Jack Schlossberg claims ‘there’s a reason behind’ his online trolling and brings up famous family
Kennedy heir Jack Schlossberg claimed “there’s a reason” behind his online trolling and oddball social media posts — telling The Post it partially goes back to his famous family.
Schlossberg has sparked controversy for a series of off-kilter posts and videos, including creepy ones aimed at Second Lady Usha Vance – but insisted he’s only holding up a “mirror to the kind of political, cultural attacks, personality attacks that are levied against” his political dynasty family.
The Democrat has also torn into his own cousin, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., RFK’s wife Cheryl Hines, lawyer Alan Dershowitz and other political figures while mixing in weird videos to his massive online following.
But he doesn’t think the various online clips and remarks are a liability to his burgeoning campaign.
“I think some people might be confused by some of the posts, but they have to understand that there’s a reason behind all of them,” he told The Post in an interview Monday.
“I think people called me crazy when I shaved my head but now they know I was in solidarity with my sister who’s sick,” he said in reference to his older sibling Tatiana Schlossberg, who announced in a heartbreaking essay she has terminal cancer.
“So I think people are actually a lot smarter than they give them credit for, and I think these videos are actually a huge reason why people believe in me and that I’m someone who’s willing to put it all on the line when it matters most,” he added.
He claimed voters have “a lot of respect” for him for taking shots at figures aligned with President Trump and boasted he is taking it upon himself to “take risks and move the ball forward on behalf of the party when no one asked me to and I wasn’t a candidate.”
He refused to say his posts involving Usha Vance went too far.
“You know, I think people have been objectifying people in my family forever, and I think that all I’m doing is kind of holding up a mirror to the kind of political, cultural attacks, personality attacks that are levied against us and using that, showing a mirror and showing that these people are real people, too,” he said.
The 32-year-old political scion jokingly announced he was “having a son” with JD Vance’s wife and once asked followers if Usha Vance was more attractive than his own grandmother, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, in past posts.
Schlossberg, who is among a number of Democrats seeking to replace retiring House Rep. Jerry Nadler, has also mocked Robert F. Kennedy’s voice and called him a “rabid dog” – helping fuel family discord.
The nepo baby has previously faced questions about his bizarre antics, including before his run for Congress.
“I use my judgment to make posts that are funny or silly but have a purpose either make you think this guy’s crazy,” he told MS NOW host Jen Psaki in February, “why is he talking about his own family, but to be honest then you get all these retweets, quotes, and everybody flips out about it and I think that’s kind of the game the other side’s been playing really well.”
Since he kicked off his congressional camping, he’s appeared to cool down his online rhetoric to his nearly 2 million social media followers.
“I’ve shown a willingness to stick my neck out there and take some risks on behalf of our party and the causes we believe in so I think some people might be confused by the videos, but other people hear the message loud and clear,” Schlossberg said Monday.
