LAS VEGAS — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s supporters in the swing state of Nevada are nonplussed about his reported sexting scandal — and that’s good news for the presidential hopeful he’s backing, Donald Trump.
Kennedy, 70, got top billing at a Trump-sponsored “Restore America” rally in Vegas on Saturday night, drawing a standing-room-only crowd who either didn’t care — or didn’t even know — about the bombshell allegation.
“I’m not familiar with that particular issue. I am with a lot of issues, but that one’s new to me,” said local Ken Czech, who was wearing a “Kennedy 24” t-shirt, a nod to the Kennedy scion’s failed attempt to run for president in November on the independent ticket.
Kennedy, 70, who is married to “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actress Cheryl Hines, 59, was allegedly involved in a newly revealed, seamy sexting relationship with New York magazine’s star political scribe Olivia Nuzzi, 31.
Czech said he is more interested in Kennedy’s efforts to help Trump form a “unity party.’’
Retired Las Vegas court reporter Christine Johnson said reports of the scandal meant little to her, too.
“I support RFK, and whatever his headlines are, they are,” she said of the politician, who threw his support behind Trump after backing out of the race. “People are going to put their own spin on it.”
Charles Atwood Hightower, a retired US army sergeant first class and a contractor, said those criticizing Kennedy’s private life should “drop dead.
“Your personal life is your personal life,” Hightower said. “God gave you that right.’’
Retired Judge Charles Weinberg slammed the sexting story as a joke.
“I mean, there’s so much propaganda and false information out now. I think this guy’s a legit guy,’’ he said of Kennedy.
Lawyer Gregory Brittain of Redlands, Cali., said that if the married Kennedy was “coming on to someone else, that would be inappropriate.”
But “no one is perfect, and least of all the Democrats on the other side who do this, who, I was saying, the real racists and the real sexists are the Democrats who, who so strongly profess right, maybe for women and for the minorities,’’ Brittain said.
The event, moderated by race-car driving personality Danica Patrick at a Las Vegas rec center, was Kennedy’s first public appearance since the scandal broke last week.
He did not address it at the event.
But he did wear his wedding ring, while Hines reportedly ditched hers for at least part of her Italian vacation at the same time.
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, an ex-Democrat from Hawaii, appeared with Kennedy at the rally for Trump, who faces an expected bruising battle against Democratic nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Gabbard told The Post it was the kind of “distraction” she expects will increase as Election Day draws near.
“The elitist, permanent Washington establishment, the military-industrial complex, the national security state, this whole cabal of the power elite are so terrified of President Trump winning this election that they will continue to do what they have been doing for years and throw everything they possibly can at it,” she said.
“I know that Bobby Kennedy is focused, as I am, on saving our country,’’ Gabbard said.
“President Trump is focused on his mission of saving our country, and none of us are going to allow any of these distractions to get in the way.”
