The groundbreaking moment in the 2020 race that no one noticed | Opinion (via jbruce218)
Democratic presidential candidates Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Rep. Seth Moulton may have marked a turning point in U.S. presidential campaigns—and no one seems to have noticed.
, told me over the phone this week."Up until now, no candidate had been willing to talk about mental illness."'s Jake Tapper in June."After I got back from the war, there were times when I woke up with cold sweats, when I had flashbacks, bad dreams," he said."I decided to go talk to someone—to see a therapist.", Buttigieg, who served in Afghanistan, acknowledged"a level of depression ... that I went through when I came back.
The most famous example of mental illness derailing a presidential campaign involved a vice presidential candidate, Sen. Thomas Eagleton of Missouri. Candidates have used mental health as a point of attack. In the 1964 election, President Lyndon Johnson portrayed Republican presidential opponent Barry Goldwater as crazy and radical. A popular Democratic rephrasing of Goldwater's campaign slogan,"In your heart you know he's right," was"In your gut you know he's nuts."
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