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Gregg Jarrett: “This is ELECTION RIGGING…This is an effort, make no mistake, to deprive American voters of their right to make the decision as to who should be president. It is anti-democratic. It’s the equivalent of rigging the ballot box.”

Video transcript 1:52

Yeah, this is election rigging, Kayleigh. It was a narrow four to three decision. It will almost certainly, in my judgment, be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court because the insurrection clause in the 14th Amendment, as you point out, don't apply to the facts here. It was intended to prevent Confederates who literally took up arms against the government during the Civil War from holding office. So you fast forward now 150 years, roughly. And Donald Trump is not even accused of insurrection under the federal statute. And if evidence supported that, surely Jack Smith, the special counsel, would have charged him with it. So to remove Trump from the ballot for an offense that he hasn't even been tried or convicted of, what is that? Well, that's violating his right to due process, which just happens to be guaranteed by the very amendment, the 14th, and elsewhere in the Constitution. But, you know, there's another factor here, Kayleigh. You know, this is a lawyer under past Supreme Court rulings. The language used in the insurrection clause doesn't apply to the office of president or anybody running for it. Colorado officials here have, I think, brazenly manipulated the clause for purely political reasons. Another example of election interference by Trump opponents. This is an effort, make no mistake, to deprive American voters of their right to make the decision as to who should be president. It is anti-democratic. It's the equivalent of rigging the ballot box, and it will surely be seen that way only in flaming voters and I think boosting support for the former president.

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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
Uncertain
Intensity
82%

The December 19, 2023 Gregg Jarrett quote-post represents a clinically significant DARVO response to a severe narcissistic injury: the Colorado Supreme Court's unprecedented ruling that Trump engaged in insurrection and is constitutionally disqualified from the primary ballot. The post's central psychological maneuver — reframing constitutional enforcement of anti-insurrection provisions as itself constituting election rigging — inverts the factual structure entirely. The entity found to have engaged in election interference casts the legal remedy as election interference, deploying a trusted surrogate voice to lend authority to the inversion. Embedded within a dense cluster of reactive evening posts, this reflects coordinated narcissistic rage management: raw emotion in some posts, institutional delegitimization through proxy here. Defense mechanisms operating simultaneously include pathological distortion, denial, and projection of Trump's documented election-interference conduct onto the courts. The 'rigging the ballot box' framing applies the Stop the Steal schema not to the 2020 election but to constitutional law itself — an escalation in institutional delegitimization with documented antecedents in January 6 mobilization dynamics. Danger level: elevated.

Authorship Analysis
Uncertain
Indicators:
  • 9:37 PM Eastern — evening post, not deep-night authentic window but not business hours
  • Verbatim quote from Fox News personality with paired video clip — signature Trump amplification behavior
  • Surrounded by raw ALL-CAPS self-composed posts suggesting reactive posting session
  • Quote selection may be aide-curated within a broader Trump-driven reactive cluster
  • Format (media quote + video) frequently used by both Trump and Scavino
Psychological Profile
▶ State
Mixed State

Trigger: Narcissistic Injury — Defeat (Colorado Supreme Court 4-3 ruling removing Trump from primary ballot under 14th Amendment Section 3)

Rage: Intensity 78% targeting Colorado Supreme Court / Democratic legal apparatus / institutional establishment

Proportionality
15%
Sentiment
-0.78
Mildly Hypomanic
Elevated posting volume across single evening (multiple posts within short window)Racing-quality thought across the concurrent post clusterUrgency and totalism across posts ('ultimate,' 'make no mistake')Reactive intensity disproportionate to deliberative engagement
▶ Clinical
Malignant Narcissism:
Narcissistic
87%
Antisocial
52%
Paranoid
78%
Sadism
20%
Defense Mechanisms:
distortiondenialprojectiondisplacement
Cognitive Complexity:
Complexity
50%
Parasocial Techniques:
Surrogate voice lending (Jarrett as trusted authority proxy)Zone flooding across concurrent posts to prevent fact-engagementShared victimhood framing ('American voters' as collective injured party)Epistemic closure reinforcement through allied media amplification
Danger Assessment

Elevated

Indicators:
  • 'Rigging the ballot box' framing applies Stop the Steal schema to constitutional law, extending grievance narrative to all institutional opposition
  • Institutional delegitimization of the judiciary as criminal actor — removes constitutional constraint from the category of legitimate authority
  • Moral urgency framing ('make no mistake') forecloses deliberation and primes reactive response
  • Pattern within the evening cluster constitutes RAND Firehose zone-flooding that prevents fact-based rebuttal
  • Historical precedent: similar institutional delegitimization rhetoric preceded January 6 mobilization
Gaslighting Detected:
  • Denial of court ruling legitimacy without engaging any of its factual findings
  • DARVO: insurrectionist recast as victim of election interference; constitutional remedy recast as crime
  • Attacks on fact-producing institution (court) rather than engaging its findings
  • Demands audience accept inverted reality (constitutional law = ballot rigging) as condition of in-group membership
  • Rapid revisionism: established constitutional provision treated as novel conspiratorial innovation
Reality Distortions:
  • Constitutional disqualification under 14th Amendment Section 3 framed as 'election rigging'
  • Judicial enforcement of constitutional law framed as depriving voters of democratic rights
  • Court ruling applying existing law characterized as coordinated political 'effort'
  • Anti-insurrection constitutional mechanism characterized as 'anti-democratic'
  • Judicial proceeding equated with 'rigging the ballot box' (implying fraud/illegality)
Fact Checks (4)
"This is ELECTION RIGGING"
False

The Colorado Supreme Court applied 14th Amendment Section 3 through a judicial proceeding with full due process. No evidence of fraud, tampering, or illegal interference — the defining characteristics of election rigging.

"effort to deprive American voters of their right to make the decision as to who should be president"
Mostly False

The 14th Amendment disqualification provision was ratified in 1868 and explicitly removes the popular vote as determinative for constitutionally disqualified individuals. Courts applying this provision enforce, not subvert, the constitutional democratic order.

"It is anti-democratic"
Mostly False

Constitutional provisions enforced through judicial review are products of the democratic constitutional order. The characterization ignores that the 14th Amendment was itself democratically ratified.

"equivalent of rigging the ballot box"
False

Ballot rigging involves fraud or illegal interference with vote counts. A judicial ruling applying constitutional disqualification criteria is categorically and legally distinct.

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

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Analyzed
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Rage Level
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Max Danger
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