# Post ts_109309691045436901

- Post ID: `ts_109309691045436901`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-11-08T18:51:58.155Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109309691045436901/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109309691045436901.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Reports are coming in from Arizona that the Voting Machines are not properly working in predominantly Republican/Conservative areas. Can this possibly be true when a vast majority of Republicans waited for today to Vote? Here we go again? The people will not stand for it!!!

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.430Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:22:36.528Z (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 Election Day post deploys a preemptive delegitimization strategy identical to Trump's 2020 playbook. Before results are known, he cites vague "reports" of voting machine failures targeting Republican areas in Arizona, frames this as deliberate partisan suppression, and closes with mobilization language ("The people will not stand for it!!!"). The paranoid features are prominent: unnamed sources, assumption of targeted persecution, and the perseverative callback "Here we go again?" linking 2022 to the debunked 2020 fraud narrative. Psychologically, this represents a preemptive narcissistic defense against anticipated defeat — externalizing potential losses to systemic fraud rather than candidate quality. The post follows a stochastic terrorism pattern: identifying a target (Arizona election systems), articulating a grievance (Republican voter suppression), and implying action is warranted. Given the January 6th precedent occurring under nearly identical rhetorical conditions, this warrants elevated danger assessment. While Maricopa County did experience printer issues at some locations, these affected all voters regardless of party and did not prevent voting. The distortion of real but mundane technical issues into evidence of partisan conspiracy demonstrates the gaslighting technique of anchoring false narratives to kernels of truth.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109309691045436901

### Context
This post was made on Election Day 2022 (midterms) at 1:51 PM EST (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago or Palm Beach). The post references reports of voting machine problems in Arizona's Republican areas — a claim that echoes his 2020 election fraud narrative.

### Authorship
Posted at ~1:51 PM ET, business hours. However, the emotional reactivity, rhetorical questions, ALL CAPS emphasis, and exclamation-heavy style are characteristic of authentic Trump. The phrase "Here we go again?" is a signature Trump construction. Mixed signals — likely authentic but possibly during a period of aide monitoring.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a **preemptive attack** post. Before votes are even counted, Trump is laying groundwork to dispute unfavorable results. The phrase "Here we go again?" explicitly links 2022 to his 2020 fraud narrative — a form of **perseveration** on the stolen election theme.

The post follows the classic pattern: (1) cite vague "reports," (2) frame as targeting Republicans specifically, (3) rhetorical outrage, (4) implied threat ("The people will not stand for it!!!"). This is supply-seeking combined with preemptive defense against anticipated losses.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Projection/externalization**: Any potential Republican losses are pre-attributed to machine failures, not candidate quality
- **Denial**: Preemptive rejection of legitimate electoral outcomes
- **Rationalization**: "vast majority of Republicans waited for today" provides pseudo-logical basis for fraud claim

### Danger Assessment
The closing line "The people will not stand for it!!!" is mobilization language. Given the January 6th precedent, this rhetoric pattern — delegitimizing elections + implying popular uprising — warrants elevated concern.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Voting machines are not properly working in predominantly Republican/Conservative areas in Arizona" | **Mostly False** | Maricopa County did experience printer issues at some voting centers affecting ballot tabulation, but this affected all voters regardless of party, alternative options were available, and no votes were lost. |
| "A vast majority of Republicans waited for today to Vote" | **Mostly True** | Republican leaders including Trump had discouraged early/mail voting, leading to higher Election Day turnout among Republicans compared to Democrats who favored early voting. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 70%)

### Indicators

- Rhetorical questions
- Triple exclamation marks
- Here we go again? — signature Trump phrasing
- Emotional reactivity
- Business hours posting (1:51 PM ET) slightly favors aide

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack — Defeat (anticipated midterm losses)

**Rage:** Intensity 60% targeting election systems/Arizona officials
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Triple exclamation marks
- Elevated emotional intensity
- Pattern consistent with election-day heightened arousal

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 10%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 40%

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance construction
- implied call to action
- in-group solidarity framing

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

**Stochastic Terrorism Pattern Detected**

### Indicators

- The people will not stand for it!!! — mobilization language
- Delegitimizing electoral process before results known
- Pattern mirrors pre-January 6 rhetoric
- Identifying specific target (Arizona election systems)

### Gaslighting

- Framing unsubstantiated claims as established fact via 'Reports are coming in'
- Implying obvious conspiracy via rhetorical question 'Can this possibly be true'
- Recycling debunked 2020 fraud framework to interpret 2022 events

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._

> Voting machines are not properly working in predominantly Republican/Conservative areas in Arizona

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Maricopa County did experience printer issues at some voting centers affecting ballot tabulation, but this affected all voters regardless of party, alternative options were available, and no votes were lost.

Sources: Maricopa County official statements; Known events context

> A vast majority of Republicans waited for today to Vote

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Republican leaders including Trump had discouraged early/mail voting, leading to higher Election Day turnout among Republicans compared to Democrats who favored early voting.

Sources: 2022 midterm voting pattern data

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- election-delegitimization (100%)
- preemptive-fraud-claim (90%)
- mobilization-language (70%)
- 2020-narrative-perseveration (80%)
- arizona (60%)

## That day

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

**Election Day Replay: 2020 Fraud Playbook Activated in Real-Time as Midterm Results Threaten Endorsed Candidates**

Election Day 2022 split neatly in two. The morning was all swagger — late-night rally energy from Ohio, a teaser about a "very big announcement" (widely expected to be his 2024 run), and confident calls to vote Republican. Then the afternoon arrived, and so did reality. As early reports trickled in from Arizona and Pennsylvania, the tone flipped hard into fraud allegations, claims of broken machines, and accusations that Detroit voters were being told they'd already voted. The day's most alarming moment was a direct call to "Protest, Protest, Protest!" — language uncomfortably close to the rhetoric that preceded January 6. By late afternoon, the posting had settled into a sustained drumbeat of election delegitimization across multiple states, a preemptive defense against what would prove to be a disappointing night for Trump-backed candidates.

Full digest for 2022-11-08: https://trump.fm/date/2022-11-08/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, November 8). Reports are coming in from Arizona that the... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109309691045436901
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Reports are coming in from Arizona that the Voting Machines..." Truth Social, 8 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109309691045436901. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Reports are coming in from Arizona that the Voting Machines...," Truth Social, November 8, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109309691045436901.

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