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The rhetoric was often harsh — likening the president to a mob boss or calling him a sociopath — but did not espouse violence.
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Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
The people who do not make this consideration are straight-up sociopaths.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Over Your Dead Body knows that sustaining a harmonious union amid petty jealousies, paranoia, and personal flaws is hard; navigating a hostage situation involving desperate sickos and sociopaths is even harder; and maintaining a balance of laughs and gag-reflex tweaking is the hardest of it all.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2026
His father lowered his head and stared down at his hands while the defense played a Fox News clip in which a commentator identified as a former FBI agent opined that Robinson was a sociopath.
—Matthew Brown, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
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Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
The people who do not make this consideration are straight-up sociopaths.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Over Your Dead Body knows that sustaining a harmonious union amid petty jealousies, paranoia, and personal flaws is hard; navigating a hostage situation involving desperate sickos and sociopaths is even harder; and maintaining a balance of laughs and gag-reflex tweaking is the hardest of it all.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2026
His father lowered his head and stared down at his hands while the defense played a Fox News clip in which a commentator identified as a former FBI agent opined that Robinson was a sociopath.
—Matthew Brown, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
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“Sociopath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sociopath. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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sociopath
noun
so·cio·path
ˈsō-sē-ə-ˌpath 
ˈsō-sh(ē-)ə-
ˈsō-sh(ē-)ə-
: a sociopathic individual
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