# Post ts_117549391621954717

- Post ID: `ts_117549391621954717`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-11-02T23:16:11.186Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117549391621954717
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117549391621954717/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_117549391621954717.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 1** (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, darkened image of a man in a suit pointing at the viewer. At the top is a "TEAM TRUMP" logo with stars, then a large gold "TEXAS" and the line "TRUMP-ENDORSED CANDIDATES" between two stars. A gold banner reads "NOVEMBER 3, 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS". A rounded box shows six circular headshots of statewide candidates, each labeled with an office and a name: 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, one per congressional district, with names and district numbers in parentheses. A gold footer banner gives a website URL. The graphic lists endorsed candidates and directs viewers to the website.

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"

**Image 2** (other), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's:

> A campaign graphic on a dark red background with a faint, tinted image of a man in a suit pointing toward the viewer behind the content. A "TEAM TRUMP" logo sits at the top, above a large gold "TEXAS" heading and a subtitle saying these are Trump-endorsed candidates. A gold banner gives the date of the November 3, 2026 midterm elections. Under a "U.S. House" label, 16 candidates appear as circular headshots in rows of 7, 7 and 2. Each has a name and a district number in parentheses below. A gold footer banner gives a website URL.

Text in the image: "TEAM TRUMP TEXAS ★ TRUMP-ENDORSED CANDIDATES ★ NOVEMBER 3, 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS U.S. House Pete Sessions (17) Tom Sell (19) Mark Teixeira (21) Trever Nehls (22) Brandon Herrera (23) Beth Van Duyne (24) Roger Williams (25) Brandon Gill (26) Michael Cloud (27) Tano Tijerina (28) John Carter (31) Jace Yarbrough (32) Eric Flores (34) Carlos De La Cruz (35) Brian Babin (36) Jon Bonck (38) VISIT SWAMPTHEVOTEUSA.COM"

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/117/549/391/332/512/301/original/e093c3f672839b9c.jpg
- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/117/549/391/456/642/119/original/e4d2a4876a51c097.jpg

## Engagement

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- Reposts: 855
- Replies: 151
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- Metrics collected: 2026-11-03T16:01:55.843Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-11-02T23:48:57.151Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## An election-eve sample ballot

The post went up at 23:16 UTC on November 2. Daylight saving time ended on November 1, so that is 6:16 p.m. Eastern. The historian record puts his final weekend in tele-rallies from Mar-a-Lago, which means Eastern time applies whether he was in Florida or back in Washington. This was the sixth Texas post of the day. Five single-candidate endorsements came first: Paxton, Abbott, Patrick, Middleton and Huffines. This one gathers those five, adds Dawn Buckingham and 30 House candidates, and packages the whole slate as a ballot card with two matching graphics and a link to swampthevoteusa.com, a get-out-the-vote page. In practice it is a sample ballot sent the evening before polls open, and it should be read as one.

## Who wrote it

Every structural feature points to campaign staff:
- a 36-line list set off with en-dashes, each line giving an office title or a district in "(TX-01)" form, in correct numerical order;
- two graphics with headshots, office labels and a "NOVEMBER 3, 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS" banner, which had to be designed before the post was written;
- a campaign URL;
- the standard closing formula "These Great Patriots have my Complete and Total Endorsement," followed by a signature in the third person, "President DONALD J. TRUMP."

The spelling is clean throughout. "Trever Nehls" for TX-22 looks like a typo but is the correct name of the twin brother of the retiring incumbent. The only marks of his voice are the capitals in "GET OUT AND VOTE" and "Great Patriots," and campaign staff have used those for years. A 6 p.m. post, during a week when the same format probably went out for many states, fits a scheduled push from campaign operations better than a personal one.

## What the district numbers show

Eight Texas districts are missing from the list: 7, 16, 18, 20, 29, 30, 33 and 37. The list does include 9, 28, 32, 34 and 35, the five Democratic-held seats the 2025 mid-decade map was redrawn to make winnable for Republicans. So the slate follows the map exactly: every seat Republicans hold or drew themselves into, and none of the districts the map left safely Democratic. That makes the post a document of party targeting. It is useful evidence of how organized the campaign was in its final days, and weak evidence about his personal preferences, because nobody making a personal choice picks 36 names in district order.

## One sentence of evaluation, and no enemy

Only one line goes beyond logistics: "They will never let you down!" It is a guarantee made to voters on behalf of three dozen people, with the endorser standing as their guarantor. The loyalty logic sits in the day's earlier posts, where Paxton is "someone who has always been extremely loyal to me" and Huffines "has been with me from the very beginning." This post assumes those earlier claims and adds only the promise of reliability.

What is missing matters more here than what is present. One day earlier, in Iowa, he called Democrats "extreme and dangerous radicals." This post names no opponent, makes no claim of fraud, and gives no counter-image for the slate. Nothing here is an attack, so the material supports no reading of rage, persecution or vulnerable narcissism. In its place is "Great Patriots," a mild idealization of the in-group with no opposing figure to devalue. In archetypal terms it is the king handing out favor before a contest, the warrior posture of the rallies set aside for administration.

## Persuasion mechanics

The techniques are routine for this genre:
- transfer of authority, since his "Complete and Total Endorsement" is the product on offer;
- glittering generalities ("Great Patriots," "GREAT PEOPLE OF TEXAS");
- a direct call to action in capitals;
- a bandwagon frame in the "TEAM TRUMP" branding of the graphics.

The vote call is ordinary electoral mobilization, aimed at polling places and not at any person or group.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The Texas midterm elections are on November 3, 2026 (from the graphic he posted with his endorsement slate)" | **True** | Federal Election Day falls on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, which in 2026 is November 3. Texas general elections for federal and statewide offices are held that day. |

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- 36-line en-dash list with office titles and district numbers in correct numerical order
- Pre-designed matching graphics with headshots and election-date banner
- Third-person sign-off 'President DONALD J. TRUMP'
- Stock closer 'Complete and Total Endorsement — They will never let you down!'
- Campaign GOTV URL

## Psychological Profile

### Traits

**Big Five:**
- Extraversion: 60%
- Agreeableness: 50%
- Conscientiousness: 60%
- Neuroticism: 15%
- Openness: 20%

Strongest facet: assertiveness (directive call to vote)

**Motives:**
- Agency: 70%
- Communion: 30%

Primary drive: power

### Narrative

- **Role:** patron and guarantor of the slate
- **Arc:** neutral
- **Contrasting:** none named in this post

**Identity Claims:**
- His endorsement is decisive ('Complete and Total Endorsement')
- He vouches for his candidates' reliability ('They will never let you down!')

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Election-eve get-out-the-vote push for the November 3 midterms)

Sentiment: +0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 20%
- Antisocial: 5%
- Paranoid: 5%
- Sadism: 0%

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

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Direct address to 'THE GREAT PEOPLE OF TEXAS'
- Personal guarantee to voters: 'They will never let you down!'

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-11-02._

> The Texas midterm elections are on November 3, 2026 (from the graphic he posted with his endorsement slate)

**TRUE**

Federal Election Day falls on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, which in 2026 is November 3. Texas general elections for federal and statewide offices are held that day.

Sources: 2 U.S.C. § 7; Texas Election Code § 41.002

Overall Veracity: 100%

## Tags

- endorsement-slate (90%)
- get-out-the-vote (90%)
- midterms-2026 (80%)
- texas (70%)
- aide-authored (80%)
- redistricting-targets (40%)

## That day

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

**After a judge drops the Alaska ballot suit, Trump takes the “FAKE Dan Sullivan” fraud charge to voters**

On the eve of the midterms, his account ran like a campaign phone bank. It went state by state, from New York in the morning to Texas at dinnertime, pushing out near-identical endorsements of 89 Republican candidates. Each batch was timed to a phone rally with that state's voters, and almost none of it reads as his own writing. When his own voice did come through, it was mostly about Alaska. He called a second man named Dan Sullivan on the Senate ballot a Democratic fraud, claimed lawyers were hiding him, demanded that the Democratic candidate be charged, and told the Republican senator to run “under protest,” all on the day a federal judge threw out the administration's lawsuit over those ballots. Two endorsements also carried personal attacks: one turned New York's race for attorney general into a complaint about the “witch hunt” against him, and another gave a South Carolina Democrat a crude anti-transgender nickname.

Full digest for 2026-11-02: https://trump.fm/date/2026-11-02/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, November 2). TO THE GREAT PEOPLE OF TEXAS, GET OUT AND VOTE... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_117549391621954717
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "TO THE GREAT PEOPLE OF TEXAS, GET OUT AND VOTE FOR: – Ken..." Truth Social, 2 Nov. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_117549391621954717. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "TO THE GREAT PEOPLE OF TEXAS, GET OUT AND VOTE FOR: – Ken...," Truth Social, November 2, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_117549391621954717.

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