Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Sunday that he went swimming in Rock Creek with his grandchildren, despite posted warnings about unsafe bacteria levels in the water.

“Mother’s Day hike in Dumbarton Oaks Park with Amaryllis, Bobby, Kick, and Jackson, and a swim with my grandchildren, Bobcat and Cassius in Rock Creek,” Kennedy wrote in a post on the social platform X.

The 71-year-old member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet included several photos with his post, including one of him submerged in the water without a shirt.

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