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struggle4progress

(118,280 posts)
Sun Feb 12, 2017, 07:29 PM Feb 2017

Trump 'not right mentally'

Martin Pengelly
Sunday 12 February 2017 12.03 EST

... “A few” Republicans are .. concerned, the Minnesota Democrat told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday. “It’s not the majority of them, it’s a few.”

Such concerns are expressed, he said, “in the way all of us have this suspicion. He lies a lot, he says things that aren’t true, that’s the same as lying I guess” ...

“That is not the norm for a president of the United States or actually for a human being” ...


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/12/al-franken-senate-concern-trump-not-right-mentally

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Trump 'not right mentally' (Original Post) struggle4progress Feb 2017 OP
Trump a pathological liar' struggle4progress Feb 2017 #1
Gee ya think nt doc03 Feb 2017 #2
I call bullsh*t. PdxSean Feb 2017 #3

struggle4progress

(118,280 posts)
1. Trump a pathological liar'
Sun Feb 12, 2017, 07:30 PM
Feb 2017

By Ed O'Keefe
February 12 at 11:44 AM

... “We have a president who is delusional in many respects, a pathological liar,” Sanders said.

“Those are strong words,” moderator Chuck Todd interjected while asking Sanders whether he can work with a liar.

“It makes life very difficult. It is very harsh, but I think that’s the truth,” Sanders replied. “When somebody goes before you and says that 3 to 5 million people voted illegally … nobody believes that. There is not a scintilla of evidence to believe that, what would you call that remark? It’s a lie. It’s a delusion” ...


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/12/bernie-sanders-calls-trump-a-pathological-liar-al-franken-says-a-few-republicans-think-trump-is-mentally-ill/?utm_term=.f9dfa4ba2928

PdxSean

(574 posts)
3. I call bullsh*t.
Sun Feb 12, 2017, 07:48 PM
Feb 2017

Being arrogant, immoral, feckless and willfully ignorant does NOT make Trump mentally ill, it makes him an asshole. To suggest otherwise is to give him and his supporters a pass.

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