# Post ts_109395701521241897

- Post ID: `ts_109395701521241897`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-11-23T23:25:33.857Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109395701521241897/analysis
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## Post text

> What are they doing in Arizona about the large number of voting machines in Republican areas that just happened to be “BROKEN” on Election Day, with tens of thousands of voters, standing in line for hours, unable to vote. They left the voting lines in complete exasperation, unable to return. When “mechanics” went in to fix the machines, they got worse. Kari Lake couldn’t even vote in her own district. Voter fraud - DO THE ELECTION OVER, or declare Kari, Blake, Abe the winners. Act Fast!!!

## Engagement

- Likes: 54,000
- Reposts: 15,163
- Replies: 2,729
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.428Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T00:24:57.868Z (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 the election-denial pattern established after 2020, now applied to 2022 Arizona midterm losses. Trump reframes routine election-day technical issues (printer problems at ~70 of 223 vote centers) as deliberate voter suppression, using scare quotes and conspiracy insinuation. The psychological driver is narcissistic injury by proxy — his endorsed candidates' losses threaten his self-concept as political kingmaker. The demand structure is notable: "DO THE ELECTION OVER, or declare [them] the winners" — a false dichotomy where both options result in his candidates winning, revealing that the goal is not election integrity but outcome reversal. The "Act Fast!!!" closing creates artificial urgency designed to pressure officials toward extralegal action, echoing the pressure campaigns on state officials in 2020-21. Defense mechanisms are primarily pathological (distortion of electoral reality) and immature (splitting, projection). Danger level is elevated given the direct precedent of January 6 and the explicit call for officials to override democratic outcomes. The post functions simultaneously as grievance validation for supporters and as a pressure signal to Arizona officials.

## Psychological Analysis: Arizona Election Fraud Claims (2022-11-23)

### Context
Posted at 6:25 PM EST (Trump at Mar-a-Lago). This is approximately two weeks after the 2022 midterms where Republican candidates Kari Lake (governor), Blake Masters (Senate), and Abe Hamadeh (AG) all lost in Arizona. The post demands the election be overturned or the losers declared winners.

### Authorship
Evening post, emotionally charged, ALL CAPS passages, rhetorical questions, stream-of-consciousness structure with escalating demands — classic authentic Trump markers. The scare quotes around "BROKEN" and "mechanics" are characteristic stylistic tells.

### Psychological Analysis
This post is driven by **narcissistic injury by proxy** — the defeat of his endorsed candidates reflects on him personally. The 2022 midterms were widely characterized as a rebuke of Trump-style candidates, making Arizona losses particularly threatening to his self-concept as kingmaker.

The core defense is **distortion**: reframing electoral defeat as fraud. The narrative constructs a conspiracy (machines "happened" to break in Republican areas, mechanics made them worse) without evidence. The demand to "DO THE ELECTION OVER, or declare... the winners" reveals the split — there are only two acceptable outcomes, both involving his candidates winning.

The scare quotes around "BROKEN" and "mechanics" function as **paranoid insinuation** — implying deliberate sabotage without making a falsifiable claim.

### Rhetorical Devices
The post follows a classic grievance escalation: rhetorical question → narrative of victimization → emotional imagery (voters in "complete exasperation") → conspiracy insinuation → demand for action. "Act Fast!!!" creates artificial urgency, a mobilization technique.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Large number of voting machines in Republican areas were broken on Election Day" | **Half True** | About 70 of 223 Maricopa County vote centers had printer/tabulator issues. Maricopa County leans mixed, not exclusively Republican. Affected voters had alternatives. |
| "Tens of thousands of voters were unable to vote" | **Mostly False** | Voters at affected locations could deposit ballots in secure drop boxes, go to other centers, or vote provisionally. No evidence of tens of thousands disenfranchised. |
| "Kari Lake couldn't even vote in her own district" | **Unverifiable** | Lake reportedly experienced delays but it is unclear she was ultimately unable to cast a ballot. She has not consistently claimed she was unable to vote. |
| "When mechanics went in to fix the machines, they got worse" | **Unverifiable** | Some tabulator issues persisted through the day, but the characterization of deliberate worsening is unsupported. |

Overall Veracity: 43%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS emphasis ('BROKEN', 'DO THE ELECTION OVER')
- Scare quotes as insinuation device
- Stream-of-consciousness escalation
- Triple exclamation marks
- Evening posting time (6:25 PM EST)

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Arizona midterm losses of endorsed candidates)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting Arizona election officials
- Proportionality: 20%

Sentiment: -0.70

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Pressured urgency ('Act Fast!!!')
- Grandiose demands (declare winners, redo election)

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 60%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 10%

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

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

Cognitive Markers:
- tangentiality

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared grievance construction
- urgency creation
- us-vs-them framing

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Demands officials overturn certified election results
- Calls to 'Act Fast!!!' pressuring extralegal action
- Echoes 2020 election denial playbook that culminated in January 6
- Delegitimizes democratic process by framing loss as fraud

### Gaslighting

- Reframes normal election administration issues as deliberate fraud
- Presents unsubstantiated conspiracy as established fact
- Implies anyone not acting is complicit

## Fact Checks (4)

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

> Large number of voting machines in Republican areas were broken on Election Day

**HALF TRUE**

About 70 of 223 Maricopa County vote centers had printer/tabulator issues. Maricopa County leans mixed, not exclusively Republican. Affected voters had alternatives.

Sources: Maricopa County post-election reports; Court filings in Lake v. Hobbs

> Tens of thousands of voters were unable to vote

**MOSTLY FALSE**

Voters at affected locations could deposit ballots in secure drop boxes, go to other centers, or vote provisionally. No evidence of tens of thousands disenfranchised.

Sources: Maricopa County election records

> Kari Lake couldn't even vote in her own district

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Lake reportedly experienced delays but it is unclear she was ultimately unable to cast a ballot. She has not consistently claimed she was unable to vote.

> When mechanics went in to fix the machines, they got worse

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Some tabulator issues persisted through the day, but the characterization of deliberate worsening is unsupported.

Overall Veracity: 43%

## Tags

- election denial (100%)
- Arizona midterms (90%)
- narcissistic injury (80%)
- Kari Lake (70%)
- democratic delegitimization (80%)

## That day

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

**Supreme Court Tax Ruling Triggers Multi-Front Institutional Assault on Day Before Thanksgiving**

Trump spent the day before Thanksgiving lashing out at the Supreme Court after it cleared the way for Congress to obtain his tax returns. A late-night posting session from Mar-a-Lago attacked the Court's legitimacy, accusing it of cowardice and corruption despite its conservative supermajority including three of his own appointees. The grievance expanded through the day to encompass the January 6 Committee, Arizona election officials, and the Manhattan DA. The evening's most intense moment was a demand that Arizona "DO THE ELECTION OVER" — echoing the pressure campaigns of 2020. Scattered between the attacks were low-effort retweets seeking praise, a pattern of alternating between victimhood and self-congratulation that defined the day's mood.

Full digest for 2022-11-23: https://trump.fm/date/2022-11-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, November 23). What are they doing in Arizona about the large... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109395701521241897
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "What are they doing in Arizona about the large number of..." Truth Social, 23 Nov. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109395701521241897. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "What are they doing in Arizona about the large number of...," Truth Social, November 23, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109395701521241897.

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