# Post ts_117552472968285052

- Post ID: `ts_117552472968285052`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-11-03T12:19:48.798Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_117552472968285052/analysis

## Post text

> It is my Great Honor to endorse America First Patriot, Eric Flores, who is running to represent the wonderful people of Texas’ 34th Congressional District.
>
> A Brave U.S. Army Veteran, and former Criminal Prosecutor, Eric knows the Wisdom and Courage it takes to Ensure LAW AND ORDER, Strongly Support our Great Heroes in Law Enforcement, and Champion our Military and Veterans. In Congress, Eric will fight tirelessly to Grow our Economy, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., Advance American Energy DOMINANCE, Keep our now very Secure Border, SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, and Protect our always under siege Second Amendment.
>
> His opponent, Vicente Gonzalez, voted against NO TAX ON TIPS, NO TAX ON OVERTIME, and NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY and, if he and the Dumocrats ever got in, all of these things would be terminated. He wants massive Tax Increases, Open Borders, Men playing in Women’s Sports, and Transgender for Everybody. Vicente Gonzalez is Reckless, Radical, and Dangerous!
>
> Eric Flores has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next Congressman from Texas’ 34th Congressional District. GET OUT AND VOTE FOR ERIC — HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN! President DONALD J. TRUMP https://swampthevoteusa.com/texas/

## Engagement

- Likes: 82
- Reposts: 22
- Replies: 5
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-11-03T12:22:33.796Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-11-03T16:31:44.895Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## One of a batch, posted on Election Day morning

The post went up at 12:19 UTC on 3 November 2026, Election Day itself. That is 7:19 a.m. Eastern (daylight saving ended 1 November), and the historian notes place him at Mar-a-Lago running tele-rallies in the campaign's last days. The same morning produced at least five other endorsements in the context window (Tyler Johnson, Brian Schmutzler, Trevor De Vries, Greg Murphy, Carlos De La Cruz). All of them share one skeleton: "It is my Great Honor to endorse," a biography line, the policy string "Grow our Economy, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., Advance American Energy DOMINANCE," an opponent who is against "NO TAX ON TIPS, NO TAX ON OVERTIME, and NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY," the "Dumocrats" clause, and a "Complete and Total Endorsement" close. The Schmutzler post repeats the termination clause almost word for word: "if she and the Dumocrats ever got in, all of these things will be termin[ated]."

Only a few slots change from post to post: the résumé ("Brave U.S. Army Veteran, and former Criminal Prosecutor"), the district number, and the opponent's name. The house style that makes it read like him is part of the template too: the Random Capitalization, the all-caps slogans, the "President DONALD J. TRUMP" sign-off. The lines that sound most like him, "Keep our now very Secure Border, SECURE," "our always under siege Second Amendment," and "Transgender for Everybody," have run through dozens of earlier endorsements, so they don't show that he composed this one. The text never drifts off topic, never interrupts itself, and has no typos. The likeliest explanation is a staffer fluent in the voice assembling it, with Trump signing off on the batch.

## The opponent paragraph

The third paragraph is where the post does its psychological work. It splits the race into two figures. Flores is idealized as an "America First Patriot" who "will NEVER LET YOU DOWN." Vicente Gonzalez is devalued in a three-beat label, "Reckless, Radical, and Dangerous!" Then he is merged into a party caricature, "he and the Dumocrats." The nickname and "Transgender for Everybody" are ridicule. They don't argue anything. They mark the opponent as outside the bounds of respectable choice, and that is how splitting looks once it hardens into a campaign template.

Gonzalez is a moderate South Texas Democrat, which makes the caricature hard to square with his record. In January 2025 he was one of two House Democrats, with Henry Cuellar, to vote for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. Saying he wants "Men playing in Women's Sports" therefore runs directly against a vote he actually cast. The template appears to fill the opponent slot with stock positions and never checks them against the individual's record. That makes this an institutional habit of misrepresentation. It is not reactive distortion.

The "voted against" charge has a technical basis. Gonzalez voted with every other House Democrat against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in 2025, which contained the tips and overtime deductions. But the vote was on an omnibus bill that also carried Medicaid cuts and other provisions, and the "no tax on Social Security" item is really an enhanced senior deduction. Social Security benefits are still taxable. The threat that the provisions "would be terminated" if Democrats "got in" ignores that Trump keeps the veto through January 2029. It is a fear appeal aimed at tipped workers and retirees, a sizable constituency in a district where tipped service jobs are common.

## Motive and state

Nothing in the post reacts to a slight or a news segment. The motive is agentic and instrumental: pick up a House seat that the 2025 Texas redistricting was drawn to flip, on the day forecasts favored Democrats to retake the chamber. The self-reference is limited to the ceremonial "my Great Honor" and "my Complete and Total Endorsement." Here his approval is the thing being handed out, which casts him as kingmaker rather than combatant. The order-restorer frame ("Ensure LAW AND ORDER," "Stop Migrant Crime") puts order on the side of the endorsed candidate and chaos ("Open Borders") on the opponent's.

Nothing here works as a call to action against a person. "GET OUT AND VOTE" points the audience at a ballot, and the hostility toward Gonzalez stays within ordinary campaign attack. The prose shows no word-finding trouble, confused names or confused timelines. "Dumocrats" is a deliberate, recurring nickname, not a coined word produced by error.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Vicente Gonzalez voted against No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Overtime, and No Tax on Social Security" | **Half True** | Gonzalez voted with every House Democrat against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in 2025, which included tip and overtime deductions and an enhanced senior deduction. It was a vote on an omnibus bill that also carried Medicaid and other cuts, not on standalone provisions, and the bill does not exempt Social Security benefits from tax. |
| "If Gonzalez and Democrats 'got in,' these tax provisions would be terminated" | **Mostly False** | A Democratic House majority could not repeal the provisions over a presidential veto, which Trump holds through January 2029. The deductions already expire after 2028 under the law's own terms. |
| "Gonzalez wants Men playing in Women's Sports" | **False** | In January 2025 Gonzalez was one of two House Democrats, with Henry Cuellar, to vote for H.R. 28, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. |
| "The border is now very secure" | **Mostly True** | Southwest border apprehensions fell to multi-decade lows through 2025 and into 2026 under the administration's enforcement policies. 'Very secure' is a characterization, but the crossing data support the direction. |
| "Eric Flores is a U.S. Army veteran and former criminal prosecutor" | **True** | Both parts of this biographical claim about the Republican nominee for TX-34 are confirmed by several independent news outlets, not only by his own campaign.

Military service: The Texas Tribune (July 2025) calls Flores "a Republican Army veteran and lawyer from Mission" and cites his "military and law enforcement credentials." Fox News calls him an "Army veteran and former federal prosecutor." It reports that he was commissioned as an infantry officer, reached the rank of captain, and served in the Texas Army National Guard, commanding soldiers during Operation Guardian Support on the southern border. Ballotpedia says he "served in the U.S. Army and Texas Army National Guard." KRGV calls him "a Texas Army National Guard Infantry Captain." His campaign bio says he joined the Guard through the Simultaneous Membership Program while at UT Austin, graduated as a Distinguished Military Graduate, and was commissioned as a U.S. Army infantry officer. In the February 2026 primary, Mayra Flores disputed his politics but not his service. His campaign said he was stationed in Victoria with the Texas Army National Guard on Inauguration Day 2021, as reported by the Texas Tribune and KSAT. One caveat: most of his documented service is in the Army National Guard, and Operation Guardian Support was a state-controlled (Title 32) mission. A strict reading of the federal legal definition of "veteran" might not count all of it. In ordinary usage, and in every outlet covering him, "Army veteran" is the standard description of a commissioned Army Guard officer.

Criminal prosecutor: The Texas Tribune reports that he was an "assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Texas' criminal division" in McAllen from 2021 until early 2025. There he prosecuted transnational human smuggling. Before that he was city attorney and municipal judge in Alton. KRGV, KSAT, Fox News and Ballotpedia also identify him as a former assistant U.S. attorney or federal prosecutor. His GOP primary rival, Mayra Flores, attacked him for being part of the "Biden DOJ," which confirms he held the post. He answered that he was a career prosecutor, not a political appointee.

Unverified detail: I found no Justice Department press release that names him as the prosecutor on a specific case. His claims about particular cases ("largest transnational human-smuggling ring," a "Top Ten" fugitive, two U.S. Attorney's Awards) rest on campaign material. They are not part of the claim being checked.

Conclusion: the claim that he is a U.S. Army veteran and former criminal prosecutor is accurate. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- Posted 7:19 a.m. Eastern, inside a morning batch of at least six endorsements sharing one skeleton
- Shared stock phrases across the batch: 'Grow our Economy, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A.'
- Termination clause repeated nearly verbatim in the Schmutzler endorsement
- Clean grammar and spelling, no drift or self-interruption
- Formal sign-off 'President DONALD J. TRUMP' plus campaign GOTV URL

## Psychological Profile

### Traits

**Big Five:**
- Extraversion: 70%
- Agreeableness: 30%
- Conscientiousness: 55%
- Neuroticism: 25%
- Openness: 20%

Strongest facet: assertiveness

**Motives:**
- Agency: 80%
- Communion: 30%

Primary drive: power

### Narrative

- **Role:** kingmaker conferring endorsement
- **Arc:** neutral
- **Contrasting:** Vicente Gonzalez and the 'Dumocrats'

**Identity Claims:**
- Arbiter of who counts as 'America First'
- Guarantor of candidate reliability

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Maintenance (Election Day get-out-the-vote batch)

Sentiment: +0.15

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 20%
- Paranoid: 15%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- splitting (immature)
- devaluation (immature)
- idealization (immature)
- distortion (pathological)

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Personal guarantee transferred to candidate ('HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!')
- Endorsement framed as a personal honor bestowed
- Direct imperative to the audience ('GET OUT AND VOTE')

## Fact Checks (5)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-11-03._

> Vicente Gonzalez voted against No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Overtime, and No Tax on Social Security

**HALF TRUE**

Gonzalez voted with every House Democrat against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in 2025, which included tip and overtime deductions and an enhanced senior deduction. It was a vote on an omnibus bill that also carried Medicaid and other cuts, not on standalone provisions, and the bill does not exempt Social Security benefits from tax.

Sources: House roll call on H.R. 1, July 3, 2025; Congressional Research Service summaries of P.L. 119-21

> If Gonzalez and Democrats 'got in,' these tax provisions would be terminated

**MOSTLY FALSE**

A Democratic House majority could not repeal the provisions over a presidential veto, which Trump holds through January 2029. The deductions already expire after 2028 under the law's own terms.

Sources: P.L. 119-21 sunset provisions; U.S. Constitution Art. I, Sec. 7

> Gonzalez wants Men playing in Women's Sports

**FALSE**

In January 2025 Gonzalez was one of two House Democrats, with Henry Cuellar, to vote for H.R. 28, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.

Sources: House roll call on H.R. 28, January 14, 2025

> The border is now very secure

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Southwest border apprehensions fell to multi-decade lows through 2025 and into 2026 under the administration's enforcement policies. 'Very secure' is a characterization, but the crossing data support the direction.

Sources: U.S. Customs and Border Protection monthly encounter data

> Eric Flores is a U.S. Army veteran and former criminal prosecutor

**TRUE**

Both parts of this biographical claim about the Republican nominee for TX-34 are confirmed by several independent news outlets, not only by his own campaign.

Military service: The Texas Tribune (July 2025) calls Flores "a Republican Army veteran and lawyer from Mission" and cites his "military and law enforcement credentials." Fox News calls him an "Army veteran and former federal prosecutor." It reports that he was commissioned as an infantry officer, reached the rank of captain, and served in the Texas Army National Guard, commanding soldiers during Operation Guardian Support on the southern border. Ballotpedia says he "served in the U.S. Army and Texas Army National Guard." KRGV calls him "a Texas Army National Guard Infantry Captain." His campaign bio says he joined the Guard through the Simultaneous Membership Program while at UT Austin, graduated as a Distinguished Military Graduate, and was commissioned as a U.S. Army infantry officer. In the February 2026 primary, Mayra Flores disputed his politics but not his service. His campaign said he was stationed in Victoria with the Texas Army National Guard on Inauguration Day 2021, as reported by the Texas Tribune and KSAT. One caveat: most of his documented service is in the Army National Guard, and Operation Guardian Support was a state-controlled (Title 32) mission. A strict reading of the federal legal definition of "veteran" might not count all of it. In ordinary usage, and in every outlet covering him, "Army veteran" is the standard description of a commissioned Army Guard officer.

Criminal prosecutor: The Texas Tribune reports that he was an "assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Texas' criminal division" in McAllen from 2021 until early 2025. There he prosecuted transnational human smuggling. Before that he was city attorney and municipal judge in Alton. KRGV, KSAT, Fox News and Ballotpedia also identify him as a former assistant U.S. attorney or federal prosecutor. His GOP primary rival, Mayra Flores, attacked him for being part of the "Biden DOJ," which confirms he held the post. He answered that he was a career prosecutor, not a political appointee.

Unverified detail: I found no Justice Department press release that names him as the prosecutor on a specific case. His claims about particular cases ("largest transnational human-smuggling ring," a "Top Ten" fugitive, two U.S. Attorney's Awards) rest on campaign material. They are not part of the claim being checked.

Conclusion: the claim that he is a U.S. Army veteran and former criminal prosecutor is accurate.

Sources: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/21/texas-congress-eric-flores-vicente-gonzalez-34th-district/; https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/26/south-texas-34th-congressional-district-eric-mayra-flores-vicente-gonzalez/; https://www.krgv.com/news/former-assistant-u-s-attorney-eric-flores-launches-congressional-bid/; https://www.foxnews.com/politics/scoop-republican-launches-house-bid-key-swing-district-gop-aims-flip-2026-midterms; https://www.ksat.com/news/texas/2026/02/26/flores-vs-flores-gop-primary-for-south-texas-congressional-seat-hinges-on-who-can-beat-the-democrats/; https://ballotpedia.org/Eric_Flores; https://news.ballotpedia.org/2025/11/13/ten-candidates-are-running-in-the-republican-primary-for-texas-34th-congressional-district-on-march-3-2026/; https://www.click2houston.com/news/texas/2025/07/28/gop-army-veteran-announces-challenge-to-democrat-vicente-gonzalez-in-south-texas-congressional-district/; https://www.ericflores.com/abouteric; https://libreaction.com/federal-prosecutor-army-veteran-eric-flores-receives-latino-group-endorsement-for-tx-34/; https://www.gopacelect.org/eric-flores

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- endorsement (90%)
- election-day (80%)
- template-batch (80%)
- opponent-misrepresentation (60%)
- splitting (50%)
- texas-redistricting (40%)

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, November 3). It is my Great Honor to endorse America First... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_117552472968285052
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "It is my Great Honor to endorse America First Patriot, Eric..." Truth Social, 3 Nov. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_117552472968285052. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "It is my Great Honor to endorse America First Patriot, Eric...," Truth Social, November 3, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_117552472968285052.

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