# Post ts_117542836089265376

- Post ID: `ts_117542836089265376`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-11-01T19:29:01.696Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117542836089265376
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117542836089265376/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117542836089265376.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> TO THE GREAT PEOPLE OF TEXAS, GET OUT AND VOTE FOR:
>
> – Ken Paxton for U.S. Senate
> – Greg Abbott for Governor
> – Dan Patrick for Lieutenant Governor
> – Mayes Middleton for Attorney General
> – Don Huffines for Comptroller
> – Dawn Buckingham for Land Commissioner
> – Nathaniel Moran for U.S. Congress (TX-01)
> – Steve Toth for U.S. Congress (TX-02)
> – Keith Self for U.S. Congress (TX-03)
> – Pat Fallon for U.S. Congress (TX-04)
> – Lance Gooden for U.S. Congress (TX-05)
> – Jake Ellzey for U.S. Congress (TX-06)
> – Jessica Steinmann for U.S. Congress (TX-08)
> – Alex Mealer for U.S. Congress (TX-09)
> – Chris Gober for U.S. Congress (TX-10)
> – August Pfluger for U.S. Congress (TX-11)
> – Craig Goldman for U.S. Congress (TX-12)
> – Ronny Jackson for U.S. Congress (TX-13)
> – Randy Weber for U.S. Congress (TX-14)
> – Monica De La Cruz for U.S. Congress (TX-15)
> – Pete Sessions for U.S. Congress (TX-17)
> – Tom Sell for U.S. Congress (TX-19)
> – Mark Teixeira for U.S. Congress (TX-21)
> – Trever Nehls for U.S. Congress (TX-22)
> – Brandon Herrera for U.S. Congress (TX-23)
> – Beth Van Duyne for U.S. Congress (TX-24)
> – Roger Williams for U.S. Congress (TX-25)
> – Brandon Gill for U.S. Congress (TX-26)
> – Michael Cloud for U.S. Congress (TX-27)
> – Tano Tijerina for U.S. Congress (TX-28)
> – John Carter for U.S. Congress (TX-31)
> – Jace Yarbrough for U.S. Congress (TX-32)
> – Eric Flores for U.S. Congress (TX-34)
> – Carlos De La Cruz for U.S. Congress (TX-35)
> – Brian Babin for U.S. Congress (TX-36)
> – Jon Bonck for U.S. Congress (TX-38)
>
> These Great Patriots have my Complete and Total Endorsement — They will never let you down! President DONALD J. TRUMP
> https://swampthevoteusa.com/texas/

## What the media says

**Image** (other), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's:

> A promotional graphic with a dark red background and a faint, enlarged image of a man's face and pointing hand behind the layout. At top is a "TEAM TRUMP" logo, then "TEXAS" in large gold letters, then "TRUMP-ENDORSED CANDIDATES" between two stars. A gold banner reads "NOVEMBER 3, 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS". Inside a rounded box are six circular headshots for statewide offices: Governor Greg Abbott, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, Attorney General Mayes Middleton, Comptroller Don Huffines, Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, U.S. Senate Ken Paxton. Below, under "U.S. House", are two rows of seven circular headshots each, labeled with names and district numbers 01 to 15 (14 candidates, with district numbers 01 through 15 shown). A gold footer banner gives the website SWAMPTHEVOTEUSA.COM.

Text in the image: "TEAM TRUMP TEXAS TRUMP-ENDORSED CANDIDATES NOVEMBER 3, 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS Governor Lt. Governor Attorney General Comptroller Land Commissioner U.S. Senate Greg Abbott Dan Patrick Mayes Middleton Don Huffines Dawn Buckingham Ken Paxton U.S. House Nathaniel Moran (01) Steve Toth (02) Keith Self (03) Pat Fallon (04) Lance Gooden (05) Jake Ellzey (06) Jessica Steinmann (08) Alex Mealer (09) Chris Gober (10) August Pfluger (11) Craig Goldman (12) Ronny Jackson (13) Randy Weber (14) Monica De La Cruz (15) VISIT SWAMPTHEVOTEUSA.COM"

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/117/542/834/834/622/476/original/94c9c1047aa9ec2b.jpg

## Engagement

- Likes: 8,582
- Reposts: 2,521
- Replies: 463
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-11-03T16:02:36.359Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-11-01T20:34:24.477Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## A 36-name slate, two days before the midterm

This is the closing roll-up of a run of Texas endorsements posted the same day. Earlier posts gave Ken Paxton, Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick, Mayes Middleton and Don Huffines each a paragraph of praise. This one gathers them with 30 House nominees into a single list, attaches a "TEAM TRUMP / TRUMP-ENDORSED CANDIDATES" graphic, and links to the campaign's turnout site. The audience is Texas Republican voters and the call is narrow: "GET OUT AND VOTE FOR." The election it points to is November 3, 2026, two days off.

### Who wrote it

The post was published at 19:29 UTC. US daylight saving time ended early on November 1, 2026, so that is 2:29 pm Eastern or 1:29 pm Central, on a Sunday afternoon. Every structural feature points to staff:

- A uniform roster ("– Pat Fallon for U.S. Congress (TX-04)"), with each district code in zero-padded parentheses matching the graphic's "(04)" labels.
- The less familiar names are spelled correctly: "Trever Nehls" (the twin brother running for Troy Nehls's open seat, not a misspelling), "Tano Tijerina", "Jon Bonck".
- A third-person signature block, "President DONALD J. TRUMP", followed by a campaign URL.
- One closing sentence of boilerplate: "These Great Patriots have my Complete and Total Endorsement — They will never let you down!"

The closing formula is his own coinage, but by 2026 it works as a stamp his team applies to endorsements. The likely process is that he approved the slate and the staff produced the post. The list also leaves out TX-07, 16, 18, 20, 29, 30, 33 and 37, the districts where Republicans have no realistic path. That reads as a political operation's targeting choices. It says nothing about his own attention.

### What it shows about him

There is little to read, because almost nothing here is in his own words. The one sentence that is his reflects his familiar schema about loyalty. Earlier in the day he praised Paxton as "someone who has always been extremely loyal to me." Here the same idea is turned toward the voter: "They will never let you down." Endorsement is framed as a guarantee of reliability, and the guarantor is Trump. "Great Patriots" places all 36 candidates in an undifferentiated good category. That is mild idealization at the level of routine campaign praise. Nobody is set against them as a split-off bad group.

The self-promotion in the individual posts ("WON BIG three times, including with 6.4 Million Votes in 2024 (The most Votes in History, BY FAR)!") is missing from the roll-up. The day's grandiosity sits in those posts and is not repeated here. The trigger is maintenance. With the election close, the goal is to turn out his coalition and attach his name to its results. Nothing in the text responds to a slight, an attack or a loss. In motive terms the post is agentic: it claims ownership of a slate whose wins can later be counted as his. The words show no communion beyond the "GREAT PEOPLE OF TEXAS" salutation.

A staff-built candidate roster says nothing about his word retrieval, syntax or coherence. It should not be entered as a data point for cognitive trends in either direction.

### Rhetoric and the site's name

The devices are standard: capitalized honorifics ("Great Patriots", "Complete and Total"), a direct imperative, and the use of his brand ("TEAM TRUMP") as the voting cue in place of policy. The URL's "Swamp the Vote" name combines his "drain the swamp" slogan with the campaign's turnout idea of winning margins large enough to overwhelm any dispute. That idea has historically sat beside claims of fraud. This post makes no such claim, and the slogan alone does not make it one. The text contains no dehumanizing language, no named enemy and no call to anything beyond voting.

### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The midterm elections are on November 3, 2026 (from the graphic he posted)" | **True** | Federal law sets Election Day as the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. In 2026 that is November 3, when the midterm general election, including Texas statewide and congressional races, takes place. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 10%)

### Indicators

- Sunday mid-afternoon posting (about 2:29 pm Eastern / 1:29 pm Central)
- Uniform templated roster with zero-padded district codes matching the graphic
- Accurate spelling of less familiar names (Trever Nehls, Tano Tijerina, Jon Bonck)
- Third-person signature block 'President DONALD J. TRUMP' plus campaign URL
- Single stock closing line ('Complete and Total Endorsement') with no drift or tangent

## Psychological Profile

### Traits

**Big Five:**
- Extraversion: 70%
- Agreeableness: 50%
- Conscientiousness: 50%
- Neuroticism: 20%
- Openness: 30%

Strongest facet: assertiveness

**Motives:**
- Agency: 75%
- Communion: 25%

Primary drive: power

### Narrative

- **Role:** kingmaker / movement leader vouching for his slate
- **Arc:** neutral
- **Contrasting:** None named in this post

**Identity Claims:**
- His endorsement guarantees loyalty and reliability ('They will never let you down!')
- Leader of TEAM TRUMP

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Final days before the November 3, 2026 midterm election)

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to 'THE GREAT PEOPLE OF TEXAS'
- Personal guarantee ('my Complete and Total Endorsement')
- Brand identity as voting cue ('TEAM TRUMP' graphic)

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-11-01._

> The midterm elections are on November 3, 2026 (from the graphic he posted)

**TRUE**

Federal law sets Election Day as the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. In 2026 that is November 3, when the midterm general election, including Texas statewide and congressional races, takes place.

Sources: 2 U.S.C. § 7; Texas Secretary of State election calendar

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- endorsement (100%)
- texas (90%)
- midterms-2026 (90%)
- get-out-the-vote (80%)
- aide-authored (80%)
- loyalty-schema (40%)

## That day

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

**Two days before the vote, Trump says Alaska's 'Fake' Daniel Sullivan has vanished and committed a crime**

Two days before the midterms, almost all of Sunday's posting was campaign machinery. Endorsements that read as written by staff went out in rapid bursts for Kansas and Iowa in the morning. After lunch came nearly the whole Texas Republican slate, district by district, in about half an hour, ahead of his rallies in Iowa and Kansas. His own voice showed up in a handful of posts in between, and they all pushed one idea, that the other side is cheating: he stamped "SCAM!" on Alaska's Senate ballot, passed along a Kansas vote-buying complaint with details the official release didn't support, and declared that the private citizen running in Alaska under the Republican senator's name had committed a crime and disappeared, though no charge has been reported. His Kansas Senate endorsement also tied the Democratic candidate, a well-known pastor, to a child-abuse case, and after a quiet stretch on the road he ended the day by sharing a report that a New York prosecutor says the state attorney general's office told him to go after Trump.

Full digest for 2026-11-01: https://trump.fm/date/2026-11-01/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, November 1). TO THE GREAT PEOPLE OF TEXAS, GET OUT AND VOTE... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_117542836089265376
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "TO THE GREAT PEOPLE OF TEXAS, GET OUT AND VOTE FOR: – Ken..." Truth Social, 1 Nov. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_117542836089265376. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "TO THE GREAT PEOPLE OF TEXAS, GET OUT AND VOTE FOR: – Ken...," Truth Social, November 1, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_117542836089265376.

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