A petition has emerged for licensed medical and mental health professionals to formally diagnose Donald Trump with dementia. It has dozens of signatures at the time of writing this article.
Trump on Saturday headlined multiple rallies, where he made numerous verbal slip-ups. In one case, the former president appeared to say "Venezwheregullah." The result was laughter from political onlookers on social media.
It even led one psychologist to say that his speech mishaps were "consistent with a diagnosis of dementia."
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On that same day as Trump held those political rallies, a petition on Change.org was created by John Gartner Ph.D. The petition is titled, "We diagnose Trump with dementia: A petition for licensed professionals only."
According to the text of the petition, those who sign it are "licensed medical and mental health professionals" who "diagnose Donald Trump with moderate to advanced dementia, based on his public behavior and informant reports that show progressive deterioration in multiple higher cortical functions including: memory, thinking, ability to use language, orientation, learning capacity, judgement, and both gross and fine motor skills."
"We feel an ethical obligation to warn the public and urge the media to cover this national emergency," the petition states.
At the time of writing, the petition has a total of 91 formal signatures.
The petition was also raised by Duty to Warn, which describes itself as "an association of mental health professionals warning NOW about TrumpISM."
"IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: If you are a licensed medical or mental health professional, please sign this petition diagnosing Trump with dementia," the group wrote Sunday. "Circulate as widely as possible."
