# Post ts_109048384699760470

- Post ID: `ts_109048384699760470`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-09-23T15:18:19.740Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> Corrupt Democrats and RINOs (including 40 point loser Liz Cheney) passed the “Presidential Election Reform Act” in the House, making it “impossible” for a Vice President to cure Election Fraud and Malfeasance. These same people have been screaming that Mike Pence had NO power to do the right thing, and send it back to the States to investigate widespread Election Fraud. It’s now clear he could, and should, have done it, otherwise why would they need new law? Also—bill may be unConstitutional!

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.434Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T23:10:52.138Z (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 reveals Trump's ongoing narcissistic injury from Pence's January 6th refusal, still actively relitigated nearly two years later. The central rhetorical move—treating the Electoral Count Reform Act as retroactive proof that Pence could have overturned the election—is a textbook rationalization defense employing circular logic. The argument is internally coherent but built on false premises: presupposing widespread election fraud and mischaracterizing the VP's constitutional role. The post earns an elevated danger rating for explicitly endorsing extra-constitutional election overturn and framing democratic safeguards as evidence of conspiracy. This represents epistemic closure—reform designed to protect democracy is reinterpreted as proof the system needed to be subverted. The gaslighting dimension is significant: the meaning of the legislation is inverted, turning a democratic safeguard into an admission of guilt. Longitudinally, this post is consistent with Trump's persistent pattern of relitigating the 2020 election and maintaining the fraud narrative as foundational to his political identity. The contamination narrative (rightful victory stolen through betrayal) remains the dominant story structure.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109048384699760470

### Context
This post addresses the House passage of the Electoral Count Reform Act, which clarified that the Vice President's role in certifying elections is purely ceremonial. Trump uses the passage of this law as a rhetorical device to argue retroactively that Pence *could* have overturned the 2020 election results.

### Authorship
Posted at 11:18 AM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or NYC). The post is substantive, argumentative, and contains characteristic Trump markers: capitalized emphasis, the parenthetical insult ("40 point loser Liz Cheney"), the invented compound "unConstitutional," and the stream-of-consciousness logical chain. The reasoning style—seizing on an opponent's action as proof of one's own prior claim—is a signature Trump rhetorical move. High confidence this is authentic.

### Psychological Analysis
This post is notable for its **circular reasoning deployed as vindication**. The logic: "They passed a law preventing X, therefore X must have been possible, therefore Pence should have done X." This is a textbook rationalization defense—using the existence of legislative reform as retroactive proof of a contested constitutional power.

The post reveals ongoing narcissistic injury from January 6th and Pence's refusal. Two years later, Trump is still relitigating this, framing Pence's compliance with constitutional norms as a betrayal ("do the right thing"). The phrase "cure Election Fraud and Malfeasance" presupposes fraud as established fact—a persistent reality distortion.

### Danger Assessment
The post explicitly endorses the idea that a Vice President should have unilaterally overturned a certified election. This normalizes extra-constitutional action and constitutes ongoing delegitimization of democratic processes. The framing of election certification reform as evidence of fraud is an epistemic closure mechanism.

### Rhetorical Techniques
The parenthetical "40 point loser" is classic ad hominem devaluation—reducing Cheney to her primary loss margin. "RINOs" performs in-group policing. The rhetorical question ("otherwise why would they need new law?") is presented as a logical slam dunk but is actually a non-sequitur (laws routinely clarify ambiguities without validating the feared interpretation). Scare quotes around "impossible" and "Presidential Election Reform Act" signal dismissal.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Liz Cheney lost by 40 points" | **Mostly True** | Cheney lost Wyoming GOP primary to Harriet Hageman by approximately 37 points (66%-29%) on August 16, 2022. Trump rounds up. |
| "Mike Pence could have sent election results back to states" | **False** | Constitutional scholars across the political spectrum agree the VP's role is purely ceremonial. The Electoral Count Reform Act clarified existing understanding, not created new restrictions. |
| "There was widespread Election Fraud in 2020" | **False** | Over 60 court cases, multiple audits, Trump's own AG Barr, DHS officials, and state election officials (including Republicans) found no evidence of widespread fraud sufficient to change results. |

Overall Veracity: 27%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 85%)

### Indicators

- Stream-of-consciousness argumentative style
- Parenthetical insult with specific metric ('40 point loser')
- Invented capitalization 'unConstitutional'
- Characteristic circular reasoning pattern
- Em-dash usage and rhetorical question structure

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Electoral Count Reform Act passage / ongoing Pence betrayal wound)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting Pence, Democrats, Liz Cheney, RINOs
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.55

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 40%
- Sadism: 30%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)
- distortion (pathological)
- projection (immature)
- splitting (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 60%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Shared grievance framing
- Insider knowledge claim ('It's now clear')
- Inviting audience to follow his logical chain

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Explicitly endorses extra-constitutional election overturn
- Frames democratic safeguards as evidence of conspiracy
- Maintains election fraud narrative as settled fact

### Gaslighting

- Frames passage of clarifying law as admission of prior fraud
- Presupposes 'widespread Election Fraud' without evidence
- Reverses meaning of reform—democratic safeguard recast as cover-up

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Liz Cheney lost by 40 points

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Cheney lost Wyoming GOP primary to Harriet Hageman by approximately 37 points (66%-29%) on August 16, 2022. Trump rounds up.

Sources: 2022 Wyoming Republican primary results

> Mike Pence could have sent election results back to states

**FALSE**

Constitutional scholars across the political spectrum agree the VP's role is purely ceremonial. The Electoral Count Reform Act clarified existing understanding, not created new restrictions.

Sources: Constitutional law consensus; Electoral Count Reform Act legislative history

> There was widespread Election Fraud in 2020

**FALSE**

Over 60 court cases, multiple audits, Trump's own AG Barr, DHS officials, and state election officials (including Republicans) found no evidence of widespread fraud sufficient to change results.

Sources: Federal and state court rulings; DOJ statements; State audit results

Overall Veracity: 27%

## Tags

- election_fraud_narrative (90%)
- pence_grievance (80%)
- democratic_delegitimization (70%)
- rationalization (80%)
- circular_reasoning (80%)

## That day

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

**Under Legal Siege, Trump Launches All-Day Counteroffensive Against NY AG James**

Trump spent the day in full defensive mode following New York Attorney General Letitia James's civil fraud lawsuit filed two days earlier. The morning started with late-night attacks on James — calling her "racist" and promoting her election opponent — before drifting into a rambling CNN grievance post around midnight. After a roughly nine-hour sleep break, the afternoon brought a rapid-fire dump of links building a legal defense narrative, a relitigating of January 6th, and rally promotion for a North Carolina event. The day closed with a politically charged post about the death of a young Republican, weaponizing the tragedy to reinforce a persecution narrative.

Full digest for 2022-09-23: https://trump.fm/date/2022-09-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, September 23). Corrupt Democrats and RINOs (including 40 point... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109048384699760470
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Corrupt Democrats and RINOs (including 40 point loser Liz..." Truth Social, 23 Sep. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109048384699760470. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Corrupt Democrats and RINOs (including 40 point loser Liz...," Truth Social, September 23, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109048384699760470.

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