# Post ts_116615125212867437

- Post ID: `ts_116615125212867437`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-05-21T23:19:57.155Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116615125212867437/analysis
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## Post text

> I love the Great State of South Carolina, won every one of my Races there by a landslide, and only want the BEST representing you in Elected Office!
>
> There’s this RINO Candidate in the Palmetto State named David Pascoe, a lifelong Democrat who previously endorsed Crooked Joe Biden for President, and served as a Biden Co-Chair in South Carolina, who is running in the Republican Primary to be your next Attorney General — Pascoe is a total fraud and phony, and is no friend of our incredible Movement to, MAKE SOUTH CAROLINA, AND AMERICA, GREAT AGAIN!
>
> To our amazing South Carolina MAGA Patriots: Please make sure to get out and vote AGAINST “RINO” David Pascoe in the June Republican Primary for Attorney General, and make sure he never holds Elected Office again. THANK YOU SOUTH CAROLINA — MAGA2026!

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-05-23T13:01:08.718Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-05-22T00:13:52.650Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

Routine anti-endorsement attack against a South Carolina Republican AG primary candidate framed as a "RINO" infiltrator. Post follows a standardized three-paragraph template (state flattery → target identification with disloyalty evidence → electoral call to action) shared across multiple endorsements posted the same day, suggesting aide-drafted content with Trump stylistic markers inserted ("RINO," "Crooked Joe Biden," "MAGA Patriots," "Palmetto State," ALL CAPS slogans, "MAGA2026!"). Timing (7:19 PM ET) and clean grammar further support aide involvement. Psychologically unremarkable: no acute trigger, no narcissistic injury, no rage. Trump occupies a kingmaker/gatekeeper role, asserting authority to define legitimate Republican identity and punish perceived disloyalty (Pascoe's alleged Biden ties). Defense mechanisms operate at the immature level — splitting (pure devaluation/idealization) and mild projection ("fraud and phony"). Rhetorical techniques are standard primary-attack fare: loaded labels, guilt-by-association, in-group/out-group framing, hyperbole, loyalty-test framing. No danger indicators; calls to action are explicitly electoral. No cognitive concerns. No marked deviation from longitudinal baseline. This is the political machine functioning normally rather than a clinically significant moment.

## Analysis: Anti-Endorsement Against David Pascoe (SC AG Primary)

### Authorship Attribution
**Score: 0.45 (mixed, leaning aide-assisted)**

Time conversion: 23:19 UTC = 7:19 PM ET (evening, likely Mar-a-Lago or DC). Falls outside the late-night authentic window. The post displays a highly formulaic three-paragraph anti-endorsement structure that has become a standardized template across the day's posts (Merrin endorsement earlier shares identical scaffolding). Specific aide indicators: clean grammar, no typos, intact punctuation, complete sentences, structured argument (love state → identify target → call to action), specific political-attack scaffolding (lifelong Democrat, Biden Co-Chair). Trump-voice indicators are present but appear stylistically inserted: "RINO," "Crooked Joe Biden," "MAGA Patriots," "Palmetto State," ALL CAPS slogans, and the signature "MAGA2026!" sign-off. The capitalized-noun mannerism ("Races," "Movement," "Elected Office") is consistent with Trump's idiolect. Overall this reads as aide-drafted with Trump's stylistic fingerprints sprinkled in for authenticity — a ghostwritten endorsement attack run through a "Trump filter."

### Psychological State & Triggers
Trigger type: **maintenance/political utility** rather than narcissistic injury. No evidence of acute rage or wounded affect. The post serves an instrumental electoral function: punishing a perceived disloyal Republican (former Biden endorser) and reinforcing loyalty norms within the MAGA hierarchy. Narcissistic state: mildly grandiose (the opener — "won every one of my Races there by a landslide" — establishes personal dominance over the state as the legitimating frame for the endorsement).

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Splitting** (immature): Pascoe is "total fraud and phony," "no friend" — pure devaluation with no nuance.
- **Devaluation/Idealization pairing** (immature): South Carolina = "Great State," "amazing MAGA Patriots"; Pascoe = "RINO," "fraud."
- **Projection** (immature, mild): "fraud and phony" — terms frequently applied by Trump to himself by critics, now redirected outward.

### Rhetorical Techniques
- Loaded labels: "RINO," "lifelong Democrat," "Crooked Joe Biden"
- Guilt-by-association (Biden Co-Chair → cannot be legitimate Republican)
- In-group/out-group framing (us: MAGA Patriots; them: RINO)
- Hyperbole ("won every one... by a landslide," "BEST")
- ALL CAPS for affective emphasis ("MAKE SOUTH CAROLINA, AND AMERICA, GREAT AGAIN")
- Loyalty test framing: a true Republican must reject Pascoe
- Personalization of state ("representing you")

### Narrative Identity
Protagonist: **kingmaker/gatekeeper** — Trump positions himself as the legitimating authority who decides who qualifies as a "real" Republican. Contrasting other: the disloyal infiltrator (Pascoe as crypto-Democrat). This is consistent with the longitudinal pattern of Trump asserting ownership over Republican electoral identity.

### Order/Chaos & Archetypal
**King-archetype mode**: dispensing favor and disfavor to subordinates. Order-restorer framing: protecting the party from contamination. Hierarchy: elevating MAGA loyalists, demoting the "RINO." Low chaos energy — this is institutional power being exercised through endorsement machinery.

### Danger Assessment
**None.** No eliminationist language, no dehumanization beyond standard political invective, no implied violence. The call to action is explicitly electoral ("get out and vote AGAINST").

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Trump won every one of his races in South Carolina by a landslide" | **Mostly True** | Trump won the South Carolina Republican presidential primaries in 2016 and 2024 and carried the state in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 general elections by substantial margins (approximately 14-point margins in general elections). 'Landslide' is hyperbolic but the underlying claim of consistent strong wins is accurate. |
| "David Pascoe is a lifelong Democrat who previously endorsed Joe Biden and served as a Biden Co-Chair in South Carolina" | **Mostly True** | Two of the three component claims check out, while one (the co-chair designation) appears to be embellishment without documentary support.

Democratic affiliation: David Michael Pascoe (b. March 2, 1967) first ran for First Circuit Solicitor as a Democrat in 2000, held the position as a Democrat since 2005, won his last Democratic primary in 2024, and only switched to the Republican Party on April 10, 2025. That's roughly 25 years as an elected Democrat — his entire political career. 'Lifelong' is technically a stretch (he's now a Republican), but the underlying characterization that his career was Democratic is accurate.

Biden endorsement: Verified true. The Biden 2020 campaign issued a press release on January 23, 2020 announcing Pascoe's endorsement, in which he called Biden 'the most decent man I have ever met in American politics' (archived at The American Presidency Project and democracyinaction.us). Pascoe also made Biden the headline guest at his annual oyster roast and fish fry in Orangeburg in January 2020, an event widely credited with helping revive Biden's struggling primary campaign before his decisive SC win. Pascoe was also reportedly Biden's preferred pick for U.S. Attorney in South Carolina (FITSNews 2021), though the nomination was blocked.

Biden co-chair: Unsupported. No source I located — including Biden campaign press releases, news coverage of Pascoe's party switch in the Post and Courier, SC Daily Gazette, Wikipedia, FITSNews, or even MAGA-aligned coverage attacking Pascoe (The American Tribune) — identifies Pascoe as a formal co-chair of Biden's South Carolina campaign. The documented SC co-chairs for Biden 2020 include Marguerite Willis and Bernice Scott (Women for Biden), Dick Riley and Inez Tenenbaum (Educators for Biden), and Jim Clyburn as a national co-chair. Pascoe consistently appears in the record as an endorser and host, not a co-chair. The 'co-chair' framing appears to be a Trump/aide embellishment of Pascoe's genuine but less formal Biden support. |

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 45%)

### Indicators

- 7:19 PM ET timing (evening, not late-night window)
- Standardized three-paragraph endorsement template shared with other same-day posts
- Clean grammar, no typos, complete sentences
- Trump stylistic markers present: RINO, Crooked Joe Biden, Palmetto State, MAGA Patriots, ALL CAPS slogans
- Capitalized-noun idiolect (Races, Movement, Elected Office)

## Psychological Profile

### Traits

**Big Five:**
- Extraversion: 65%
- Agreeableness: 20%
- Conscientiousness: 50%
- Neuroticism: 40%
- Openness: 30%

Strongest facet: low agreeableness / assertive extraversion

**Motives:**
- Agency: 80%
- Communion: 35%

Primary drive: power

### Narrative

- **Role:** kingmaker/gatekeeper of Republican legitimacy
- **Arc:** neutral
- **Contrasting:** David Pascoe as crypto-Democrat infiltrator / RINO

**Identity Claims:**
- Electoral dominator of South Carolina ('won every one of my Races... by a landslide')
- Arbiter of who qualifies as a real Republican
- Leader of 'our incredible Movement'

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Routine electoral gatekeeping in advance of June SC GOP primary)

Sentiment: -0.20

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 40%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 30%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- devaluation (immature)
- idealization (immature)
- projection (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 55%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to followers ('representing you,' 'To our amazing South Carolina MAGA Patriots')
- In-group identity reinforcement
- Loyalty-test framing

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-05-22._

> Trump won every one of his races in South Carolina by a landslide

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Trump won the South Carolina Republican presidential primaries in 2016 and 2024 and carried the state in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 general elections by substantial margins (approximately 14-point margins in general elections). 'Landslide' is hyperbolic but the underlying claim of consistent strong wins is accurate.

> David Pascoe is a lifelong Democrat who previously endorsed Joe Biden and served as a Biden Co-Chair in South Carolina

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Two of the three component claims check out, while one (the co-chair designation) appears to be embellishment without documentary support.

Democratic affiliation: David Michael Pascoe (b. March 2, 1967) first ran for First Circuit Solicitor as a Democrat in 2000, held the position as a Democrat since 2005, won his last Democratic primary in 2024, and only switched to the Republican Party on April 10, 2025. That's roughly 25 years as an elected Democrat — his entire political career. 'Lifelong' is technically a stretch (he's now a Republican), but the underlying characterization that his career was Democratic is accurate.

Biden endorsement: Verified true. The Biden 2020 campaign issued a press release on January 23, 2020 announcing Pascoe's endorsement, in which he called Biden 'the most decent man I have ever met in American politics' (archived at The American Presidency Project and democracyinaction.us). Pascoe also made Biden the headline guest at his annual oyster roast and fish fry in Orangeburg in January 2020, an event widely credited with helping revive Biden's struggling primary campaign before his decisive SC win. Pascoe was also reportedly Biden's preferred pick for U.S. Attorney in South Carolina (FITSNews 2021), though the nomination was blocked.

Biden co-chair: Unsupported. No source I located — including Biden campaign press releases, news coverage of Pascoe's party switch in the Post and Courier, SC Daily Gazette, Wikipedia, FITSNews, or even MAGA-aligned coverage attacking Pascoe (The American Tribune) — identifies Pascoe as a formal co-chair of Biden's South Carolina campaign. The documented SC co-chairs for Biden 2020 include Marguerite Willis and Bernice Scott (Women for Biden), Dick Riley and Inez Tenenbaum (Educators for Biden), and Jim Clyburn as a national co-chair. Pascoe consistently appears in the record as an endorser and host, not a co-chair. The 'co-chair' framing appears to be a Trump/aide embellishment of Pascoe's genuine but less formal Biden support.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pascoe; https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/biden-campaign-press-release-south-carolina-first-judicial-circuit-solicitor-david-pascoe; https://democracyinaction.us/2020/biden/bidenscendorse.html; https://scdailygazette.com/2025/04/11/solicitor-switches-from-democrat-to-republican-confirms-hes-considering-ag-run/; https://scdailygazette.com/2025/08/19/solicitor-who-switched-parties-officially-launches-bid-for-sc-attorney-general/; https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/local_politics/south-carolina-david-pascoe-gop-party-switch/article_cc5cabdb-8407-4f58-b4ac-9a11cdc74d26.html; https://ballotpedia.org/David_Pascoe; https://www.fitsnews.com/2026/03/03/south-carolina-attorney-general-candidate-blasted-by-maga-influencers/; https://theamericantribune.com/rino-democrat-scheme-to-seize-deep-red-state-ag-position-through-treachery-gets-exposed/; https://thetandd.com/news/local/pascoe-endorses-biden/article_337b937b-74b4-59b5-9073-fea6755d287e.html

Overall Veracity: 80%

## Tags

- endorsement-attack (100%)
- primary-election (90%)
- south-carolina (100%)
- attorney-general (90%)
- RINO-framing (95%)
- loyalty-test (80%)
- aide-assisted (70%)
- kingmaker-role (85%)
- splitting (80%)
- MAGA2026 (70%)

## That day

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

**Trump announces 5,000 more U.S. troops for Poland "based on" the election of the president he endorsed**

Trump started late the night before by demanding that Jack Smith's former team "all be prosecuted." He then went quiet overnight and came back in the morning with a hawkish op-ed about Iran. The afternoon was mostly politics as usual: gloating over Geoff Duncan's loss in Georgia, a run of endorsements and one attack on a candidate, and praise for a committee vote on permanent Daylight Saving Time. The moment that stood out was his announcement of 5,000 more troops for Poland, which he explained by pointing to his endorsement of Poland's president. Right after it came a burst of posts about fountains in Washington, D.C.

Full digest for 2026-05-21: https://trump.fm/date/2026-05-21/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, May 21). I love the Great State of South Carolina, won... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_116615125212867437
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "I love the Great State of South Carolina, won every one of..." Truth Social, 21 May. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116615125212867437. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "I love the Great State of South Carolina, won every one of...," Truth Social, May 21, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116615125212867437.

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