🧩 BND Motif Index · M764
Hoist by his own petard
A scheme blows up on the one who set it: a handout that funds his opponents, a rule that catches its own author.
- 5claims filed under it
- 1left show it came up on
- 4claims retold online
⚠️ 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
🪜 rests on 🧩 Comeuppance
🔗 goes with: 🧩 Backfiring policy 🧩 Own goal
🎙️ Who it came up with
the shows we follow where its claims came up, by the show's lean
🫏 left 1
⚖️ center 0
🦗 none of our center shows, so far
🐘 right 0
🦗 none of our right 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.
📰 In the news
the stories its claims were told about, the most told first (matched by our tools, so a link can be wrong)
- 📰 Abdul El-Sayed confronts questions about Muslim Brotherhood ties 2026-10-18 to 2026-10-20
🧶 Its claims
what's been told in this shape, newest first, in our words, with where each was heard
- 2026-10-23 “Voters are grossed out by the campaign's tactics regarding Amy Acton's mother.”
🎙️ Hacks on Tap - 2026-10-20 “Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Senator Josh Hawley, acted as a plant to attempt a failed 'gotcha' moment against Abdul El-Sayed.” 🧶 people online
- 2026-10-18 “Tommy was humiliated and outsmarted by El-Sayed during a confrontation.” 🧶 people online
- 2026-10-15 “Donald Trump's call that leakers should be shot applies to Pete Hegseth, who is accused of leaking military plans.” 🧶 people online
- 2026-10-10 “Trump is sending $90 Medicare rebates to seniors, which are being donated to Democratic candidates.” 🧶 people online
M764 · first seen 2026-10-10 · last 2026-10-21 · what this is · how the index works