[HotAir] To be honest, the headline poses a loaded question, as anyone who thinks there are "six biological genders" has some sort of mental crisis.
That still leaves us with this poser: Where did James Talarico go for two weeks in the middle of a Senate campaign? Talarico's campaign insisted he was stuck at home with the flu, but no one gets bedridden for a fortnight with the flu, especially 37-year-old men, regardless of whether they have Type I diabetes. Rumors of a stay at a mental hospital began racing through social media, and soon enough, Nick Sortor claimed to have evidence of it:
Following reporting by @SaraGonzalesTX and @CarolineWren, a hospital employee told @RheinAmacher and I that Talarico had in fact been a patient at the Lindner Center of Hope near Cincinnati, Ohio, which specializes in around-the-clock mental health treatment.
While I sympathize with those dealing with mental health crises, this man is CLEARLY not suited to become a US Senator representing over 30 MILLION TEXANS. The job doesn’t get easier after being elected — it only gets MORE stressful. And Talarico clearly can’t handle it.
I pray he gets the help he needs, but Texans need a real representative they can rely on.
This popped up yesterday afternoon, after Sortor sent out a warning to Talarico to 'come clean' about it first. It sounds as though a receptionist or nurse got caught by surprise with the call and blurted out a patient's status to an unknown caller. Needless to say, anyone who has dealt with healthcare providers would find this level of indiscretion rather surprising. While it's not entirely clear that HIPAA would cover this situation, providers err sharply to the side of caution when sharing such information. Moreover, one would expect an emergency mental health provider to be extra careful about sharing patient statuses with anyone outside of immediate and known family. |