State GOP sends message of privilege, selfishness
It’s painfully obvious who Republicans Greg Gianforte, Kristen Juras, Matt Rosendale and Troy Downing really care about. I hate to break the news, but it is not the citizens of Montana.
By attending a Donald Trump fundraiser in Big Sky last week with Donald Trump Jr., and his now COVID-positive girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, it is clear that they care only about themselves and the dysfunctional Trump family. While Gianforte was back in D.C., he felt it was perfectly appropriate to send his wife, Susan, to this fundraiser alongside his gubernatorial running mate, Juras, who posted a photo to Facebook — their proud maskless faces just inches apart, standing behind Guilfoyle.
This behavior is code for “we are so special that we don’t have to follow the recommendations of the CDC, the WHO, or the state and county health officials” and “this ‘China virus’ can’t affect us, we have Republican immunity.”
Is this how our leaders should behave during a pandemic? Of course not. While I hear they are quarantining now and have canceled future in person fundraising events, their message of privilege and selfishness has already been sent loud and clear to all Montanans. Remember this in November.
Robin Johnson
Bozeman
President’s mental state should be cause for concern
Some reviews of President Donald Trump’s public behavior (e.g., tweets, television and radio broadcasts, quotations in news media, public appearances, congressional testimony, etc.) have suggested the presence of major mental disorders, including a malignant narcissistic personality disorder, which includes the symptoms of an antisocial personality disorder and paranoid personality disorder.
Given the toxic political environment in which facts now flounder, it is important to use objective, scientifically established criteria to determine the presence of such mental disorders. The professional “bible” customarily accepted for the above mentioned diagnoses is The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
The number of symptoms describing the president in this manual is beyond stunning. It’s terrifying. To ignore such documentation is fraught with dangerous consequences (like claiming that the
coronavirus is a head cold and then ending up on a respirator). In addition to the political and professional communities, we ourselves need to examine these data, and make a serious assessment as to whether the “shoe fits.”
Dr. Frank C. Seitz
Bozeman
Bozeman Daily Chronicle Letters to the Editor 7/15/20