Analysis: If Liz Cheney loses tonight, the Fake News Media will do eve...

4y ago Aug 16, 2022 at 9:20 PM

If Liz Cheney loses tonight, the Fake News Media will do everything within their power to play it down and pretend that it was not a referendum on the Unselects - That it was no big deal. Actually, it would be a very big deal, one of the biggest!

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-19. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

None

Narcissistic State

Grandiose

Authorship

Uncertain

Intensity

45%

Authorship Analysis

Uncertain

Indicators:

Characteristic 'Unselects' neologism
Superlative ending pattern ('one of the biggest!')
Stream-of-consciousness feel
Business hours posting (5:20 PM EDT) suggests possible aide involvement
Dash usage for parenthetical is somewhat polished

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Grandiose State

Trigger: Supply Seeking (Anticipated Cheney primary loss)

Sentiment

+0.30

Mildly Hypomanic

Grandiose framing of predicted outcomeConfident anticipatory energy

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

60%

Antisocial

20%

Paranoid

40%

Sadism

30%

Defense Mechanisms:

projectionsplittingdevaluation

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

50%

Cognitive Markers:

neologism

Parasocial Techniques:

Inviting audience to share insider knowledge about media behaviorCreating us-vs-them bond against media gatekeepers

Danger Assessment

None

Gaslighting Detected:

Preemptively telling audience what to believe about media coverage before it exists
Framing any alternative interpretation as dishonest suppression

Reality Distortions:

Framing a Wyoming primary as 'one of the biggest' political events — significant overstatement of a safely-predicted outcome in a deep-red state

Fact Checks (1)

"Cheney's loss would be a referendum on the 'Unselects' (January 6 Committee)"

Half True

While Cheney's J6 role was central to her primary loss, Wyoming is deep-red with only ~250K registered Republicans — limited as a national referendum. Her loss was widely predicted.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Psychological Analysis: Post ts_108834642886977660

Context

Posted on the evening of the Wyoming Republican primary where Liz Cheney was expected to lose badly to Trump-backed Harriet Hageman. Trump is preemptively framing the narrative before results come in.

Authorship

Posted at 5:20 PM EDT (Trump likely at Bedminster, NJ in August 2022). Business hours, but the style is authentic Trump — the stream-of-consciousness phrasing, the capitalized "Unselects" (his derisive term for the January 6 Select Committee), the characteristic superlative ending ("one of the biggest!"). Mixed indicators lean toward personally authored or lightly assisted.

Psychological Analysis

This is a preemptive framing post — a sophisticated media-management move. Trump anticipates the media's response to Cheney's loss and inoculates his audience against it before it happens. This reveals high social intelligence around narrative control.

The post operates as supply-seeking — setting up the Cheney loss as a personal victory and referendum on the January 6 Committee. The framing as "one of the biggest" reflects grandiose amplification of what is essentially a safely-predicted outcome in deep-red Wyoming.

The "Unselects" neologism is a perseverative branding device Trump uses consistently for the J6 Committee — devaluation through renaming.

Defense Mechanisms

Projection: Attributes narrative manipulation to "Fake News Media" while engaging in precisely that activity
Splitting: Media = bad/dishonest; his interpretation = truth

Rhetorical Techniques

Preemptive rebuttal (inoculation theory)
Hyperbolic superlatives ("one of the biggest!")
In-group signaling via "Unselects" terminology
Framing a safe prediction as bold truth-telling

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"Cheney's loss would be a referendum on the 'Unselects' (January 6 Committee)"	Half True	While Cheney's J6 role was central to her primary loss, Wyoming is deep-red with only ~250K registered Republicans — limited as a national referendum. Her loss was widely predicted.

Overall Veracity: 50%