Man upset he can't bring cutout of Donald Trump to dialysis

[left-of-center2012]

A Florida man undergoing kidney dialysis three times a week is upset that he can't bring a life-sized cardboard cutout of President Donald Trump for emotional support. Nelson Gibson told WPBF that his family can't sit with him during his three-and-a-half-hour treatments. To help, he began bringing a picture of Trump as a comfort item.

Gibson said no one complained about the photo. Next, he started bringing a small cardboard cutout of himself standing next to a Trump photo. No one complained about the small cutout, and Gibson told the station that some people even took photos with it. On Saturday, Gibson took a life-sized cutout of Trump to his treatment at Fresenius Kidney Care in Port St. Lucie. He said that again, no one took issue with this new emotional support item.

But when he returned Tuesday for treatment with the presidential cutout, Gibson ran into a roadblock. “They told me it was too much and it wasn't a rally,” he told the TV station.

His son Eric contacted officials at the facility to find out what the problem was. "It was supposed to be an issue of safety infectious disease which made no sense," Eric Gibson said.

The Gibsons say they feel singled out since the center typically encourages patients to bring emotional support items. "What I would really like to happen is for them not to infringe upon my father's freedom of expression and speech and allow him to bring in the lifesize cardboard cutout that takes up less service area than a garbage can," Eric Gibson told the station. The family said they aren't sure when Gibson will return for treatment.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-upset-bring-cutout-donald-trump-dialysis-68989168

[underpants]

1. Trump is a comfort cardboard cutout

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Not the Onion!!

[BusyBeingBest]

3. Someone has daddy issues.

[RKP5637]

7. Yep, absolutely, he does! n/t

[Thomas Hurt]

4. well some people have a comfort dog, this guy needs a comfort fascist facsimile.

someone send him a blow up doll and Trump mask.

[Jirel]

5. Please flounce, dude.

If you don't return for treatment, it will be no loss.

[Hoyt]

6. Dialysis, while necessary to live, also impacts many, mentally and physically.

[Buns_of_Fire]

8. "...they aren't sure when Gibson will return for treatment."

Why, I wouldn't go back at all. That'll teach 'em.

[3Hotdogs]

35. Yeah, boycott them for four days.

That'll fix 'em.

[Throck]

9. I want a full size Trump cutout!

Surfing!

[Journeyman]

10. Interesting the son compared the Trump cutout to "the size of a garbage can" . . .

A bit of Freudian projection there. He must also have very large garbage cans.

[DFW]

11. "Freedom of Expression"

So, then, next time, everyone is bringing their life-sized cutouts as comfort objects. Muslim dialysis patients can bring cutouts of Mullah Omar or Ayatollah Khomeini. Neo-Nazis can bring cutouts of Hitler. The possibilities are endless. Alice Cooper, Lucretia Borgia, Genghis Kahn, Spider-Man, and Randy Rainbow can all vie for attention at the dialysis center!

[WhiskeyWulf]

12. CULT!!! nt

[klook]

13. The Freddy Krueger cutout is OK, though. (nt)

[Cousin Dupree]

14. Sounds to me like Dialysis Man kept escalating until he got some resistance.

If he was comforted by a photo and a small cardboard cutout, then there was no reason to bring a life-sized cutout to the center. He was looking for a fight.

[forgotmylogin]

18. Exactly.

There is no reason to bring something the size of an advertising billboard along for medical treatment. They probably wouldn't let me bring a Playstation and a 55" TV in there with me either.

He was looking for someone to challenge him. Professional victim.

[Different Drummer]

25. Exactly! A professional victim.

What do you want to bet Fox News takes up this story and puts forth the idea the guy is being persecuted for his political views?

[KayF]

19. and then he called the local news about it

[lunatica]

39. He probably wants Trump to know how loyal he is

If he makes it into Fox News or Limbaugh talks about him Donald Trump will surely reward him!

[The Genealogist]

15. Hard to imagine a cardboard cutout of a Russian puppet would provide any kind of emotional support

I guess if you drink enough wingnut KoolAid anything is possible.

[lpbk2713]

16. It's not automatic.

What if someone decided a hand grenade was their emotional support
item? Or a rattle snake? The clinic made the proper decision.

[BusyBeingBest]

17. Pretty sure the clinic doesn't want to look political to visitors, either.

[lpbk2713]

22. I'm sure that's the case.

I'm using a couple of extreme examples to show they have to draw a line somewhere.

[lame54]

20. They should let him bring it...

But first
They should wallpaper the place with idiotic trump quotes and lies

[Ilsa]

21. No one should be allowed to bring

a political item that could upset other patients or staff.

I mean, why would you intentionally want to upset the staff that helps keep you alive unless you are stupid?

[Different Drummer]

26. That's the thing.

He *is* stupid.

[Ilsa]

27. Trump lovers are a special kind of stupid. nt

[Different Drummer]

29. Agreed.

DD

[sdfernando]

34. Its Florida man! that speaks for itself. /NT

[KayF]

23. he's their Colin Kaepernick

[Miguelito Loveless]

24. The venereal diseases present on even a cardboard version of that man

would kill everyone there.

[volstork]

28. "Florida man"

[Different Drummer]

31. Good line!

I hadn't thought of that.

[Baked Potato]

30. Safety issue. Can't see around it to observe patients.

[Kurt V.]

32. um.. this is not okay. if there is a size limitation the clinic should say what that is. this is a

human being, no matter his misguided ideas, that needs treatment.

[doc03]

33. An ice cream and candy store in the mall

put a Trump cutout in front of their store. I haven't spent one penny there since.

[In It to Win It]

36. Why do they always have to be from Florida?

I, along with my fellow DU Floridians, can’t be the only sane ones.

[Initech]

37. That's not creepy or anything.

[Buns_of_Fire]

38. If I ever have to go, I'll be sure to bring my comfort badger cutout.

Reason: It scares the Rump cutouts away.

[Catherine Vincent]

40. Give me a damn break!