# Post ts_108758924673750793

- Post ID: `ts_108758924673750793`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-08-03T12:24:50.273Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> David Farnsworth trounced RINO Rusty Bowers in Arizona SD 10, 64% to 36%. It was a race that they said couldn’t be won, but it was, easily. People didn’t believe Rusty Bowers when he testified in front of the Unselect Committee. Congratulations David, great job!

## Engagement

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- Reposts: 5,265
- Replies: 340
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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.438Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:01:35.965Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This post exemplifies narcissistic revenge dynamics. Rusty Bowers testified under oath before the January 6th Committee about Trump's pressure campaign to overturn Arizona's 2020 results — a textbook narcissistic injury via exposure. Bowers' subsequent primary defeat is consumed as vindication. The claim "People didn't believe Rusty Bowers" is a reality distortion — Bowers' testimony was widely regarded as credible — functioning as gaslighting to rewrite the narrative around the J6 hearings. The "RINO" label serves as excommunication, signaling that loyalty to Trump supersedes any other Republican credential. This post is part of a rapid series of 5+ election-night victory laps, consistent with mild hypomanic supply-seeking. The revenge motive is the dominant psychological driver: the post's emotional center is not Farnsworth's victory but Bowers' punishment. This pattern — using endorsement power to destroy those who testified or voted against him — represents the weaponization of political capital for narcissistic purposes, consistent with the antisocial and sadistic features of the malignant narcissism construct.

## Analysis: Post ts_108758924673750793 (2022-08-03)

### Context
This post celebrates the primary defeat of Arizona state senator Rusty Bowers, who testified before the January 6th Committee about Trump's pressure campaign to overturn Arizona's 2020 election results. Bowers, a Republican, described refusing Trump's requests. This post is the second of two celebrating Bowers' loss (the first being a brief "Wow!" post).

### Authorship
Posted at 12:24 UTC = 8:24 AM EDT (Trump likely at Bedminster, NJ in August 2022). Business hours, but the content has authentic Trump markers: the "Unselect Committee" coinage, the personal vindictiveness, the victory-lap tone. Mixed signals — likely authentic but possibly polished.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a classic narcissistic revenge post. Bowers testified publicly about Trump's behavior — a narcissistic injury via exposure. His defeat is framed as cosmic justice. The phrase "People didn't believe Rusty Bowers" is notable — Trump asserts without evidence that Bowers' sworn testimony was disbelieved, projecting his desired reality.

The series of election-night posts (5+ in rapid succession) shows supply-seeking through political dominance. Each endorsed candidate's win is consumed as narcissistic fuel.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- "Trounced" and "64% to 36%" — dominance emphasis with specificity
- "They said couldn't be won" — unnamed skeptics framing (straw man)
- "Unselect Committee" — dismissive neologism/wordplay to delegitimize
- "People didn't believe" — reality assertion without evidence

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "David Farnsworth won Arizona SD 10 with 64% to 36%" | **Mostly True** | Farnsworth did defeat Bowers in the SD10 Republican primary by a wide margin; exact percentages consistent with reported results. |
| "It was a race that they said couldn't be won" | **Unverifiable** | Vague attribution to unnamed sources; Bowers was an incumbent but the claim of impossibility is unsubstantiated. |
| "People didn't believe Rusty Bowers when he testified" | **Mostly False** | Bowers' testimony was widely regarded as credible. His account was corroborated and he testified under oath. Polling does not support the claim of widespread disbelief. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 65%)

### Indicators

- 'Unselect Committee' neologism is signature Trump
- personal vindictiveness toward Bowers
- business hours posting (8:24 AM ET)
- relatively clean grammar and structure

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Rusty Bowers' J6 Committee testimony)

Sentiment: +0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid-fire series of victory posts
- Elevated, expansive mood

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 20%
- Sadism: 50%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- denial (pathological)
- devaluation (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 50%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared victory framing
- in-group validation

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- 'People didn't believe Rusty Bowers' asserts a false consensus about sworn testimony
- Implicitly reframes Bowers' testimony as discredited without evidence

## Fact Checks (3)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-19._

> David Farnsworth won Arizona SD 10 with 64% to 36%

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Farnsworth did defeat Bowers in the SD10 Republican primary by a wide margin; exact percentages consistent with reported results.

Sources: 2022 Arizona primary election results

> It was a race that they said couldn't be won

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Vague attribution to unnamed sources; Bowers was an incumbent but the claim of impossibility is unsubstantiated.

> People didn't believe Rusty Bowers when he testified

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Bowers' testimony was widely regarded as credible. His account was corroborated and he testified under oath. Polling does not support the claim of widespread disbelief.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- revenge (90%)
- narcissistic supply (70%)
- J6 Committee (80%)
- endorsement power (60%)
- gaslighting (50%)

## That day

_From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._

**Primary Night Victory Lap: 17 Posts of Grandiose Vindication With One Flash of January 6th Grievance**

Trump spent the day celebrating a sweep of endorsed candidates in Tuesday night's primary elections across Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, and Missouri. The mood was overwhelmingly triumphant — a long string of congratulations, scorekeeping, and links to favorable media coverage. The one notable exception was a sharp mid-morning post about Senate efforts to reform the Electoral Count Act, in which he reasserted that the Vice President could have rejected electoral votes — a claim at odds with mainstream legal consensus. The day ended on a somber note with a formal condolence for Congresswoman Jackie Walorski, who died in a car accident.

Full digest for 2022-08-03: https://trump.fm/date/2022-08-03/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, August 3). David Farnsworth trounced RINO Rusty Bowers in... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108758924673750793
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "David Farnsworth trounced RINO Rusty Bowers in Arizona SD..." Truth Social, 3 Aug. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108758924673750793. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "David Farnsworth trounced RINO Rusty Bowers in Arizona SD...," Truth Social, August 3, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108758924673750793.

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