harris will also appear at rallies with the vice president and her soon-to-be-named running mate this coming week, the campaign said. Harris’ team is trying to create “a permission structure” for GOP voters who would otherwise have a difficult time voting for Harris. The effort will rely heavily on Republican-to-Republican voter contact, with the belief that the best way to get a Republican to vote for Harris is to hear directly from another Republican making the same choice. Trump has done little to try to win over moderate Republican voters and on Saturday he criticized Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who rebuffed Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election in the battleground state. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ What GOP strategists think Trump should do Russell Vought, a Project 2025 architect, is ready to shock Washington if Trump wins second term Schumer predicts Democrats will keep control of the Senate now that Harris is atop the party ticket

Sun Belt surprise Photo illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Vice President Harris' early-days momentum has opened a new frontier in the presidential race, Axios' Sophia Cai writes. Why it matters: Georgia, Arizona and North Carolina — which had looked to be trending toward former President Trump — are suddenly crackling battlegrounds online, on the airwaves and on the ground. ?️ The big picture: Pennsylvania is still the most important state where both campaigns are going all-in. But the Harris campaign is fielding an army of enthused volunteers and piles of cash as it eyes a broader field of play. Zoom in: In the past two weeks, the Harris campaign has added 370,000 new volunteers — including 15,500 in Georgia, 21,000 in Arizona, and 10,500 in North Carolina — three states with diverse or changing electorate. ? In Georgia, 100,000 votes are up for grabs, former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) told Axios in an interview. "Kamala Harris puts all of those votes back in play," Duncan said. "The Number 1 excuse that I heard [about Biden] was: 'My gosh, he's just so old. I just can't imagine him governing for four years.' She takes that risk of physical and mental failure off the table." ? In Arizona, the campaign has trotted out border mayors who have endorsed Harris, including Republican Mayor John Giles of Mesa. ? In North Carolina, which has voted for a Democratic president just twice in the past 50 years, Harris has an uphill battle. But her momentum has forced the Trump campaign to spend on ads in North Carolina for the first time. Democrats are counting on turning out voters who have just moved to the state — and are highlighting extreme comments by GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, and tying him to Trump. ? NEW THIS MORNING: Tomorrow evening, Vice President Harris and her soon-to-be-announced running mate will launch a five-day, seven-city tour of battleground states, starting in Philadelphia. From there, the new ticket heads to Eau Claire, Wis.; Detroit; Durham, N.C.; Savannah, Ga.; Phoenix; and Las Vegas. A campaign preview says that besides rallies at venues ranging from arenas to college campuses, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the pair will meet with voters in smaller settings, including union halls, family-owned restaurants and campaign field offices. They'll be joined by union members, faith leaders, local officials and more.

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? Stunning RFK story Photo: Dan Winters for The New Yorker. Used by kind permission A stunning, worthy-of-your-time New Yorker profile of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — out this morning — tells the full story behind his decision to leave a dead bear cub in New York City's Central Park a decade ago, which he revealed on X yesterday: "Kennedy, who was then sixty ... got an idea. He drove to Manhattan and, as darkness fell, entered Central Park with the bear and a bicycle. A person with knowledge of the event said that Kennedy thought it would be funny to make it look as if the animal had been killed by an errant cyclist. "The next day, the bear was discovered by two women walking their dogs, setting off an investigation by the N.Y.P.D. 'This is a highly unusual situation," a spokeswoman for the Central Park Conservancy told the Times. 'It's awful.' In a follow-up piece for the Times, which was coincidentally written by Tatiana Schlossberg, one of J.F.K.'s granddaughters, a retired Bronx homicide commander commented, 'People are crazy.'" ? Between the lines: Kennedy posted a video yesterday in an attempt to preempt the New Yorker's article, saying he thought leaving the bear would be amusing after a falconry outing in upstate New York. "Looking forward to seeing how you spin this one," he wrote in a post with almost 8 million views. Read the full story by Clare Malone ... 2014 news clip. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he left a dead bear in Central Park as a prank WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once retrieved a bear that was killed by a motorist and left it in New York’s Central Park with a bicycle on top, sparking a mystery that consumed the city a decade ago. https://apnews.com/article/robert-kennedy-rfk-bear-cub-central-park-f7e6cba9aa19dc2066a8d9c543974a97?