Mark Halperin predicts 'greatest mental health crisis' in US history if Trump defeats Harris

[chevyontheriver]

I'll settle for anything less than insanely expensive.

You won't particularly like Medicare. It's sold as something wonderful. It's OK but it's expensive. Start saving your pennies now so you can afford it.

 

[Servus]

You won't particularly like Medicare. It's sold as something wonderful. It's OK but it's expensive. Start saving your pennies now so you can afford it.

Is it more than $395.68 a month for one person?

 

[mourningdove~]

They, the old 'basket of deplorables' were in 2020 merely being deplorable ... in a basket. Hillary wanted re-education camps for you. Don't think you couldn't be locked up in a FEMA trailer camp surrounded by concertina barbed wire. Just on the off chance you might not like the election outcome if somehow the election outcome doesn't go your way. FEMA may be broke, but I'm sure they have the capacity to lock up a few million deplorables.

The last I heard, there are camps established in 50 states.

 

[mourningdove~]

I’d say the neighborhoods are a bit more on the sacred ground side myself.

I'd like to understand what you mean, and why you see it that way?

(Maybe something you have to share will be encouraging to this 'city neighborhood dweller'!)

 

[Michie]

I'd like to understand what you mean, and why you see it that way?

(Maybe something you have to share will be encouraging to this 'city neighborhood dweller'!)

Both spaces are sacred but I see neighborhoods as more so simply because it’s the place where we raise our families, etc. a government building cannot be more sacred than that imo.

 

[mourningdove~]

Both spaces are sacred but I see neighborhoods as more so simply because it’s the place where we raise our families, etc. a government building cannot be more sacred than that imo.

Oh I see.

I thought you were saying that you saw neighborhoods as being 'safer' from civil unrest ... because oppositional forces somehow viewed neighborhoods as being more 'sacred'.

... but I misunderstood.
Thanks for explaining!

p.s.
I generally agree, that family neighborhoods are more 'sacred' than government buildings. But I think there are exceptions, too. Like, I was working a few miles away from the OKC Federal Building when it was bombed. Lotta lives ended there in that building ...

 

[Aldebaran]

60 tries--and only a Reoublican with integrity, John McCain, who barred Trump from his funeral, stopped him.
The insurrectionists should have been tried for treason, along with their leader. They got off easy.
No one "invited" immigrants. They allowed immigrants to apply for asylum.at their embassies to keep them away. But neither did they treat them worse than animals and spread lies that most are sex traffickers and drug dealers.

Nobody says most of them are sex traffickers and drug dealers. That's just you building another straw man. Do you also deny that women have been raped and killed, and that illegal drugs are in this country more than ever before?

 

[Aldebaran]

I’d say the neighborhoods are a bit more on the sacred ground side myself.

What if it's a "rich" neighborhood where people have things you can't afford?

 

[Michie]

What if it's a "rich" neighborhood where people have things you can't afford?

Same.

 

[Aldebaran]

I’ve heard a lot of number 2 and precious little about number 1. The rhetoric is that Trump must never be allowed to be president period. If he wins I don’t see the hot blooded Democrats switching to a peaceful transition of power. The rhetoric has played too long.

We used to pride ourselves on the peaceful transition of power, and we have actually had it up to now. But the rhetoric about ‘January 6’ is all about how that doesn’t need to happen any more because Trump already broke it.

I just do not see a peaceful transition if Trump wins. Maybe trouble if Kamala wins. Definite trouble if Trump wins. We will all wish we were in the days of ‘hanging chads’ and Al Franken ‘recount until you win’ strategies. The end of Democracy is now at hand. It doesn’t even have to be Trump’s fault.

Not to mention the fact that they always do the things they accuse Republicans of doing. Since they accuse Republicans of being insurrectionists, it's a signal about what they plan on doing themselves.

 

[mourningdove~]

Not to mention the fact that they always do the things they accuse Republicans of doing. Since they accuse Republicans of being insurrectionists, it's a signal about what they plan on doing themselves.

One of their latest 'projections' is that Trump is planning to have Americans locked up.

(Like, what??? Where did that come from?)


Maybe this, approved in September by Biden's Deputy Secretary of Defense?

https://www.esd.whs.mil/portals/54/documents/dd/issuances/dodd/524001p.pdf

Effective on September 27th, 2024, DoD Directive 5240.1 states in section three-point-three, that “Defense Intelligence Components may provide personnel to assist a Federal department or agency, including a Federal law enforcement agency, or a State or local law enforcement agency when lives are in danger”

Authorization for lethal force simply requires the approval of the Secretary of Defense, and would provide, “Assistance in responding with assets with potential for lethality, or any situation in which it is reasonably foreseeable that providing the requested assistance may involve the use of force that is likely to result in lethal force, including death or serious bodily injury.”

 

[BobRyan]

Ex-ABC News political reporter warns of 'potential for violence regardless of the election outcome'

A former ABC News political journalist says he believes a victory for former President Donald Trump in next month’s election could result in an unprecedented nationwide “mental health crisis.”

Mark Halperin, who now works at Newsmax and previously also worked for MSNBC and NBC News as both a journalist and political analyst, made the prediction in an episode of "The Tucker Carlson Show" in which he sounded the alarm about the potential psychological impact of a second Trump presidency.

Halperin said he believes that if Trump wins, it could lead to a profound shift within the Democratic Party, calling it "the greatest mental health crisis in the history of the country."

Continued below.

Mark Halperin predicts 'greatest mental health crisis' in US history if Trump defeats Harris

A former ABC News political journalist says he believes a victory for former President Donald Trump in next month s election could result in an unprecedented nationwide mental health crisis

www.christianpost.com

Some folks view a given political party as suffering from a higher than average degree of mental health issues.

In any case - Christians should have their eyes on Jesus "The Word" that tells us that killing babies is not the right thing to do and that marriage is between a man and a woman. (A statement that no one would have rejected a few decades ago)

 

[FreeinChrist]

Ex-ABC News political reporter warns of 'potential for violence regardless of the election outcome'

A former ABC News political journalist says he believes a victory for former President Donald Trump in next month’s election could result in an unprecedented nationwide “mental health crisis.”

Mark Halperin, who now works at Newsmax and previously also worked for MSNBC and NBC News as both a journalist and political analyst, made the prediction in an episode of "The Tucker Carlson Show" in which he sounded the alarm about the potential psychological impact of a second Trump presidency.

Halperin said he believes that if Trump wins, it could lead to a profound shift within the Democratic Party, calling it "the greatest mental health crisis in the history of the country."

Continued below.

Mark Halperin predicts 'greatest mental health crisis' in US history if Trump defeats Harris

A former ABC News political journalist says he believes a victory for former President Donald Trump in next month s election could result in an unprecedented nationwide mental health crisis

www.christianpost.com

This is the Mark Halperin who was fired in Oct. 2017 from MSNBC and Showtime for more than a dozen sexual harassment and sexual assault from his time on ABC that came out?
He is trying to get work probably.

As to the response he says Democrats will have to a Trump win, I don't think either side will react well if their choice does not win. Trump said this week that he may need to use the military in the US to "get rid of the Enemy within," which is those who disagree with him and is unAmerican and against law. Democrats have reason to vote against him as president.

 

[mourningdove~]

This is the Mark Halperin who was fired in Oct. 2017 from MSNBC and Showtime for more than a dozen sexual harassment and sexual assault from his time on ABC that came out?
He is trying to get work probably.

Halperin is now regularly on NewsMax.

From Mark Halperin himself in 2017, regarding the sexual harassment charges:

"During this period, I did pursue relationships with women that I worked with, including some junior to me," Halperin said in a statement to CNN Wednesday night. "I now understand from these accounts that my behavior was inappropriate and caused others pain. For that, I am deeply sorry and I apologize. Under the circumstances, I'm going to take a step back from my day-to-day work while I properly deal with this situation."

Five women accuse journalist and 'Game Change' co-author Mark Halperin of sexual harassment

Veteran journalist Mark Halperin sexually harassed women while he was in a powerful position at ABC News, according to five women who shared their previously undisclosed accounts with CNN and others who did not experience the alleged harassment personally, but were aware of it.

money.cnn.com

 

[FreeinChrist]

Halperin is now rgularly on NewsMax.

From Mark Halperin himself in 2017, regarding the sexual harassment charges:

"During this period, I did pursue relationships with women that I worked with, including some junior to me," Halperin said in a statement to CNN Wednesday night. "I now understand from these accounts that my behavior was inappropriate and caused others pain. For that, I am deeply sorry and I apologize. Under the circumstances, I'm going to take a step back from my day-to-day work while I properly deal with this situation."

Five women accuse journalist and 'Game Change' co-author Mark Halperin of sexual harassment

Veteran journalist Mark Halperin sexually harassed women while he was in a powerful position at ABC News, according to five women who shared their previously undisclosed accounts with CNN and others who did not experience the alleged harassment personally, but were aware of it.

money.cnn.com

NewsMax is not favorable to the Democratic Party and it's members.

I see the right as more dangerous if their candidate loses. They have more guns.

 

[BobRyan]

NewsMax is not favorable to the Democratic Party and it's members.

I see the right as more dangerous if their candidate loses. They have more guns.

The right lost in 2020 -

Interesting that 2021 was not "year of large riots in major US cities - conducted by the right".

Rather it was 2020 with massive riots, loss of property, loss of life -- and the right was not the group doing it.

History tells the story if we let all the facts in the door.

 

[FreeinChrist]

The right lost in 2020 -

Interesting that 2021 was not "year of large riots in major US cities - conducted by the right".

Rather it was 2020 with massive riots, loss of property, loss of life -- and the right was not the group doing it.

History tells the story if we let all the facts in the door.

I will disagree with you.

The riots in 2020 was mostly by poor people taking advantate of actual planned peaceful protesting the murder of a black man. White supremacist and anrchist were the problem as well. Antifa is not left wing or right..

2021 had an actual attempt to stop congress from certifying the election and there was a plan in place to challenge the election.
It is from Trump that we are hearing the idea of using the military in the US against US citizens he sees as the Enemy within.
The threats coming at election workers comes from the right. Threats aimed as witnesses in court cases involving Trump are coming from the right.

Check it out:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-supporters-call-riots-violent-retribution-after-verdict-2024-05-31/

Supporters of former President Donald Trump, enraged by his conviction on 34 felony counts by a New York jury, flooded pro-Trump websites with calls for riots, revolution and violent retribution.​

After Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime, his supporters responded with dozens of violent online posts, according to a Reuters review of comments on three Trump-aligned websites: the former president's own Truth Social platform, Patriots.Win and the Gateway Pundit.​

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Some called for attacks on jurors, the execution of the judge, Justice Juan Merchan, or outright civil war and armed insurrection.​

“Someone in NY with nothing to lose needs to take care of Merchan,” wrote one commentator on Patriots.Win. “Hopefully he gets met with illegals with a machete,” the post said in reference to illegal immigrants.​

On Gateway Pundit, one poster suggested shooting liberals after the verdict. “Time to start capping some leftys,” said the post. “This cannot be fixed by voting."​

Threats of violence and intimidating rhetoric soared after Trump lost the 2020 election and falsely claimed the vote was stolen. As he campaigns for a second White House term, Trump has baselessly cast the judges and prosecutors in his trials as corrupt tools of the Biden administration, intent on sabotaging his White House bid. His loyalists have responded with a campaign of threats and intimidation targeting judges and court officials.​

The right invoked violence in 2020 as well:

'No Blame?' ABC News finds 54 cases invoking 'Trump' in connection with violence, threats, alleged assaults.

President Donald Trump insists he deserves no blame for divisions in America.

abcnews.go.com

President Donald Trump has repeatedly distanced himself from acts of violence in communities across America, dismissing critics who point to his rhetoric as a potential source of inspiration or comfort for anyone acting on even long-held beliefs of bigotry and hate.​

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"I think my rhetoric brings people together," he said last year, four days after a 21-year-old allegedly posted an anti-immigrant screed online and then allegedly opened fire at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, killing 22 and injuring dozens of others.​

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But a nationwide review conducted by ABC News has identified at least 54 criminal cases where Trump was invoked in direct connection with violent acts, threats of violence or allegations of assault.​

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After a Latino gas station attendant in Gainesville, Florida, was suddenly punched in the head by a white man, the victim could be heard on surveillance camera recounting the attacker’s own words: “He said, ‘This is for Trump.'" Charges were filed but the victim stopped pursuing them.​

As many on the right refuse to acknowledge that Trump lost in 2020, and reacted so badly, what should we expect in November?

 

[Aldebaran]

One of their latest 'projections' is that Trump is planning to have Americans locked up.

(Like, what??? Where did that come from?)


Maybe this, approved in September by Biden's Deputy Secretary of Defense?

https://www.esd.whs.mil/portals/54/documents/dd/issuances/dodd/524001p.pdf

Effective on September 27th, 2024, DoD Directive 5240.1 states in section three-point-three, that “Defense Intelligence Components may provide personnel to assist a Federal department or agency, including a Federal law enforcement agency, or a State or local law enforcement agency when lives are in danger”

Authorization for lethal force simply requires the approval of the Secretary of Defense, and would provide, “Assistance in responding with assets with potential for lethality, or any situation in which it is reasonably foreseeable that providing the requested assistance may involve the use of force that is likely to result in lethal force, including death or serious bodily injury.”

Sounds like a fast-track to martial law. Biden's admin gets it, hands it over to Trump, then blames Trump for it.

 

[chevyontheriver]

NewsMax is not favorable to the Democratic Party and it's members.

I see the right as more dangerous if their candidate loses. They have more guns.

Ah but the left knows all about how to use Molotov cocktails. They are at least even.

 

[FreeinChrist]

Ah but the left knows all about how to use Molotov cocktails. They are at least even.

Oh, the right can use molotov cocktails as well.

Hopefully we can agree that violence from either side is not good.