A Democratic senator claims that “a few” of his Republican colleagues have expressed concern to him about President Donald Trump’s mental health — and that stems from questions about Trump’s truthfulness.
Minnesota’s Al Franken tells CNN’s “State of the Union” that the concern arises “in the way that we all have this suspicion” that “he lies a lot. He says things that aren’t true. That’s the same as lying, I guess.”
Franken cites Trump’s groundless claim that he would have won the popular vote in the presidential race if not for 3 million to 5 million immigrants in the country illegally voting for his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.
And Trump is said to have told some senators in a private meeting at the White House that he and former Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte would have won in New Hampshire if not for voters bused in from out of state.
Franken is looking at those examples and saying: “You know, that is not the norm for a president of the United States, or, actually, for a human being.”
(AP)
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Pathetic CNN crying themselves to irrelevance and oblivion.
Franken is merely stating the obvious.
AP definitely has a mental health disorder giving Fraken’s narrow minded statement such a headline. What Trump said is very normal in todays world.
They are real slanderers against Trump.
They are trying to divert attention from the mental state of his opposition.
Really who cares what that ultra left piece of garbage Franken says? He has been nothing but trouble since he has been in the government. he NEEDS to back to La La land.
Let’s remember that Charles Krauthammer, who isn’t at all sympathetic to Democrats, expressed similar concerns about Trump’s personality, and apart from his political qualifications he happens to be a Harvard trained psychiatrist. We shouldn’t entirely disregard these concerns.
I don’t work for CNN but I still believe that Trump is not a stable person. He has a serious ego problem. He is not capable of making an objective analysis of a situation. Everything is based on how the situation/person makes him feel. If Putin says he likes Trump, then Putin is great guy (never mind that he is a murderer). If Meryl Streep criticizes Trump for mocking a disabled reporter, then Meryl Streep is the worst actress the film industry has ever encountered.
Trump is not able to assess or judge anything or anybody, because his HUGE ego is his guide.
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BTW what does lying have to do with mental health, he’s a liar and lies to his convenience.
This may be so but if it’s Al Nutcase Franken telling it you know it’s not so!
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How he was elected to the Senate is proof that anyone with name recognition can get elected. Next will be Mickey Mouse!
The fact is that conspiracy theories (of varied stripes) ARE the norm for people. Sitting senators themselves have raised the claims that 9/11 was done by (name it: Bush etc.) And the conspiracy theories like the CIA brainwashed Sirhan to assassinate Senator Kennedy came from the icons of the left and Democratic party.
With anecdotal “evidence” you can say anything. Shame on them for trying to besmirch anyone without solid evidence…
Coming from a bitter old failed comedian, AL Franken, it doesn’t say much. Even “weird Al” Yankavich was better than this creep from Minnesota.
Fake news.
i need to see who these republican senators are. id bet its john mcain. which would discredit the whole story. also trump may be nuts but hes my nut!
What’s the question exactly?
I agree with Anon 21, Trump may be a nut but he’s my nut. No one challenged Obama’s fitness to be president, limited experience, and questionable birth status. We can thank John McCain for refusing to address the issue. He ran a “noncampaign” allowing Obama’s victory. Clinton’s a pathological liar, did the media challenge her fitness? As for Franken, the mental disease of radical liberalism has eaten away his brain.
Does anyone reLly believe anything this fool says. More fake news
No names where given
Fake news! Here we go again