{"id":2413512,"date":"2025-03-17T13:20:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T17:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-gop-propose-making-trump-derangement-syndrome-a-mental-illness-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T13:20:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T17:20:59","slug":"minnesota-gop-propose-making-trump-derangement-syndrome-a-mental-illness-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-gop-propose-making-trump-derangement-syndrome-a-mental-illness-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota GOP propose making \u2018Trump derangement syndrome\u2019 a mental illness &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fminnesota-gop-propose-making-trump-derangement-syndrome-a-mental-illness-washington-examiner%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=2413512&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--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Minnesota GOP propose making &lsquo;Trump derangement syndrome&rsquo; a mental illness<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2040065\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Five Republican lawmakers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Minnesota Senate <\/a>are set to introduce a bill on Monday to designate &ldquo;Trump derangement syndrome&rdquo; as a legitimate mental illness in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">state<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump derangement syndrome&rdquo; is a term frequently used by President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> and Trump supporters. It is often used in reference to perceived political opponents and to describe someone who they feel has a biased preoccupation with Trump. It is not recognized as a mental health diagnosis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3349555\/california-republicans-optimistic-corrin-rankin-new-state-party-chair\/\">California Republicans optimistic as they elect Corrin Rankin as new state party chairwoman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3349677\/wisconsin-warning-misleading-mailers-supreme-court-election\/\">Wisconsin officials issue warning for &#8216;misleading&#8217; mailers with incorrect Supreme Court election date<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3349625\/kathy-hochul-next-nyc-mayor-not-be-war-governor\/\">Kathy Hochul suggests next NYC mayor not &#8216;be at war with the governor&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The GOP-backed bill would define the syndrome as an &ldquo;acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons that is in reaction to the policies and presidencies of President Donald J. Trump.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Symptoms may include Trump-induced general hysteria, which produces an inability to distinguish between legitimate policy differences and signs of psychic pathology in President Donald J. Trump&rsquo;s behavior,&rdquo; the bill reads.<\/p>\n<p>Should the legislation pass, a section of a statute that defines terms, including &ldquo;diagnostic assessment&rdquo; and &ldquo;outpatient services,&rdquo; would be amended to add a section for &ldquo;Trump derangement syndrome.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The legislation is unlikely to pass as the Minnesota House is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, and Democrats have a one-seat majority in the Minnesota Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Democrats criticized the Republicans&rsquo; bill.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is why Minnesota Republicans have lost every statewide election in recent memory &mdash; every time they get an opportunity to try to improve Minnesotans&rsquo; lives, they instead double down on an agenda that caters to their party&rsquo;s most extreme right-wing activists,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3111933\/tim-walzs-democratic-farmer-labor-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party<\/a> wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3177509\/what-maga-gop-will-look-like-post-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHAT MAGA AND THE GOP WILL LOOK LIKE IN A POST-TRUMP ERA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;derangement syndrome&rdquo; political phrase dates back to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/opinions\/2003\/12\/05\/the-delusional-dean\/cbc80426-08ee-40fd-97e5-19da55fdc821\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2003<\/a> during&nbsp;George W. Bush&rsquo;s administration from political commentator Charles Krauthammer, who used &ldquo;Bush derangement syndrome&rdquo; to describe Bush critics.<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota bill uses the exact phrasing Krauthammer used to describe &ldquo;Bush derangement syndrome,&rdquo; which he described as &ldquo;the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency &mdash; nay &mdash; the very existence of George W. 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