{"id":1968732,"date":"2023-07-10T15:42:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T19:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-suggests-biden-staffers-could-be-suffering-from-stockholm-syndrome-profile-of-an-abuser\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T15:44:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T19:44:39","slug":"senator-suggests-biden-staffers-could-be-suffering-from-stockholm-syndrome-profile-of-an-abuser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-suggests-biden-staffers-could-be-suffering-from-stockholm-syndrome-profile-of-an-abuser\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator suggests Biden staffers may have Stockholm Syndrome: &#8216;Abuser&#8217;s profile&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenator-suggests-biden-staffers-could-be-suffering-from-stockholm-syndrome-profile-of-an-abuser%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1968732&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Senator Suggests Biden Staffers Could Be Suffering from Stockholm Syndrome: &#8216;Profile of an Abuser&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah questioned whether President Joe Biden\u2019s closest staffers might be suffering from a serious condition that is brought on by the psychological strains of being in the presence of an \u201cabuser\u201d for too long.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dont-work-elon-tucker-discloses-much-money-made-since-taking-show-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, Lee shared his thoughts on a Monday morning story that claims Biden routinely lashes out at people by calling them names and otherwise treats them as disposable fodder as he navigates year three of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-suggests-biden-staffers-could-be-suffering-from-stockholm-syndrome-profile-of-an-abuser\/\" title=\"Senator suggests Biden staffers may have Stockholm Syndrome: 'Abuser's profile'\">historically damaging presidency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Early Monday morning, Alex Thompson of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/07\/10\/biden-temper-us-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a> cited numerous sources close to the Biden administration for a profile of the president\u2019s \u201crage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Current and former Biden aides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-staffers-attempt-avoid-alone-time-biden-due-repeated-vulgar-outbursts-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recounted<\/a> a temperamental boss whose insults included statements such as, \u201cG******it, how the f**k don\u2019t you know this?!,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t f**king bullsh*t me!\u201d and \u201cGet the f**k out of here!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One former staffer who was offered anonymity by the outlet stated of the alleged abuse, \u201cNo one is safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thompson\u2019s reporting was well-sourced and questions the \u201clovable grandpa\u201d narrative surrounding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/buttigieg-humiliated-re-surfaced-video-republican-pounces-biden-gaffe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Behind closed doors, Biden has such a temper that some aides try to avoid meeting him alone.<br \/>\nPOTUS go-to\u2019s:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u201dGod dammit, how the f**k don\u2019t you know this?!\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022\u201dDon\u2019t f**king bullsh*t me!\u201d<br \/>\n\u2022\u201dGet the f**k out of here!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My look at Biden\u2019s fury <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gF638X5lCm\">https:\/\/t.co\/gF638X5lCm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexThomp\/status\/1678377379348062208?\">July 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/camera-catches-mike-lees-face-bidens-sotu-feeling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee<\/a>, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-updates-child-policy-amid-population-growth-worries\/\" title=\"China Updates Child Policy Amid Population Growth Worries\">social media commentary<\/a> is sharp, snarky and wholly under-appreciated, responded to the report with a seven-tweet thread he shared on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blackburn-introduces-amendments-to-counter-china-and-iran\/\" title=\"Blackburn Introduces Amendments to Counter China and Iran\">senator wrote<\/a>, \u201cPoliticians who treat staff like this shouldn\u2019t be trusted with power \u2014 let alone nuclear codes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Utah Republican further noted Biden has for decades been portrayed as one of the few career politicians known for treating everyone with respect.<\/p>\n<p>But he also opined that Biden\u2019s staffers might be suffering from a condition that is mostly experienced by hostages and abused women.<\/p>\n<p>Lee speculated people in Biden\u2019s inner circle could be experiencing \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/resurfaced-footage-many-convinced-will-smith-abusive-relationship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stockholm syndrome<\/a>\u201d \u2014 which is a term that was coined following a European bank robbery that lasted nearly a week in the early 1970s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diseases\/22387-stockholm-syndrome#:~:text=Stockholm%20syndrome%20is%20a%20coping,relationship%20abuse%20and%20sex%20trafficking.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Cleveland Clinic<\/a> writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis condition gets its name from a 1973 bank robbery incident that happened in Stockholm, Sweden. During the six-day standoff with police, many of the captive bank employees became sympathetic toward the bank robbers. After they were set free, some bank employees refused to testify against the bank robbers in court and even raised money for their defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here is Lee\u2019s Twitter thread in its entirety:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2. If Biden is this willing to mistreat and belittle his own staff (on whom he relies and with whom he must interact every day), what does that say about how much he\u2019s willing to look out for the hundreds of millions of Americans who will never meet him?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/1678420001844531200?\">July 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">4. Then again, as to point 3(a), there are senators who are kind and respectful to colleagues\u2014and to everyone else, when in public\u2014but verbally abuse staff when they think no one is watching. Perhaps Biden was one of them, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-article-suggests-republicans-are-worse-than-nazis\/\" title=\"MSNBC Article Suggests Republicans Are Worse Than Nazis\">article suggests<\/a> he was.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/1678420186196504577?\">July 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is the profile of an abuser,\u201d Lee wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">6. In fact, those exact words came from Biden\u2019s longtime Senate chief of staff. The term \u201cStockholm syndrome\u201d comes to mind. This is the profile of an abuser.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/1678420208678240256?\">July 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">7. I wish the article spoke only in general terms or relied only on one or two uncorroborated stories that could easily be dismissed as one-off anecdotes. I\u2019d be less concerned. But alas, the article paints no such picture.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasedMikeLee\/status\/1678420210859032577?\">July 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lee\u2019s speculative take could be serious, it could have been facetious or it could have been a blend of both.<\/p>\n<p>In any event, Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-loses-cool-camera-berates-reporter-ukraine-conflict-interest-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outbursts<\/a> have been public for some time, so the version of Biden shared by Axios is on brand for the short-tempered president:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains language that some viewers might find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>If scores of people working in the White House are experiencing signs of psychological trauma, it might explain why no one has come forward to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-warns-china-could-use-tiktok-for-influence-operations-surveillance-on-americans\/\" title=\"FBI Director Warns China Could Use TikTok for Influence Operations, Surveillance on Americans\">sound alarm bells<\/a> and call for the invocation of the 25th Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s tenure as commander-in-chief has been marked by a myriad of policy failures and a series of personal, interfamily scandals. All of it has been anything but presidential \u2014 especially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-admins-cocaine-narrative-destroyed-white-house-press-pool-report-shows-family-present\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the cocaine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yet no one close to Biden has come forward and spoken out in any substantial way about what is happening in the West Wing.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps there are no real patriots in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>But as Lee speculated, many of these people might actually be so tormented that they are now siding with the man whose outbursts have resulted in them gaslighting themselves into believing the Biden experiment has succeeded when clearly it hasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>There is no reason to believe Biden treats people with any sort of dignity.<\/p>\n<p>Not only was Biden credibly accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tara-reade-gives-explosive-interview-carlson-describes-detail-sick-acts-biden-allegedly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an alleged and graphic sexual assault<\/a>\u00a0that his former staffer Tara Reade claimed happened in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has a beautiful granddaughter through his son Hunter that he refuses to acknowledge and who the family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/instead-biden-name-hunter-gives-secret-daughter-bizarre-consolation-prize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refuses to dignify<\/a> by allowing her to use the family name.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/senator-suggests-biden-staffers-suffering-stockholm-syndrome-profile-abuser\/\">Senator Suggests Biden Staffers Could Be Suffering from Stockholm Syndrome: &#8216;Profile of an Abuser&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah questioned if President Joe Biden&#8217;s closest aides are experiencing a condition caused by prolonged exposure to an &#8220;abuser.&#8221; Lee shared his concerns on Twitter, referring to a story that alleges Biden frequently lashes out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":1968734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1968732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1968734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}