# Post ts_111897623908578705

- Post ID: `ts_111897623908578705`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2024-02-08T19:57:19.846Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111897623908578705
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_111897623908578705/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111897623908578705.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> To set the record straight with the Colorado lawyer who lied, these are my statements during and after the protest.

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (1:10), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> you pain. I know you're hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us. It was a landslide election and everyone knows it, especially the other side. But you have to go home now. We have to have peace. We have to have law and order. We have to respect our great people in law and order. We don't want anybody hurt. It's a very tough period of time. There's never been a time like this where such a thing happened where they could take it away from all of us, from me, from you, from our country. This was a fraudulent election, but we can't play into the hands of these people. We have to have peace. So go home. We love you. You're very special. You've seen what happens. You see the way others are treated that are so bad and so evil. I know how you feel. But go home and go home in peace.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/111/897/623/611/476/493/original/690ac12132618f49.mp4

## Engagement

- Likes: 9,961
- Reposts: 3,701
- Replies: 491
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.372Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-24T18:08:29.855Z (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, made during SCOTUS oral arguments on the Colorado ballot disqualification case, reveals a defensive narcissistic response to existential legal threat. The most psychologically significant element is the casual use of "the protest" to describe January 6th—a deliberate reality distortion that minimizes events resulting in seditious conspiracy convictions, deaths, and over 1,000 criminal prosecutions. This euphemistic reframing, embedded in an otherwise unremarkable sentence, exemplifies how normalization of alternative narratives operates: the reframing is presented as assumed shared knowledge rather than argued. The accusation that the Colorado lawyer "lied" without specifying which statements were false reflects projection and ad hominem deflection. The attached video of Trump's statements during and after January 6th represents selective evidence presentation—a counter-narrative construction technique. The vulnerable narcissistic state (need to "set the record straight") rather than grandiose dismissal suggests the legal threat registers as genuine. This post functions as epistemic boundary maintenance: followers are offered a simple framework (lawyer lied, it was a protest, here's proof) that forecloses engagement with the actual legal arguments presented to SCOTUS.

## Analysis: Post ts_111897623908578705 (2024-02-08)

### Context
This post was made on the day the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether Colorado could exclude Trump from the 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause. Trump is responding to arguments made by the Colorado lawyer (Jason Murray) during the SCOTUS hearing, attaching a video of his statements during and after January 6th to counter claims made in court.

### Authorship
Posted at 2:57 PM ET (Trump was at Mar-a-Lago, gave a speech there that day). The post is relatively polished but contains the combative framing ("lied") characteristic of Trump. Likely a hybrid—Trump's sentiment, possibly aide-assisted formatting. The attached video suggests coordination with staff.

### Psychological Analysis
The post is driven by narcissistic injury from the Colorado disqualification effort. The framing "to set the record straight" and "who lied" reveals denial and counterattack patterns. Calling the lawyer a liar is a characteristic ad hominem deflection from the substance of the legal argument. The phrase "the protest" (referring to January 6th) is notable minimization/distortion—reframing what has been legally characterized as an insurrection as merely a "protest."

### Rhetorical Techniques
The video attachment serves as an appeal to evidence, but the framing ("lied," "protest") pre-structures interpretation. This is a DARVO-adjacent move: deny the characterization, attack the accuser, reframe events.

### Reality Distortion
Referring to January 6th as "the protest" constitutes significant reality distortion given that participants were convicted of seditious conspiracy.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The Colorado lawyer lied during SCOTUS oral arguments" | **Unverifiable** | Without specifying which statements were lies, the claim is too vague to fact-check. Jason Murray presented legal arguments during oral arguments; characterizing legal advocacy as 'lying' conflates argumentation with dishonesty. |
| "January 6th was a 'protest'" | **Mostly False** | While some participants may have been peaceful protesters, the events included a violent breach of the Capitol resulting in deaths, injuries, and over 1,000 criminal convictions including seditious conspiracy charges. Courts have consistently characterized it as more than a protest. |

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 50%)

### Indicators

- Business hours posting (2:57 PM ET)
- Relatively structured sentence
- Combative tone ('lied') is authentic Trump
- Video attachment suggests staff coordination
- Mixed signals between polished format and emotional framing

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Colorado lawyer / SCOTUS disqualification case)

**Rage:** Intensity 50% targeting Colorado lawyer (Jason Murray)
- Proportionality: 40%

Sentiment: -0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 50%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 10%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- framing self as truth-teller against liars
- providing 'evidence' to create shared counter-narrative

## Danger Assessment

**NONE**

### Gaslighting

- Reframing January 6th as 'the protest' contradicts extensive legal and documentary record
- Accusing opposing counsel of lying without specifying falsehoods
- Presenting selective video evidence to construct alternative narrative

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-24._

> The Colorado lawyer lied during SCOTUS oral arguments

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Without specifying which statements were lies, the claim is too vague to fact-check. Jason Murray presented legal arguments during oral arguments; characterizing legal advocacy as 'lying' conflates argumentation with dishonesty.

Sources: SCOTUS oral arguments, Trump v. Anderson, Feb 8, 2024

> January 6th was a 'protest'

**MOSTLY FALSE**

While some participants may have been peaceful protesters, the events included a violent breach of the Capitol resulting in deaths, injuries, and over 1,000 criminal convictions including seditious conspiracy charges. Courts have consistently characterized it as more than a protest.

Sources: DOJ January 6 prosecution records; US v. Rhodes et al. (seditious conspiracy conviction)

Overall Veracity: 35%

## Tags

- january-6-minimization (90%)
- scotus-ballot-case (80%)
- narcissistic-injury-response (70%)
- counter-narrative (60%)
- darvo-adjacent (50%)

## That day

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

**A Three-Front Day Pivots From Legal Anxiety to Offensive Triumphalism**

Three major events collided on a packed Thursday: the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether Colorado could remove Trump from the ballot, a special counsel report slammed Biden over classified documents, and Trump won the Nevada caucuses unopposed. Most of the day's 46 posts were staff-curated links to favorable polls and endorsements, projecting an air of inevitability. The Hur report stole the show -- Trump seized on its finding that Biden "willfully retained" documents while simultaneously mocking Biden's memory, an internally contradictory but politically potent double attack. The day's sharpest flash of anger came when Trump compared his own prosecution to Biden's non-prosecution, calling federal investigators "Thugs." By evening, the mood had settled into confident campaign-trail energy buoyed by a dominant Nevada showing.

Full digest for 2024-02-08: https://trump.fm/date/2024-02-08/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2024, February 8). To set the record straight with the Colorado... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111897623908578705
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "To set the record straight with the Colorado lawyer who..." Truth Social, 8 Feb. 2024. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111897623908578705. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "To set the record straight with the Colorado lawyer who...," Truth Social, February 8, 2024, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111897623908578705.

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