Analysis: …Simply put, it is because the Vice President did have a cho...

3y ago Dec 20, 2022 at 6:34 PM

…Simply put, it is because the Vice President did have a choice, and looking back at it now, the 2020 Voting Fraud was far greater than anyone thought possible, with even our Government, through the FBI, changing the results of the Election by millions and millions of votes.

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-20. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

Elevated

Narcissistic State

Mixed

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

75%

This post, part of a 5+ post barrage on the day the Jan. 6 Committee issued criminal referrals, reveals crisis-level narcissistic defense activation. Trump deploys pathological denial and distortion simultaneously: asserting the VP "did have a choice" (contradicting legal consensus) and claiming the FBI changed election results "by millions and millions of votes" (unsupported by evidence). The backward reasoning structure — starting from the conclusion that the election was stolen to retroactively justify January 6th — represents textbook motivated reasoning in service of narcissistic preservation. The mixed grandiose-vulnerable state combines victimhood (government conspiracy) with grandiosity (unique truth-seer). The perseverative quality — same theme across 5+ posts — suggests significant psychological distress masked by aggressive output volume, consistent with moderate hypomanic features under threat. The timing is critically significant: issuing retroactive justifications for January 6th on the very day criminal referrals are issued represents both legal risk-taking and psychological compulsion. The epistemic closure is complete — all contrary evidence is reframed as proof of conspiracy, creating an unfalsifiable belief system that demands follower compliance as a loyalty test.

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

Run-on sentence structure
Characteristic hyperbole ('millions and millions')
Emotional reactivity to Jan 6 committee
Stream-of-consciousness continuation from prior posts
Business hours but crisis-reactive posting pattern

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Mixed State

Trigger: Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (January 6th Committee criminal referral)

Rage: Intensity 70% targeting FBI, Democrats, Jan 6 Committee

Proportionality

20%

Sentiment

-0.60

Baseline Deviation: slight

Moderately Hypomanic

5+ posts on same topic in rapid successionPressured outputGrandiose certainty

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

80%

Antisocial

50%

Paranoid

70%

Sadism

20%

Defense Mechanisms:

denialrationalizationprojectiondistortion

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

35%

Cognitive Markers:

perseverationtangentiality

Parasocial Techniques:

Inviting audience into shared victimhoodFraming complex legal issues as simple betrayal

Danger Assessment

Elevated

Indicators:

Continued delegitimization of democratic institutions
Retroactive justification of Jan 6 events on the day criminal referrals issued
Implies government conspiracy changed election — framework that could motivate extremist action

Gaslighting Detected:

Asserts VP 'did have a choice' despite universal legal consensus otherwise
Claims fraud was 'far greater than anyone thought' without evidence
Reframes FBI communication with social media as 'changing results by millions of votes'

Reality Distortions:

Election was stolen via massive fraud
FBI changed election results by millions of votes
Vice President had constitutional authority to reject electoral votes

Fact Checks (2)

"The Vice President did have a choice [to reject electoral votes]"

False

Constitutional scholars across the political spectrum, federal courts, and the Electoral Count Act all establish the VP role as ceremonial. Even Trump's own VP counsel Greg Jacob and conservative judge Michael Luttig testified it was not within VP authority.

"The FBI changed election results by millions and millions of votes"

False

The FBI asked social media platforms to be alert to foreign disinformation. No evidence exists that the FBI 'changed' any vote counts. The Hunter Biden laptop story suppression, while controversial, did not constitute the FBI changing election results. Multiple studies found minimal electoral impact.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Psychological Analysis: Truth Social Post (2022-12-20)

This post is a continuation of a multi-post thread responding to the January 6th Committee's criminal referral of Trump. The ellipsis at the start indicates this is a truncated continuation.

Context & Trigger

The Jan. 6 Committee unanimously voted to refer Trump for criminal prosecution on four charges including insurrection. This represents a massive narcissistic injury — formal institutional condemnation. Trump's response is a sustained, multi-post barrage reframing the entire narrative around election fraud and FBI suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story.

Authorship

Posted at 1:34 PM EST (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago in December). Business hours, but the writing style — run-on sentence, emotional escalation, characteristic capitalization patterns — is consistent with authentic Trump. The rhetorical style matches his other posts from this day, all clearly personally authored in a reactive state.

Key Psychological Features

The post makes two extraordinary claims: (1) the VP "did have a choice" (contradicting constitutional consensus), and (2) the FBI changed election results "by millions and millions of votes." The phrase "millions and millions" is characteristic Trump hyperbolic escalation — vague but enormous numbers used to overwhelm rather than persuade.

The logical structure is notable: he argues backward from conclusion to justification. The election was stolen → therefore Pence had a choice → therefore Jan 6 was justified. This is textbook rationalization in service of denial.

Longitudinal Note

This is post 5+ in a single-day barrage — a pattern consistent with narcissistic crisis response. The volume and repetition (perseveration on the same themes across all posts) suggest significant distress masked by aggressive output.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"The Vice President did have a choice [to reject electoral votes]"	False	Constitutional scholars across the political spectrum, federal courts, and the Electoral Count Act all establish the VP role as ceremonial. Even Trump's own VP counsel Greg Jacob and conservative judge Michael Luttig testified it was not within VP authority.
"The FBI changed election results by millions and millions of votes"	False	The FBI asked social media platforms to be alert to foreign disinformation. No evidence exists that the FBI 'changed' any vote counts. The Hunter Biden laptop story suppression, while controversial, did not constitute the FBI changing election results. Multiple studies found minimal electoral impact.

Overall Veracity: 0%