Nelson Gibson of Florida is now refusing to get dialysis, which he needs three times a week because the center has asked him not to bring his life-sized cardboard cutout of Donald Trump.

Gibson spoke to a reporter from WPBF and stated that his family cannot sit with him while he gets his three-and-a-half-hour treatments so in their absence he brings pictures of Donald Trump.

“It just feels like bringing something from home to make you comfortable,” Gibson said. At first, Gibson just brought an image of Trump, which no one had an issue with. He then brought a small cardboard cutout that took up very little room. However, last week Gibson brought a life-sized cutout to his treatment at Fresenius Kidney Care in Port Dt. Lucie.

When Gibson came back for his next treatment, he says he was told that the life-sized cutout was too much.

“They told me it was too much and it wasn’t a rally,” he told the TV station.

Gibson says his son reached out to the center to see what the issue was.

“It was supposed to be an issue of safety infectious disease, which made no sense,” Eric Gibson said.

Gibson and his son say that they feel they have been singled out because other people bring things for emotional support, however, those items aren’t over 6 feet tall and more than 3-feet wide.

“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 life-size cardboard cutout that takes up less service area than a garbage can,” Eric Gibson said.

“While we cannot discuss any specific individual, we strongly support the ability of all our patients to express their views, which includes bringing reasonably sized items into our dialysis centers that do not create safety or infection control issues, or interfere with caregivers on the treatment floor,” explained Fresenius Kidney Care spokesperson Brad Puffer.

Gibson does have the ability to take his treatment at home where he can surround himself with whatever emotional support items that he wants to, but his son says that he does not want to do his treatments at home.

The Gibson family says that they do not know when or if Nelson will return for his treatments.

You can view Nelson Gibson’s interview with WBPF below: