Is Trump really making Democrats depressed, or is it just cool to be sad?

Published May 23, 2019 2:55pm ET



The day after President Trump was elected, teachers canceled classes and rescheduled exams, Hillary Clinton voters cried, and some apparently began to worry about their mental health.

It’s been strangely en vogue for liberals to say the 2016 election messed them up, emotionally, spiritually, or mentally. In March 2017, the Atlantic ran a piece chronicling the sadness felt by Trump detractors following the election. The story begins: “Every time Genevieve Caffrey hears the words President Trump, ‘I feel like I was physically punched in the stomach,’ she says.”

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