House Republicans Seek Scientific Explanation For Why Trump Repulses People

[Zorro]

Disgust is a reaction that keeps us safe from rotten foods and rotten presidents.

Two scrappy Republican congressmen (who clearly don’t have a whole lot else on their plates) issued a press release last week announcing their desire to see the National Institute of Health (NIH) conduct studies on “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” which you might recall Minnesota Republicans tried and failed to get declared an actual mental disorder.

“TDS has divided families, the country, and led to nationwide violence—including two assassination attempts on President Trump. The TDS Research Act would require the NIH to study this toxic state of mind, so we can understand the root cause and identify solutions.” said Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio). “Instead of funding ludicrous studies such as giving methamphetamine to cats or teaching monkeys to gamble for their drinking water, the NIH should use that funding to research issues that are relevant to the real world.”

Hey, it’s not our fault that the families of Trump supporters want nothing to do with them. They should try being more compelling and interesting as human beings so that doesn’t happen to them.

That being said, many important scientific studies can sound pretty silly when phrased that way and without context. Who wants to fund a study in which a guy just stares at mold? Or a study on why flies are attracted to the urine of diabetic dogs? Or a study on what happens when you give Ambien to coma patients?

A lot of people, actually. Because that’s why we have penicillin. That’s why we know that insulin treats diabetes. It’s why we know that Ambien can have a paradoxical effect on coma patients that actually allows some to regain different levels of consciousness for a time.

https://www.wonkette.com/p/house-republicans-seek-scientific

[Lovie777]

1. I thought GQP don't believe in science....................

anywho, I'm not a scientist not a psychologist and not someone who studies human behavior but from a distance shithole is a mean evil hateful individual that only care about self. He lies, bully and make up shit.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. This is what happens when our half of the population has high standards and the other half

lives in the gutter.

[doc03]

3. We need a scientist to figure that out.

[Old Testament Libera]

4. It is actually pretty easy to find out

...why Trump repulses people. Decent people don't like lying, cheating, entitled, narcissistic, criminal assholes. They can study that as long as they want, but it's hard to see why there could be any other answer.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Charlie Pierce: "Stalin would be proud"

Psikhushkas were psychiatric hospitals run by the KGB and used as prisons in the Soviet Union in which political opponents of the regime were held and tortured after Soviet health officials declared political dissent as a mental disease, often referred to as “sluggish schizophrenia,” as though that made any sense. They could have called it “broccoli babushka” for all the difference it would have made to the poor sods who got caught up in its network of hellholes.

The TDS Research Act addresses a critical issue: the instinctual negative and often violent reaction to any supportive statement or event related to President Trump. By leveraging NIH’s existing programs at the National Institute of Mental Health, the bill will:
Investigate TDS’s origins and contributing factors, including the media’s role in amplifying the spread of TDS.
Analyze its long-term impacts on individuals, communities, and public discourse.
Explore interventions to mitigate extreme behaviors, informing strategies for a healthier public square.
Provide data-driven insights into how media and polarization shape political violence and social unrest.
Require an annual report to Congress.
No Additional Spending: Uses existing NIH resources and avoids new spending.

“Interventions,” eh? Wonder what those might entail. A “healthier public square?” “Social unrest?” We’re all about to get soaked for $5 million to pay the family of a woman who got shot while engaging in “social unrest” by trying to climb through a smashed window next to the barricaded Speaker’s Lobby adjacent to the House Chambers on January 6. Davidson is a worse Orwellian than he is a Stalinist. And these people, every damn one of them, really are the mole people.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a64838357/nih-investigation-trump-derangement-syndrome/

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. I'd like to know about another TDS

Trump devotion syndrome.

Why do some folks attach godlike reverence to this guy? Especially those who consider him Christ like when those two are polar opposites of each other.