Journalist Mark Halperin warned that a Trump election victory could result in the “greatest mental health crisis” in U.S. history among the left.
Halperin’s remarks are particularly notable given his extensive history working for establishment networks like ABC News, MSNBC and Bloomberg, so he has a deep understanding of the liberal audience.
“I say this not flippantly. I think it will be the cause of the greatest mental health crisis in the history of the country. I think tens of millions of people will question their connection to the nation, their connection to other human beings, their connection to their vision of what their future for them and their children could be like,” Halperin told Tucker Carlson in an interview released Tuesday.
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“I think it will be the cause of the greatest mental health crisis in the history of the country.” pic.twitter.com/aNiq3as8LR
“I think that it will require an enormous amount of access to mental health professionals. I think it’ll lead to trauma in the workplace. I think there’ll be some degree of protests.”
Halperin went on to explain how the left’s belief that Trump is the next iteration of Hitler and possibly the worst human being on Earth will instill deep terror, shock and trauma for tens of millions of liberal Americans.
“I think there’ll be alcoholism, there’ll be broken marriages…They think he’s the worst person possible to be president, and having won by the hand of [former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director] Jim Comey and fluke in 2016 and then performed in office for four years and denied who won the election last time and January 6,” the Newsmax commentator continued.
“The fact that, under a fair election, America chose, by the rules, pre-agreed to, Donald Trump again — I think it will cause the biggest mental health crisis in the history of America. And I don’t think it will be kind of a passing thing that by the inauguration will be fine. I think it will be sustained and unprecedented and hideous, and I don’t think the country’s ready for it.”
Carlson noted that “mental health crises often manifest in violence.”
“Yeah, I think there’ll be some violence,” Halperin replied. “I think there’ll be workplace fights, there’ll be fights at kids’ birthday parties, I think there’ll be protests that will turn violent. I hope they’re not, but I think there will be some.
“But I think it will be less anger and more a failure to understand how it could happen, like the death of a child or…your wife announcing she’s a lesbian and she’s leaving you for your best friend,” he continued.
“Like something that’s so traumatic that it is impossible for even the most mentally healthy person to truly process and incorporate into their daily life. I hope I’m wrong, but I think that’s what’s going to happen for tens of millions of people, because they think that their fellow citizens supporting Trump is a sign of fundamental evil at the heart of their fellow citizens and of the nation. That’s how they view it.”
The former establishment journalist added he “hope[s] that Trump handles it well” and works to mitigate that mental health crisis if he wins.
Watch the full Halperin interview:
Mark Halperin has better political sources than anyone in media. He now believes Donald Trump is likely to win. If that happens, Halperin predicts the psychological collapse of the Democratic Party — “greatest mental health crisis in the history of the country.”
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) October 15, 2024
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