The psychiatrists were told that it was simply too dangerous to proceed with a public talk about ‘The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump.’
By Robert Silverman
Two psychiatrists who warned that Donald Trump was inspiring violence
had their point made, the hard way, when Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
abruptly canceled a planned public meeting with them at a senior center
after receiving violent threats about the event.
According to
Bandy X. Lee, an associate professor at Yale who was scheduled to speak
at the event, Raskin informed her just 24 hours beforehand that it was
off, because going forward would have posed “significant safety risks”
to attendees.
“Sorry about tomorrow night—we’ve been getting so many threats,” Raskin said, according to Lee, the editor of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump,
a controversial collection of essays arguing that Trump’s affinity for
violence represents a danger to the public, and a leading member of the National Coalition of Concerned Mental-Health Experts
(full disclosure: the group’s members include Claire Silverman, a
psychologist and this reporter’s mother) that’s raised public questions
about Trump’s fitness for office.
Raskin has roused the ire of Trump supporters since he submitted a bill in April of last year calling for the creation of a committee to evaluate the president’s physical and mental fitness.
“Whenever my boss talks about the 25th Amendment,
there will be an uptick in comments on social media, or phone calls, or
emails, that contain either explicit threats or generally violent and
hateful language,” Lauren Doney, Raskin’s communications director, told
The Daily Beast, while confirming that Thursday’s event had been
canceled.
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Source: The Daily Beast
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