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That much time off could literally be life-saving. I wonder if he has any idea how lucky he is.

It’s remarkable that we have a Congress that doesn’t think we all deserve what they do.

I'm leaning more towards fuck off. His office could have released notice that he was being treated much earlier. He wasn't too infirmed to engage in stock trading. That Tommy gets months off to deal with depression is socialism for the rich and connected. You get capitalism for your issues.

I have no knowledge of Kean's personal finances, but if this was all paid for by Congressional benefits... If the dude remains in the GOP, it will be proof positive that he derived little lasting benefit from his 4 months of treatment.

Yeah, right.

I as depressed when they let me out of the hospital after being shot and paralyzed, they gave me some valium and told me to "find a place to live". Good times.

Everyone should be treated like a Congressman.

Not to mention how cool it must be to have health insurance!

I love you too! I don't mean that I'm no one you would care about. I just mean that audience wise, there's no comparing my reach to yours.

Three months paid!

Also Kean still managed to do insider stock trading during his medical absence.

Hospitalisation seems a weird long term treatment for depression.

He STILL can FUCK all the way off! I deal with depression everyday! Most of it stems from my daughter who is a mom of 4 & suffers from manic depression & bipolar 1 AND she has psoriatic arthritis. I constantly have to help her through her episodes BUT I still work PT & I’m a grandma full time!

"health care for me but not for thee...also getting paid leave"

His "hospital":

i haven’t seen the research on trading stocks from the hospital as a treatment for depression. 🤔 #TeamFuckOff

And you know he's going to use this as a shield against any criticism, even legitimate.

I am firmly in the camp of "let's see some fucking deeds, instead of words". It's rare to find a compassionate GOPer until a specific crisis shows up at their door and beings them a dose of reality..

Many of them (and their supporters) don’t believe in empathy. Sorry to hear about your struggles.

Go with “Fuck Off!”

I find myself leaning toward the latter

Yep

An honest man would have informed his constituents and the rest of the public where he was going and why. Periodic public info should have been provided regularly. He is dishonest and immoral for hiding.

I’m going with “fuck off.” Because you can bet he’d vote against anyone else being able to get help.

And Tom Kean Jr's first order of businesses to look for sympathy. His second order of business is going to be to attend a fundraiser. And his final order of business is to go back to screwing over his constituents and the Constitution. I'm his constituent and Tom Kean can fuck off.

I feel this.

"I was given the diagnosis of depression." Sounds like he is still in a dissociative state where things are done to him without any agency. Being institutionalized for a month must be amazing when you don't have to worry about the expense of it all. My dad didn't have that option. He died of suicide

Well said.

Most of America is depressed, thanks to Trump his regime and his family!

Hey Kean.How bout you resign,you fucking Gimp!

The second one. Empathy for these soulless ghouls is why Democrats always lose.

I am glad he got help. Hopefully he has been informed that depression often relapses.. and will gracefully retire so his constituents can get continuous representation.

You’re not alone. I work a full time job where I haven’t been able to take off for months. Not even a sick day. There is no way I could do what he did.

And in my head, there's a script playing out of what would happen if a dem took three months off with no explanation, then returned to congress and calmly explained that they were treating their severe depression.

"His votes contributed to my depression" is the perfect reason for him to fuck off, please.

Well said, spot on.

Firmly on team "I don't believe a word out of his mouth, no way in hell it was "depression" "

No contest. The second option...with vigor.

Wish I could take 3 months off to deal with my depression.

And he won his primary. Not sure why he came back?

Hiding it reinforces the stigma around it.

I'd love to see his hospital bill. Must be astronomical.

Not me. I'm totally team “fuck off.”

Fuck him. He should feel bad about himself

surprising how many depressed missing congress people can find the time to stock trade while in the hospital....

How about "glad you got the help you need, now fuck off"?

It must be nice having room in your life for self-care

Go with the latter for him since he’s not doing anything for the regular folk struggling with the same issue.

Ill hate him for you.

As a state senator, Kean twice voted against increasing minimum wage. His net worth is over $10 million. He has healthcare, taxpayers fund 75% of the cost. His bosses don’t care about his absence - it took months before anyone knew he was missing. As usual, millionaires make their own rules.

Give him all the time off he needs. Vote him out of office!

Feeling good and ready to fuck over working Americans again. Also won the Kalshi bet on when I would return. 😜

Are you kidding me right now?! The privilege is absolutely stunning, and it’s coming from a pedo protector hellbent on destroying healthcare for millions of vulnerable people in this country no less!

I’ve suffered from depression my entire life. I hope he drowns on any tears he sheds while depressed

It'll be "crickets", at least until the Orange Menace is gone.

There’s no reason he couldn’t have divulged that he was in treatment while it was happening instead of fucking ghosting out.

Totally agree with you!

I want to know what else he was treated for. MDD does it normally take 4 months to get under control. Sign, the woman who has had MDD since she was a child.

I am not buying it. He is saying this for sympathy. He needs to be removed.

I’ve lost a job due to severe depression and PTSD even though I am a protected class as a disabled veteran and obtained FMLA. He’s been a part of the party systematically removing protections for people like us. I say he can fuck right off to the swamp he came from.

PREACH sister

Thank goodness Rep. Kean has access to good, comprehensive healthcare which includes mental health coverage!

Did he get paid for all this time ?

MH treatment for me! Not for thee!

Must be nice that he can be afforded such things while the rest of us can not. Frankly, he can pound sand. He is terrible for NJ and terrible for the rest of the country.

People who are affected with mild to moderate depression can generally function pretty much normally on simple medication with regular follow ups. Being hospitalized and out of communication for months indicates a level at which he is probably a danger in his position.

i’d go with fuck off

I lost my job because of this. And I certainly didn't take 3 months off.

He needs to resign -- or be soundly defeated this November. (Wishing you brighter and better days ahead.) 💗

Indeed!’

Well isn’t that “special”. He gets the best treatment our taxes can buy while we get a pill, see you in 3 months and a 500.00 out of pocket bill.

Both

Thank you. Republicans like Kean, so privileged & tone deaf, telling Americans to seek "help" as if everyone has healthcare coverage, gets paid for time off, can hire childcare if needed & would have a job waiting for them on their return.

I think it's ok for both thoughts to exist towards the same person.

I am not torn. He can fuck right off. Also don't forget he is a millionaire and so is his father. Former Republican Governor of NJ Tom Kean Sr. He doesn't even need health insurance but I am sure he is using our tax paid health insurance. Did I say he can fuck right off!

Example eleventy billion of GOP problem with objective permanence.

How nice, to have such cushy insurance to pay for an extended stay in a psych facility.

Same

That seems to be the sweet spot. (And I don’t believe a word he’s saying.)

How many thousands, (millions?), of us have been fired or had to quit due to debilitating mental/physical illness leaving g us in a financial bind in addition to our health crisis?

Yep

Entirely dependent on whether the experience changes his voting behavior or not.

That's gonna be a "fuck off twice" for me, Folks. My Give-A-Damn is BUSTED for MAGA Sewer Sludge.

We paid for your recovery and hospital stay. Now extend that right to everyone in the country. We all put our pants on the same way.

💯

This is the moderate position

Thanks @anamariecox.com for speaking out and pointing what a luxury it is for someone to be able to take off so much time from work. I too have dealt with depression for decades. And have had to continue working with no time off so I could keep my health insurance. #HealthcareNotBallrooms

My feeling is he should have resigned. I have a daughter who suffers and I know what that's like but he has a responsibility to his constituents. They need representation. No easy solution.

Any invocation of victimhood from the right automatically implicates ulterior motives. Can't help it. That's just the way it is.

I've had to deal with depression for decades & never had the luxury of taking time off "to deal with it". Depression is misunderstood by the country at large, by (some) doctors, & by the insurance companies. If he truly had depression, I want to see him work FOR the ppl who suffer from it.

He should’ve resigned. But if he did that, he’d lose his medical coverage, and we all know what that would mean.

Fuck off is the correct emotion. I hope he finds a rope and a stool sooner than later.

I’m going with, ‘fuck off’.

They get the best health care that OUR tax dollars can buy.

If ANY average American had to stay in the hospital for half the time he did, they would be bankrupt. But he has great health coverage so who cares about anyone else.

Yep, I'm in that boat as well.

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Same. My husband has suffered for years and has never been offered unlimited paid time off and a fully paid Cadillac health plan to address it. We have spent the last 10 years dealing with it piecemeal while our family, living situation and retirement plans have been shattered. Sending you peace. 💜

The man voted in work requirements for Medicaid and then didn’t show up for work for four months. www.njcitizenaction.org/njca_kean_s_...

I'm #TeamFuckOff No problem with him taking care of his health. Good for him. Negative one billion points for nobody around him being responsible enough to say where a member of congress was for months. He should resign on that basis alone.

One would hope this experience would help push him towards making sure all Americans can get this kind of care when they need it.

Go with “fuck off” - he’s more than earned it

Hard agree. I do sympathize because I know depression is hell but I can't even get a day off and that is making my depression worse

Good thing his $600 a year health insurance covers that.

We can hold both sentiments at the same time.

He’s a republican…no wonder he’s depressed.

How depressing

I imagine his health insurance is subsidized by the taxpayers.

Does Congress have 4 months paid sick leave a year? If not, he’d better write us a check.

Sorry I don’t believe him.

I’d be depressed too if I swallowed my pride and gave up my integrity to support a president who is a liar, sexual offender, grifter, and a fool.

YEP. Same.

If you abdicate the office for more than one month, it should trigger an election to find your replacement. Here's your pay for the remainder of your term but you have other shit going on and we need representation. The line forms to the left.

We all should have the medical coverage he and Congress get at no cost - but won't give to people who pay their salary. Another example of socialism for the rich and their friends, and capitalism for the rest of us.

Both work

I’m pretty much disabled at this point with depression and perimenopause. I can’t work, have no income, not eligible for disability or any sort of help. Must be nice.

I'm not. Fuck him. I've struggled with depression since I was 15 and I've never gotten help from people. Most of the problems at my jobs were blamed on me having depression, even.

It must be nice to have such comprehensive health insurance paid for by the govt. If only Kean and his party hadn't cancelled the meager health insurance subsidies of millions of Americans, many of our fellow citizens could relax knowing they and their families were protected with insurance.

Just what I was feeling too.

Same. I almost went broke with this disease and maybe others will learn that it is, indeed, a serious illness with bad effects. Other than that, give us universal health care to help us all get well.

Four months off for depression. These people don't even live in the same fucking galaxy as the rest of us. Where's my fucking depression leave?!

You, sir, are a fine American!