Another week of right-wing authoritarian weirdness

As soon as it became clear to Kennedy that he would no longer be able to keep his illegal stunt a secret, the independent presidential candidate and conspiracy theorist went into damage control. He concocted a story that was clearly aimed at making his decision to dump the bear’s carcass more palatable to the general public.
But his explanation makes as little sense as the act itself.

Gordon Batcheller, who retired as New York state’s chief wildlife biologist in 2015 but spoke to HuffPost in his personal capacity, has followed the Kennedy bear cub story closely. He described Kennedy’s actions as perplexing, unlawful and wildly disrespectful of a wild animal.
“As a citizen, even as a biologist, looking at the whole scenario, the word ‘bizarre’ just leaps forward in my mind in terms of behavior of this individual,” Batcheller told HuffPost by phone on Tuesday. “The thought that somehow doing this prank would be amusing or something — just bizarre.”