[vimto]

You may well be right. I cannot know what the fact of the matter is or the state of this woman's mind. But this action is so odd - yet in keeping with certain illness' that a serious mental illness ought not to be ruled out. It is also very common for people experiencing psychotic breakdowns to be markedly but irrationally influenced by news events.

[TankerKC]

It is also very common for people experiencing psychotic breakdowns to be markedly but irrationally influenced by news events.

Diagnosis? Acute Liberalism.