But it's not a cult

[Art Haberland]

Family of three commits suicide after being despondent over Trump's loss.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/202...commit-suicide

[JimD]

Trump will be upset. That's three votes he won't get now.

[wizbang 13]

“Very very huge supporters of Trump”
I wonder what their total weight was?

[JimD]

“Very very huge supporters of Trump”
I wonder what their total weight was?

It was bigly huge.

[epoxyboy]

Way too easy to take the pi$$ out of these folks, on so many levels. But it's three more needless deaths on the Trump $hitshow, and pretty effing sad really.

Pete

[Jim Bow]

It truly is sad that their lives were that empty.

[Brian Palmer]

That happened very close to where I live and it is in local papers. Long story short, the daughter suffered severe mental health problems and decided to end her life. The parents could not bear to continue living without her, so they made a suicide pact and carried it out. None of the local reporting, including a discussion of the suicide notes they left behind, mentioned Trump, or them committing suicide over Trump's loss. The daughter was of the age (early to mid 20s) when severe mental illness can start to appear.

It is not about Trump or cults, but mental illness and is very sad.

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/0...cide-pact.html

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/0...hbors-say.html

[gypsie]

That happened very close to where I live and it is in local papers. Long story short, the daughter suffered severe mental health problems and decided to end her life. The parents could not bear to continue living without her, so they made a suicide pact and carried it out. None of the local reporting, including a discussion of the suicide notes they left behind, mentioned Trump, or them committing suicide over Trump's loss. The daughter was of the age (early to mid 20s) when severe mental illness can start to appear.

It is not about Trump or cults, but mental illness and is very sad.

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/0...cide-pact.html

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/0...hbors-say.html

Thanks Brian,
Makes sense of a very sad story.

[JayInOz]

I saw the news report not long after it happened. The mother told her husband what she planned to do and he decided he didn't want to live without them. The parents even sedated the dog so it wouldn't be a problem for first responders. Just sad all round. JayInOz

[Tom from Rubicon]

Well. what the heck. Three less drumpf'ers. Parent's did not manage the daughters illness well. Or the illness came from the parents.The kind of depression they had, defies my understanding.

[wizbang 13]

If they decorated their yard with Trump crap…. Eff em .

[Brian Palmer]

If they decorated their yard with Trump crap…. Eff em .

The articles I linked show their house. No Trump signs.

[Garret]

The articles I linked show their house. No Trump signs.

The links you gave are paywalled - but you are right on no trump stuff in the pic.

If this is being spun as "trump-based" when it wasn't - that's a problem.

[AlanMc]

we have some real POS's in here

[Garret]

we have some real POS's in here

The issue is with the Daily Kos article - not so much with folks here.

[Jimmy W]

Google street view shows the house in September, 2019. No Trump signs, but they did seem to have 2 small American flags at the base of a lamp post.

house.jpg

[Jimmy W]

In an October 2018 Simmons Research survey of 38 news organizations, the Daily Kos was ranked the fifth least trusted news organization by Americans in a tie with Breitbart News, with the Palmer Report, Occupy Democrats, InfoWars and The Daily Caller being lower-ranked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Kos

[wizbang 13]

No trump signs =apology from me

[LeeG]

That happened very close to where I live and it is in local papers. Long story short, the daughter suffered severe mental health problems and decided to end her life. The parents could not bear to continue living without her, so they made a suicide pact and carried it out. None of the local reporting, including a discussion of the suicide notes they left behind, mentioned Trump, or them committing suicide over Trump's loss. The daughter was of the age (early to mid 20s) when severe mental illness can start to appear.

It is not about Trump or cults, but mental illness and is very sad.

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/0...cide-pact.html

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/0...hbors-say.html

Thanks for the info, framing this horrible tragedy in terms of TFG cult isn’t needed.