Louder Doesn’t Mean Leader: Calling Out Toxic Narcissism

There’s a crisis brewing, and it has nothing to do with political parties. It’s about truth, or more accurately, the total absence of it, coming from one individual who lies like it’s her native language.

This isn’t a normal political disagreement. This is classic malignant narcissism, a toxic blend of manipulation, compulsive lying, and a desperate need to dominate. As clinical psychologist Dr. Ramani Durvasula explains, “They lie not just to cover their tracks, but because lying is part of how they control the narrative, protect their image, and dominate their environment.”

We’re seeing it here, loud and clear. One person who turns every conversation into a spectacle, every disagreement into a personal attack, and every headline into another chance to center herself. She doesn’t stretch the truth, she shreds it. Every single day. Rewriting history, inventing enemies, and lashing out at anyone who doesn’t fall in line.

As psychoanalyst Otto Kernberg put it, “Malignant narcissists seek to destroy others to maintain a fragile sense of superiority.” That’s not politics. That’s a warning sign. And we’d be fools to ignore it.

She lies constantly. Not just half-truths or exaggerations, flat-out lies. About people, about events, about motives. She’s propped up religious zealots, pushed out community voices, and hijacked local spaces for her own crusade. And while the rest of us deal with the fallout, she plays the victim and cashes in on the chaos.

She’s not a leader. She’s a parasite, feeding off fear, division, and attention.

She doesn’t build anything, she latches on, takes credit, and tears it apart when she can’t control it.

She’s not powerful. She’s just loud, late and useless, and we’re done listening.

Angela Robinson
Proud Public Educator
North River District
Warren County, VA

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