BND - They betrayed us

🧩 BND Motif Index · M1776

They betrayed us

A leader or party is said to have broken the promises it was elected on, and its own voters, calling it betrayal, turn on it and feel their vote was squandered.

📜 Plots 🗂️ Betrayal and Loyalty 🗂️ Leader-Follower Dynamics 🗂️ Horserace

22claims filed under it
9left shows it came up on
3center shows it came up on
12right shows it came up on

⚠️ 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.

what it rests on, what rests on it, and the motifs that answer it

🪜 rests on 🧩 Losing the base

⤵️ under it: 🧩 No new wars

↔️ answers and mirrors:

🧩 Promises made, promises kept its counter

🔗 goes with: 🧩 Stab in the back

the shows we follow where its claims came up (9 left-leaning, 3 center, 12 right-leaning so far), colored by the show's lean; the bar is how many of its claims each one heard

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➕ 13 more shows

"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.

the words that carry it

💬 the tellers' own words: “42% of Latinos who voted for Trump in 2024 now say they're disappointed or they regret their vote.” “because of some people who felt betrayed” “because of what they felt were the broken promises of Donald Trump.” “he gave away the farm on amnesty.” “it's because Trump betrayed them.” “Republicans lost the blue-collar voters because. Trump said he. Would abolish the IRS and replace it with tariffs and ERS. He didn't.” “She was warning that Hispanic voters that helped Trump get into office in 24 feel betrayed.” “So he's doing a rug pull on everybody.” “that is a complete 180 to what he told his base” “They are disillusioned. They feel that their promises that Donald Trump made them were broken.” “Trump and his cabinet and a bunch of consultants got together and decided we don't care at all about the people who elected us.” “We ended up with an IRS and tariffs.”

what's been told in this shape, in our words, by who told it: newest first in each; a claim's dots are the shows it came up on, in their lean's color (point at them for their names)

Told on the left 7

claims heard on left-leaning shows, and no right-leaning one

2026-11-09 “Many Latino voters who supported Trump in 2024 feel betrayed and regret their vote.” 2
2026-11-05 “Donald Trump's America First brand won on a promise of no new wars, a promise his own backers now say he broke.” 1
2026-11-04 “Trump has lost supporters because of broken promises regarding prices, foreign wars, and releasing Epstein material.” 2
2026-11-03 “Some Trump supporters are defecting, furious that he has broken his promises and not delivered for them.” 1
2026-10-31 “Republican voters feel spurned and frustrated with their party, though not won over to the Democrats.” 1
2026-10-26 “Trump has betrayed the voters who backed him to take on the deep state and the elites, because he is the elites.” 1
2026-10-07 “Trump has betrayed his supporters in every imaginable way.” 2

Told on the right 9

claims heard on right-leaning shows, and no left-leaning one

2026-11-10 “Republicans lost blue-collar voters because Trump promised to abolish the IRS and replace it with tariffs, and instead they got both.” 1
2026-11-07 “Donald Trump is said to have betrayed Americans by launching a Middle East war without explanation or Congress's permission.” 1
2026-11-05 “After the defeat, right-wing podcasters are blamed for demoralizing millions of listeners by saying the GOP betrayed them; others answer that the GOP did.” 1
2026-11-05 “Trump 2024 voters turning to Democrats want the war ended, cost of living first, America first and a changed relationship to Israel, a poll finds.” 1
2026-11-05 “Young white men swung 35 points from Republicans to Democrats, disaffected that Trump brought no mass deportations or Epstein accountability and began a war.” 1
2026-11-05 “Trump voters who switched say ending the war, fixing the cost of living, putting America first and changing ties to Israel would win them back.” 1
2026-11-04 “The Iran war was a disastrous decision that betrayed the Republican base.” 2
2026-11-04 “The Iran war was a disastrous decision for the GOP that betrayed the party's base on core issues.” 2
2026-10-30 “Trump betrayed America First supporters by disavowing his own platform.” 2

Told on both sides 5

claims heard on left- and right-leaning shows alike

2026-11-09 “Trump is losing support among young men who are abandoning him in droves.” 2
2026-11-09 “Republicans lost because they betrayed their voters and failed to uphold principles.” 6
2026-11-05 “Many Trump voters voted against Republicans because they felt their support was squandered.” 6
2026-11-03 “Republicans have let down their voters by failing to deliver on promises to cut costs and drain the swamp.” 3
2026-10-23 “Donald Trump betrayed his promise not to engage in new wars.” 4

Told in the center 1

claims heard only on center or crossover shows

2026-11-11 “Trump is said to be pulling the rug out from under his base by floating amnesty for working immigrants already here.” 1

M1776 · first seen 2026-11-09 · last 2026-11-11 · what this is · how the index works

They betrayed us

🪜 Its family

🎙️ Who it came up with

🎙️ 13 more shows

🗣️ In so many words

🧶 Its claims

Told on the left 7

Told on the right 9

Told on both sides 5

Told in the center 1

🪜 Its family

🎙️ Who it came up with

🎙️ 13 more shows

🗣️ In so many words

🧶 Its claims

🫏 Told on the left 7

🐘 Told on the right 9

⚖️ Told on both sides 5

🎙️ Told in the center 1

Told on the left 7

Told on the right 9

Told on both sides 5

Told in the center 1