Yale Psychiatrist Tells Liberals 'It's Fine' To Cut Ties With Trump-Voting Family Members

Last Updated:November 10, 2024, 10:39 IST

Dr Amanda Calhoun said it was fine for those devastated by the election results to cut ties with Trump-supporting family members.

Trump's election victory has sparked fears about the rights of the LGBTQ community. (Reuters)

Donald Trump’s resounding victory over Kamala Harris evoked a series of bizarre reactions from Liberals who were clearly upset with the results of the US presidential elections. After sex strikes, a prominent mental health expert has now advised Liberals to cut off ties with Trump-voting family members during the upcoming holiday season.

Dr Amanda Calhoun, the chief psychiatry resident from Yale University, told MSNBC host Joy Reid that it is fine for liberals who are devastated by Trump’s re-election to cope during the holidays by separating from certain loved ones who voted for the Republican leader, Fox News reported.

“So, if you are going into a situation where you have family members, where you have close friends who you know have voted in ways that are against you… it’s completely fine to not be around those people and to tell them why," Calhoun told Reid.

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LGBTQ Youth’s Reaction To Trump Win

Calhoun and Reid dug into the post-election issues in the LGBTQ+ community on Friday, after reports of a massive increase in crisis calls from young queer people after Trump’s election victory. Reid said there was a 700 per cent increase in calls from LGBTQ youth.

“But I wonder if also, are people challenged with the idea of, how do you interact with people who voted for this?" If you are an LGBTQ person and you know someone in your family voted essentially against your rights, or you’re a woman knowing, you know, that this man was calling people the b-word," the host said.

In response, Calhoun said it’s fine for those feeling vulnerable by Trump’s win to avoid family and friends who voted for and support the Republican leader. “You know, to say, ‘I have a problem with the way that you voted because it went against my very livelihood, and I’m not going to be around you this holiday. I need to take some space for me," she said.

The expert also noted that it was “essential" for people to establish boundaries with their loved ones for the sake of their own sanity. “I think you should very much be entitled to do so, and I think it may be essential for your mental health," she added.

Several people were infuriated with Reid and Calhoun’s conversations. “Joy Reid doing her part to guarantee another republican landslide in 2028," wrote a user on X. Another said, “Did you ever notice it seems like the psychiatrist needs a psychiatrist for themselves?"

Earlier this week, Reid drew negative attention over her choice of words for Latino men who backed Trump, according to the New York Post. “Latino men, who, despite the utter disrespect shown by Trump and his promise to deport some of your mixed-status families, most of them voted in a 55 per cent majority to make the deportations happen," Reid lamented.

Donald Trump’s Landslide Victory

Trump, 78, was projected the winner of the final swing state of Arizona, ending up with a total of 312 electoral votes over his Democratic rival Kamala Harris’ 226 votes as the days-long counting finally concluded. With this, the Republican leader completed a clean sweep of all battlegrounds in a landslide victory over Harris.

Trump broke the so-called ‘blue wall’ and won six of the seven swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Nevada, and Wisconsin, a significant achievement in his remarkable comeback to the White House four years after he was voted out of the White House. Harris’ campaign pitch on abortion rights and other protections for women failed to woo voters.

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