# Post ts_117486876444263744

- Post ID: `ts_117486876444263744`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-10-22T22:17:45.275Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117486876444263744
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117486876444263744/analysis

## Post text

> TO THE GREAT PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA, GET OUT AND VOTE FOR:
>
> – Julia Letlow for U.S. Senate
> – Steve Scalise for U.S. Congress (LA-01)
> – Clay Higgins for U.S. Congress (LA-03)
> – Speaker Mike Johnson for U.S. Congress (LA-04)
>
> These Great Patriots have my Complete and Total Endorsement — They will never let you down! President DONALD J. TRUMP
> https://swampthevoteusa.com/louisiana/

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-10-22T23:17:08.121Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## One state in an alphabetical sweep

This post sits inside a run of near-identical endorsement cards published on the afternoon of October 22: Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, in alphabetical order. Each state gets two posts. One is an early-voting alert ("🚨 LOUISIANA! Early Voting, in-person, is UNDERWAY NOW") and the other is a slate card in the form "TO THE GREAT PEOPLE OF [STATE], ... VOTE FOR:", followed by en-dash bullets, a fixed closing line, a signature and a swampthevoteusa.com/[state]/ link. The Louisiana card differs from the Kansas and Kentucky cards in one verb phrase, "GET OUT AND VOTE" where they say "MAKE A PLAN TO VOTE". That fits Louisiana's early voting already being open (the sibling alert says it runs "through October 27th"). Someone running the template made that choice.

## Who wrote it

The timestamp is 22:17 UTC, which is 6:17 p.m. Eastern and 5:17 p.m. Central. Trump was scheduled to travel to Iowa that day, so in either timezone this is late afternoon or early evening, around his travel. Everything in the text points to staff:

- District codes in house style: "LA-01", "LA-03", "LA-04".
- Typeset punctuation, the en-dash bullets and the em-dash in "Complete and Total Endorsement — They will never let you down!", which his organic posts don't use.
- A third-person signature, "President DONALD J. TRUMP".
- No errors, no drift and no aside.

The formula "Complete and Total Endorsement" is his own coinage. Here it is pasted in like a brand mark. The strongest evidence is the batch itself: five states in sequence with interchangeable wording.

## What the card shows

Nearly every word is fixed boilerplate, so the card says little about Trump's state of mind. It does show how the operation presents him.

- **Idealization of the in-group.** "These Great Patriots" and "They will never let you down!" give an unconditional guarantee of loyalty. The candidates are shown as extensions of the endorser, and his endorsement is presented as the voter's reason to trust them.
- **Status framing.** Only one candidate gets a title, "Speaker Mike Johnson". Listing a rank-and-file House seat under a leadership title reminds readers that Trump's coalition holds the chamber, and that Johnson's position depends on keeping it.
- **Grandiose voice through formula.** "My Complete and Total Endorsement" treats the endorsement as an asset worth more than the candidates' own records. The construction is the familiar one, delivered by a routine.

The Louisiana slate has some backstory. Trump endorsed Julia Letlow for the Senate earlier in the cycle, against Bill Cassidy, the incumbent who voted to convict him in the 2021 impeachment trial. On this card, though, the Senate line reads exactly like the House lines, with no swipe at Cassidy and no mention of the primary. Whatever grudge sat behind that endorsement is not in this text, so the card can't be used as evidence of grievance.

## Context and stakes

The card ran four days after a Washington Post-ABC-Ipsos poll put his approval at 33 percent, during a week of rallies in Kentucky, South Carolina and Iowa. The volume and alphabetical order of the batch suggest a campaign pushing turnout across the map. The sibling alerts say "Radical Left Dumocrats" and "SWAMP", but this card has no opponent in it at all. It runs only on in-group praise, so there is no target, and the danger indicators don't apply.

Template text gives no usable sample for cognitive tracking. The Louisiana delegation is listed correctly, with Scalise, Higgins and Johnson matched to their actual districts.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Steve Scalise represents LA-01, Clay Higgins LA-03, and Mike Johnson (House Speaker) LA-04" | **True** | Scalise has held Louisiana's 1st district since 2008, Higgins the 3rd since 2017, and Johnson the 4th since 2017. Johnson has been Speaker since October 2023. |
| "Early voting is underway in Louisiana (implied by 'GET OUT AND VOTE' and the companion post)" | **True** | In-person early voting for Louisiana's November 3, 2026 general election ran from Tuesday, October 20 through Tuesday, October 27, 2026. Polling sites were open 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day except Sunday, October 25. The post went up Thursday, October 22, the third day of early voting, so voting was underway, and the companion post's 'through October 27th' end date is correct.

Sources that confirm it:
- Fox 8 (WVUE), October 20, 2026 at 6:27 p.m. CDT: early voting started that day and ends October 27, open until 6 p.m. daily except Sunday. The article lists the races the post names: Letlow (R) against Democrat Jamie Davis for U.S. Senate, and Steve Scalise in LA-01.
- Shreveport Times via Yahoo News, updated October 21, 2026: early voting runs October 20 to 27, closed Sunday, October 25, with registrar offices open 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Louisiana Illuminator: an October 19 explainer gives the dates ('early voting takes place from Tuesday to Oct. 27, minus Sunday'), and an October 22 article reports first-day turnout. These pages blocked direct fetching, so I'm relying on their search-indexed text. That text says about 115,000 people voted in person on the first day, and Black voters made up 32% of them.
- Search-indexed listings of the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar show early voting starting October 20 and ending October 27 for the November 3 election, with a note that the legislature can change dates. The calendar PDF itself returned 404 when fetched directly. Other deadlines on the calendar: in-person and mail registration closed October 5, online registration closed October 13, mail-ballot requests are due October 30, and mail ballots must arrive by November 2.

These dates follow Louisiana's usual rule for non-presidential general elections, which puts early voting 14 to 7 days before Election Day (November 3 minus 14 days is October 20, minus 7 is October 27).

One timing detail: the post was made at 22:17 UTC, which is 5:17 p.m. Central. That was inside that day's early voting hours, about 43 minutes before sites closed at 6 p.m. The 'GET OUT AND VOTE' wording correctly fits an early voting period that was already open. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 7%)

### Indicators

- Part of an alphabetical, templated batch (Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana) with interchangeable wording
- Posted 22:17 UTC: 6:17 p.m. ET / 5:17 p.m. CT, on a travel day to Iowa
- Third-person signature 'President DONALD J. TRUMP'
- Typeset en-dash bullets and em-dash, which are absent from his organic posts
- Standardized district codes (LA-01, LA-03, LA-04)

## Psychological Profile

### Traits

**Big Five:**
- Extraversion: 60%
- Agreeableness: 50%
- Conscientiousness: 50%
- Neuroticism: 20%
- Openness: 20%

Strongest facet: assertiveness (directive call to vote, persona-centred endorsement)

**Motives:**
- Agency: 70%
- Communion: 40%

Primary drive: power

### Narrative

- **Role:** kingmaker / patron whose endorsement confers trust
- **Arc:** neutral
- **Contrasting:** None named in this card; the sibling posts supply 'Radical Left Dumocrats'

**Identity Claims:**
- His endorsement is the decisive credential ('my Complete and Total Endorsement')
- Allies are loyal and dependable ('They will never let you down!')

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Midterm early-voting turnout campaign)

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 25%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 100%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to a state's people ('TO THE GREAT PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA')
- Personal guarantee of candidates' loyalty ('They will never let you down!')

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-10-22._

> Steve Scalise represents LA-01, Clay Higgins LA-03, and Mike Johnson (House Speaker) LA-04

**TRUE**

Scalise has held Louisiana's 1st district since 2008, Higgins the 3rd since 2017, and Johnson the 4th since 2017. Johnson has been Speaker since October 2023.

Sources: House Clerk member directory

> Early voting is underway in Louisiana (implied by 'GET OUT AND VOTE' and the companion post)

**TRUE**

In-person early voting for Louisiana's November 3, 2026 general election ran from Tuesday, October 20 through Tuesday, October 27, 2026. Polling sites were open 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day except Sunday, October 25. The post went up Thursday, October 22, the third day of early voting, so voting was underway, and the companion post's 'through October 27th' end date is correct.

Sources that confirm it:
- Fox 8 (WVUE), October 20, 2026 at 6:27 p.m. CDT: early voting started that day and ends October 27, open until 6 p.m. daily except Sunday. The article lists the races the post names: Letlow (R) against Democrat Jamie Davis for U.S. Senate, and Steve Scalise in LA-01.
- Shreveport Times via Yahoo News, updated October 21, 2026: early voting runs October 20 to 27, closed Sunday, October 25, with registrar offices open 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Louisiana Illuminator: an October 19 explainer gives the dates ('early voting takes place from Tuesday to Oct. 27, minus Sunday'), and an October 22 article reports first-day turnout. These pages blocked direct fetching, so I'm relying on their search-indexed text. That text says about 115,000 people voted in person on the first day, and Black voters made up 32% of them.
- Search-indexed listings of the Secretary of State's 2026 elections calendar show early voting starting October 20 and ending October 27 for the November 3 election, with a note that the legislature can change dates. The calendar PDF itself returned 404 when fetched directly. Other deadlines on the calendar: in-person and mail registration closed October 5, online registration closed October 13, mail-ballot requests are due October 30, and mail ballots must arrive by November 2.

These dates follow Louisiana's usual rule for non-presidential general elections, which puts early voting 14 to 7 days before Election Day (November 3 minus 14 days is October 20, minus 7 is October 27).

One timing detail: the post was made at 22:17 UTC, which is 5:17 p.m. Central. That was inside that day's early voting hours, about 43 minutes before sites closed at 6 p.m. The 'GET OUT AND VOTE' wording correctly fits an early voting period that was already open.

Sources: https://www.fox8live.com/2026/10/20/control-congress-stake-early-voting-begins-louisiana/; https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/early-voting-senate-begun-louisiana-151242960.html; https://lailluminator.com/2026/10/19/louisiana-early-voting-takes-place-from-tuesday-to-oct-27-minus-sunday/; https://lailluminator.com/2026/10/22/black-voter-turnout-higher-than-normal-for-louisianas-first-day-of-early-voting/; https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/louisiana-early-voting-takes-place-tuesday-oct-27-minus-sunday; https://www.klfy.com/news/political-news/louisiana-early-voting-starts-for-nov-3-election/; https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/early-voting-underway-louisiana-u-232935177.html; https://www.SOS.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/PublishedDocuments/ElectionsCalendar2026.pdf; https://www.sos.la.gov/electionsandvoting/getelectioninformation/pages/default.aspx; https://nolalibrary.org/2026/08/25/voting-resources/

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- endorsement (90%)
- get-out-the-vote (90%)
- staff-template-batch (90%)
- midterms-2026 (80%)
- idealization (40%)
- louisiana (60%)

## That day

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

**Trump cheers the Ohio ad in which Amy Acton's estranged mother calls her a liar, wishing 'the mothers of my opponents would be so brave'**

Nearly two-thirds of the day's posts were campaign machinery. The same early-voting notice and endorsement list went out for state after state, usually reposted from his own account a minute or two later, in a morning burst and a much bigger one in the early evening as he headed to a rally in Iowa. The morning also filled with videos and screenshots of other people praising him, including a supporter calling him a 'genius' playing '4D chess' and a Ted Nugent speech about eliminating the Democratic Party. The few posts that sounded like him ran on grievance: a second Dan Sullivan on Alaska's ballot was a Democratic 'SCAM,' Iran was faking attacks to push oil prices up before the election, and LeBron James owed fallen soldiers an apology over the anthem. The sharpest came in the early afternoon, when he praised an Ohio ad in which Democrat Amy Acton's estranged mother calls her a liar, wished his own opponents' mothers were as 'brave,' and called Ohio's Republican governor 'disloyal' for objecting.

Full digest for 2026-10-22: https://trump.fm/date/2026-10-22/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, October 22). TO THE GREAT PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA, GET OUT AND... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_117486876444263744
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "TO THE GREAT PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA, GET OUT AND VOTE FOR: –..." Truth Social, 22 Oct. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_117486876444263744. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "TO THE GREAT PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA, GET OUT AND VOTE FOR: –...," Truth Social, October 22, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_117486876444263744.

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