Report: Minnesota Lawmaker Behind โTrump Derangement Syndromeโ Bill Accused Of Soliciting Teen
Hours after introducing a bill proposing โTrump derangement syndromeโ (TDS) as a form of mental illness police arrested Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn for soliciting a minor.
According to The Hill, Bloomington Police Department detectives had communicated with Eichorn, who was under the assumption he was talking to a 17-year-old female.ย He arrived Monday to meet the teen in person but was instead met by localย officers.
He was later booked at the Bloomington Police Department jail and was expected to be transported to the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center. A felony charge of soliciting a minor to practice prostitution was pending, authorities said in a statement Tuesday.
โAs a 40-year-old man, if you come to the Orange Jumpsuit District looking to have sex with someoneโs child, you can expect that we are going to lock you up,โ Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said in a statement. โI have always advocated stiffer penalties for these types of offensesโฆWe need our state legislature to take this case and this type of conduct more seriously.โ
Eichorn, who is married with four children, represents St. Paul, Minn., according to his legislative profile.
The bill, sponsored by Republican State Senators Eric Lucero, Steve Drazkowski, Nathan Wesenberg, Justin Eichorn, and Glenn Gruenhagen, seeks to amend the stateโs definition of mental illness by adding a specific reference to TDS. According to the text of the bill, mental illness would include โTrump Derangement Syndromeโ or an organic disorder of the brain that significantly impairs an individualโs ability to function in daily life. (RELATED: Minnesota Republicans Propose Bill Classifying โTrump Derangement Syndromeโ as Mental Illness)
The bill describes TDS as โthe acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons that is in reaction to the policies and presidencies of President Donald J. Trump.โ According to the proposal, individuals affected by TDS exhibit symptoms of paranoia and an inability to separate legitimate political disagreements from perceived personal or psychological pathology in Trumpโs behavior.
In the wake of Eichornโs arrest, his colleagues have urged him to resign.
โWe are shocked by these reports and this alleged conduct demands an immediate resignation,โ Minnesota State Republicans wrote in a statement, posted on X. โJustin has a difficult road ahead and he needs to focus on his family.โ














