🧩 BND Motif Index · M532
Groomer
The politician is secretly manipulating children to be something they shouldn't.
- 5claims filed under it
- 3right shows it came up on
- 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
🔗 goes with: 🧩 Transing children
🎙️ Who it came up with
the shows we follow where its claims came up, by the show's lean
🫏 left 0
🦗 none of our left shows, so far
⚖️ center 0
🦗 none of our center shows, so far
"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.
🧶 Its claims
what's been told in this shape, newest first, in our words, with where each was heard
- 2026-10-22 “Gender-affirming medical transitions for children are a form of irreversible child abuse.”
🎙️ The Michael Berry Show - 2026-10-21 “Democrats aim to mutilate children by removing their genitals and forcing new identities.”
🎙️ The Michael Berry Show 🎙️ Clay Travis & Buck Sexton - 2026-10-16 “The gender identity movement functions as a cult that targets children.”
🎙️ The Michael Berry Show - 2026-10-16 “James Tallarico is an odd individual with an obsession with trans children.”
🎙️ The Michael Berry Show 🎙️ Verdict with Ted Cruz - 2026-10-14 “Sherrod Brown supports sex changes for minors and irreversible surgery on kids, which led to Soren Aldaco's traumatic experience.” 🔎 PolitiFact
M532 · first seen 2026-10-06 · last 2026-10-27 · what this is · how the index works