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‘Huge amount’ of lawmakers, staff seeking therapy after Capitol riot
New York Post ^ | February 20, 2021 | Jon Levine

Posted on 02/21/2021 5:33:21 AM PST by karpov

The House is officially in therapy.

In the weeks after the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, which left at least five dead, lawmakers and their staff in the House of Representatives are seeking out mental health counseling.

Paul Tewksbury, director of the House Office of Employee Assistance, told lawmakers in a Thursday hearing that his office has provided 760 counseling sessions since the events of Jan 6 — something he called a “significant increase.”

Tewksbury said there had been around 3,000 contacts between his office and the Capitol Hill community in the first half of 2020.

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“There’s a lot of stress and anger going on. … We’re validating feelings, whatever they are,” Rep. Gerald E. Connolly told the Capitol Hill newspaper. “Interestingly, the people I think who were struggling the most are the people who physically were not here.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: capitolriot; hysteria; insanity; mental; psychos; therapy
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To: karpov

They should all be resigning. People with mental issues should not be running the country.


21 posted on 02/21/2021 5:51:17 AM PST by adorno
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To: karpov

Not one lawmaker or staff was injured in all this. But Police were...and plenty of them and they talk about defunding them??


22 posted on 02/21/2021 5:54:14 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: karpov

What a bunch of frauds.


23 posted on 02/21/2021 5:54:40 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: McGavin999

There was no insurrection.


24 posted on 02/21/2021 5:55:45 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: karpov

It is tough living in a world that refuses to acknowledge the Sovereignty of God. Without Christ for a center there is no reason or moral fixed point by which man might judge thoughts or actions. If one cannot see or know truth one might as well be stuck in a dark cave running to and fro banging off the walls without any warning or way out. Welcome to the Enlightenment of the lord of darkness.

I will choose Jesus and Light. Prayers for the lost.

WWG1WGA!


25 posted on 02/21/2021 5:55:45 AM PST by Billyv ( Ephesians 6:11 for we battle not against flesh and blood...Pray for our leaders and nation )
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To: karpov

26 posted on 02/21/2021 5:55:58 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: fwdude
The only "kill" was the woman who climbed through the window and was killed by some kind of cop. (I still think it was a woman who did the shooting.

And none were during the riot.

Why a woman...I noticed the hairline...but cannot find that still shot of the hand and gun and partial body.

27 posted on 02/21/2021 5:58:45 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: karpov

This is further confirmation of what I wrote in two columns for www.uncoverdc.com, “Flight of the Squidpickles” and “Humiliation and History:”

The Jan 6 Patriot Day activities scared the holy crap out of these people. They never thought average people could inconvenience, let alone challenge, them. It’s THEIR house, dammit!

I think the whole sham impeachment & the bills to deny Trump burial at Arlington are still lashing out more on this fear.


28 posted on 02/21/2021 5:59:05 AM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Boom!


29 posted on 02/21/2021 5:59:22 AM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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To: karpov

This means that beneath their “in your face” gaslighting, lies and vilification of all things Trump, including all who voted for him, they are terrified of us. Now we need to exploit that to the fullest. The question is: How?


30 posted on 02/21/2021 5:59:23 AM PST by Rocco DiPippo
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To: Obadiah

They aren’t “milking” it.

It’s real. They were terrified. They never believed ordinary US citizens could or would do something like this. Hence, the impeachment, razor wire, laws depriving Trump of burial at Arlilngton, FBI arrests.

We got ‘em good, just like Jimmy Doolittle’s (militarily insignificant) raid completely warped all Japanese stratedy after that point.


31 posted on 02/21/2021 6:01:04 AM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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To: DesertRhino

Yep. Exactly their response.


32 posted on 02/21/2021 6:01:25 AM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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To: karpov
House Office of Employee Assistance

So it was one guy who got to pass judgement on Kris Kringle om "Miracle on 34th Street", now congress has a whole office full of them.

33 posted on 02/21/2021 6:01:31 AM PST by Bernard (“When once the guardian angel has taken flight, everything is lost”. – William H. Seward, 1/12/1861)
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To: karpov

What a bunch of wussies.


34 posted on 02/21/2021 6:02:59 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: karpov

Those bastards needed therapy prior to the little skirmish at the Capitol.

What a bunch of lil cowards. I guess when you screw people over you get paranoid. I should be their therapist.


35 posted on 02/21/2021 6:03:34 AM PST by dforest (RATS are criminals and frauds. Hide anything that belongs to you. They will steal it.)
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To: eyeamok

Great idea!!!


36 posted on 02/21/2021 6:05:44 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: Sirius Lee
I hate to break the news to you, but they do not intend to win another war. That they intentions are is to destroy the united States of America as it now is. And should they not be able to destroy it, leave in such a weakened, demoralized state that it is easily conquered by one of its many enemies. And in this endeavor, they have the full cooperation of the voter along with the education and social systems.

If you don't believe that, open your eyes. Look around you and see what is happening.

Some examples: Muslim youths are taught to shoot AK 47s, run obstacle courses, make bombe, throe grenades. Chinese Communists youth are taught to shoot AK 47s, throw grenades.

American youth [males]are taught to crap in their pants at the mere mention of the word "gun". Th get in touch of their feminine side and feelings. How to roll a good joint. The latest in fashion. How to be girls. How to perform fellatio. The females are taught how to be males.

37 posted on 02/21/2021 6:06:32 AM PST by sport
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Stop it already, really? the victims....we are not hearing you at all


38 posted on 02/21/2021 6:07:00 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: karpov

The poor babies...


39 posted on 02/21/2021 6:08:58 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Remember.. AOC was sexually assaulted during the capital intrusion although she was in a different building and never touched!!


40 posted on 02/21/2021 6:09:16 AM PST by maddog55 ((the only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!))
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