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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

May they live in fear and have nightmares every night and need to drink themselves into semi comas to go to sleep.

May they not want to leave their homes due to those fears.

May their Shrinks/MDs give them the maximum doses of Thorazine and anti depressants for the rest of their miserable lives.

May sounds like a vehicle back firing cause them to fill their depends.


81 posted on 02/21/2021 7:18:51 AM PST by Grampa Dave (History, as we know it, is written by the winners not the losers! Who is rewriting our history??)
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To: karpov

They were probably mingling with the Antifa mob...


82 posted on 02/21/2021 7:21:12 AM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.for corruptiion)
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To: karpov
I'm not surprised lawmakers are seeking therapy but I thoroughly dispute the notion it's because of what happened on January 6th.
83 posted on 02/21/2021 7:22:41 AM PST by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: karpov

They need to Resign from Congress if they are that FRAGILE!


84 posted on 02/21/2021 7:24:32 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Grampa Dave

More than once, my sister has said that she doesn’t about what happened on January 6th.

She cares about what happened on November 3rd!


85 posted on 02/21/2021 7:25:46 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Bite Me.....The Commander-in-Thief, Commander-in-Cheat, Illegitimate president!)
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To: karpov

This article is just another block in their “insurrection” tower.


86 posted on 02/21/2021 7:26:39 AM PST by ALASKA (Trump will win resoundingly, but it's not going to be pretty. )
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To: Ann Archy

These are the same ones that will vote to send out troops to war while they cower under their desks.


87 posted on 02/21/2021 7:36:55 AM PST by BipolarBob (Biden/Harris - the regime our Founding fathers warned us about.)
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To: karpov

The Natives are restless.


88 posted on 02/21/2021 7:47:27 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (American gun owners number more than the top 10 armies combined. What's Biden's enforcement plan?)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Smart sister!

More than once, my sister has said that she doesn’t about what happened on January 6th.

She cares about what happened on November 3rd!


89 posted on 02/21/2021 7:48:49 AM PST by Grampa Dave (History, as we know it, is written by the winners not the losers! Who is rewriting our history??)
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To: karpov

I call BS on this. Just part of the narrative to get out to the public.


90 posted on 02/21/2021 7:54:54 AM PST by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: karpov

No they won’t it was just part of the democrat plague plan.


91 posted on 02/21/2021 8:09:53 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: karpov

“which left at least five dead,”

Still spewing that BS. Trying to make it sound like the demonstrators killed some people. Only one person was killed as a direct result of the demonstration and that person, a demonstrator, Ashley Babbit, was shot by a trigger happy guard (?). So again I say BS.


92 posted on 02/21/2021 8:10:21 AM PST by falcon99 (qu)
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To: karpov


93 posted on 02/21/2021 8:10:53 AM PST by Vlad The Inhaler (Just weeks before the scheduled trial? )
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To: karpov

Not the Onion.

Bunch of lying little whiny attention demanding babies.

Guess the taxpayer gets to foot the bill.


94 posted on 02/21/2021 8:13:13 AM PST by bgill (Which came first, Covid-19 or Gates and Fauci's mRNA-1273 Moderna vax?)
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To: karpov

Tewksbury? I hope he doesn’t start feuding with Lindsay Graham.


95 posted on 02/21/2021 8:17:41 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Pathetic Pierre Delecto, the Pestiferous Potentate of Enchanted Chones.)
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To: karpov

If they are truly traumatized, any chance they can be sequestered (locked up inna rubber room) until......?

Umm, I don’t have a test they might have to pass to get back out. Just leave them there.


96 posted on 02/21/2021 8:18:49 AM PST by bobbo666 (culture DC)
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To: eyeamok

And everyone of the emotionally Unstable should be RED FLAGGED IMMEDIATELY!!

Yeah and sent home never to serve again!!!


97 posted on 02/21/2021 8:42:29 AM PST by Dawgreg
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To: Sacajaweau

I did 8 different keyword searches, and Zip. I think it’s been scrubbed.


98 posted on 02/21/2021 8:54:16 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Lockbar

“Looked more like a mostly peaceful protest to me.”

With the exception of a couple of broken windows by ANTIFA, and sketchy deaths, it looked mostly peaceful and most people appear to have been let in by Capitol Police.


99 posted on 02/21/2021 8:58:41 AM PST by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: BipolarBob

BINGO!!!!


100 posted on 02/21/2021 9:31:17 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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