Conservatives tend not to believe in mental illness as a general rule, but they will not hesitate to invoke the mental health crisis every time there is a mass shooting because they would rather place the blame somewhere else when there’s pressure from the NRA about protecting the 2nd Amendment. They believe everyone is mentally healthy enough to work, for instance, and they strongly oppose disability benefits to the mentally ill, believing them not to be a right but a burden on the taxpayer. This is prejudice, not principle. They will even send out their goons to harass the people on disability for mental illness. This is commonplace, and one need only inquire from someone on SSDI or SSI or Medicaid to confirm this fact.

Now that there have been two recent high-profile mass shootings, President Trump is calling for the opening of more mental institutions to deal with the “problem” of the mentally ill. This, however, begs the question, “What should we do with a mentally ill commander in chief?” President Trump clearly has narcissistic personality disorder. He is also clearly in the early stages of dementia. Who is going to save women from his long history of sexual assault? Who is going to save the taxpayer from his profiting off of the office of the presidency when he charges the government for security at Mar-a-lago, for example? Who is going to save the nation from his mental illness and reckless behavior? If he is charged with a crime after he leaves office, should he go to jail or a mental institution?