BND - Can't hold my nose

🧩 BND Motif Index · M1777

Can't hold my nose

A party picks a nominee its own faithful can't stomach, and lifelong partisans who always came home skip that race or cross over, even while voting the rest of the ticket.

📜 Plots 🗂️ Horserace 🗂️ Elections

11claims filed under it
7left shows it came up on
6center shows it came up on
9right 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

↔️ answers and mirrors:

🧩 Hold your nose its answer
🧩 Yellow dog its answer

the shows we follow where its claims came up (7 left-leaning, 6 center, 9 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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➕ 10 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.

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 0

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

🦗 No claim heard only on the left so far.

Told on the right 7

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

2026-11-02 “A Republican Jewish Coalition ad shows Jewish Democrats in Michigan saying they can't vote for Abdul El-Sayed, and Lansing's mayor remains uncomfortable with El-Sayed's rhetoric on Israel.” 1
2026-10-30 “Lifelong Jewish Democrats in Detroit suburbs are voting Republican for the first time.” 2
2026-10-30 “Many Black and Jewish voters have issues with Abdul El-Sayed.” 2
2026-10-24 “Democrats in Michigan created problems by nominating controversial candidates with less mass appeal.” 1
2026-10-23 “Ken Paxton is losing support among Republicans heading into election day.” 2
2026-10-22 “Some Jewish Democrats in Michigan feel deeply uncomfortable supporting the Democratic nominee.” 2
2026-10-21 “The Democratic base in Michigan is expected to fall away because of who Abdul El-Sayed is as a candidate.” 1

Told on both sides 3

claims heard on left- and right-leaning shows alike

2026-11-02 “Ken Paxton is an unacceptable candidate for lifelong Republicans.” 14
2026-10-29 “El-Sayed is struggling to bring Black and Jewish voters back into the Democratic fold after a contentious primary.” 9
2026-10-13 “Ken Paxton's personal conduct and checkered past make him a liability to traditional Republicans.” 3

Told in the center 1

claims heard only on center or crossover shows

2026-11-02 “Some Jewish voters hesitate to back Abdul El-Sayed over his comments about Israel and positions he has taken.” 1

M1777 · first seen 2026-11-09 · what this is · how the index works

Can't hold my nose

🪜 Its family

🎙️ Who it came up with

🎙️ 10 more shows

🧶 Its claims

Told on the left 0

Told on the right 7

Told on both sides 3

Told in the center 1

🪜 Its family

🎙️ Who it came up with

🎙️ 10 more shows

🧶 Its claims

🫏 Told on the left 0

🐘 Told on the right 7

⚖️ Told on both sides 3

🎙️ Told in the center 1

Told on the left 0

Told on the right 7

Told on both sides 3

Told in the center 1