🧩 BND Motif Index · M390
Foot in mouth
A politician says something offensive or careless, and it costs them and their side.
📜 Plots🗂️ Political Faux Pas🗂️ Political Performance
- 14claims filed under it
- 4left shows it came up on
- 3center shows it came up on
- 4right shows it came up on
- 3claims retold online
- 1fact-checker
⚠️ A story people tell, not a claim that it's true.
A motif is the shape of a story as its tellers tell it, named the way a folklorist names a tale type, so the same story told about other people, by the other side or in another year lands in the same place. Some of the claims below are true, many are false. Arguing against a story is often a story of its own, its answer (Voter fraud is answered by Voter suppression, Lawfare by No one is above the law), and we file it there; where no answer has a motif yet, the arguments against a story sit with its tellings.
🪜 Its family
what it rests on, what rests on it, and the motifs that answer it
⤵️ under it: 🧩 Clumsy faux-pas
🔗 goes with: 🧩 Crocodile tears 🧩 Seriously, not literally
🎙️ Who it came up with
the shows we follow where its claims came up, by the show's lean
"Came up on" means one of its claims was heard on the show: told, reported or argued against. We don't yet mark which. Show leans are our own grouping of the shows we transcribe.
📰 In the news
the stories its claims were told about, the most told first (matched by our tools, so a link can be wrong)
- 📰 Trump comments on Iran potentially targeting California cities draw mixed reactions 2026-10-06 to 2026-10-10
- 📰 Indiana Democratic candidate admits to drinking before televised interview 2026-10-20 to 2026-10-21
- 📰 Trump uses antisemitic slur at Kansas rally 2026-10-20 to 2026-10-22
🧶 Its claims
what's been told in this shape, newest first, in our words, with where each was heard
- 2026-10-22 “Donald Trump spends his time talking about men's asses.”
🎙️ The MeidasTouch Podcast - 2026-10-21 “Donald Trump used an antisemitic slur while defending Senator Roger Marshall.” 🧶 people online
- 2026-10-21 “An Indiana Democrat admitted to drinking before making an anti-Republican rant.”
🎙️ The Megyn Kelly Show 🎙️ The Jesse Kelly Show - 2026-10-21 “Jamie West, a Democratic candidate for Fayette County Council in Indiana, said she would fire all Republicans if elected.”
🎙️ Clay Travis & Buck Sexton - 2026-10-08 “Trump's remarks about Iran potentially destroying American cities are dangerous and could compromise city safety.”
🎙️ David Pakman Show (podcast) - 2026-10-07 “A public figure made a controversial statement that is being debated over its meaning and whether he should apologize for it.” 🧶 people online
- 2026-10-07 “Trump said Iran could bomb American cities like Los Angeles and San Diego, and critics expect him to claim he was just joking, or lean into it because his base likes the threat.” 🧶 people online
- 2026-10-06 “A video shows Sen. Katie Britt saying she thinks 'America deserved 9/11'.” 🔎 Lead Stories
- 2026-10-06 “Ken Paxton's comments suggest he lacks control over his own campaign message.”
🎙️ Breaking Points 🎙️ Pod Save America 🎙️ The Dispatch Podcast 🎙️ The Adam Mockler Show 🎙️ Politico Playbook 🎙️ Clay Travis & Buck Sexton - 2026-10-06 “Ken Paxton is a weak candidate who lacks control over his own campaign message.”
🎙️ Breaking Points 🎙️ Pod Save America 🎙️ The Dispatch Podcast 🎙️ The Adam Mockler Show 🎙️ Politico Playbook 🎙️ Clay Travis & Buck Sexton - 2026-10-05 “The midterm convention held by Trump in Dallas was detrimental to Ken Paxton's political standing.”
🎙️ Politico Playbook 🎙️ David Pakman Show (podcast) 🎙️ The Intelligence (Economist) - 2026-08-29 “Seth Moulton made transphobic remarks that he later retracted” 🗳️ voters in The Focus Group
- 2026-08-29 “A swing voter says Moulton's comments on transgender athletes hammer a small minority that doesn't deserve it, and smack of political positioning.” 🗳️ voters in The Focus Group
- 2026-08-15 “Francesca Hong's comments made voters skeptical after initial support.” 🗳️ voters in The Focus Group
M390 · first seen 2026-10-05 · last 2026-10-26 · what this is · how the index works