This is DARVO
Ron Johnson to Keith Ellison: "Two people are dead because you encouraged them to put themselves into harm's way! And now you are exploiting those two martyrs. You ought to feel damn guilty about it. Yeah, sit there and smirk. Smirk. It's sick! It's despicable. You disgust me."
February 12, 2026 at 3:21 PM
This is DARVO
1. Alleged abuser harasses or assault someone
2. Alleged Victim speaks out.
3. Journalists cover it.
4. Abuser sues the journalists to stop others from speaking out and reporting on it because lawyers are expensive.
DARVO at its peak.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
2. Alleged Victim speaks out.
3. Journalists cover it.
4. Abuser sues the journalists to stop others from speaking out and reporting on it because lawyers are expensive.
DARVO at its peak.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
January 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
1. Alleged abuser harasses or assault someone
2. Alleged Victim speaks out.
3. Journalists cover it.
4. Abuser sues the journalists to stop others from speaking out and reporting on it because lawyers are expensive.
DARVO at its peak.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
2. Alleged Victim speaks out.
3. Journalists cover it.
4. Abuser sues the journalists to stop others from speaking out and reporting on it because lawyers are expensive.
DARVO at its peak.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
January 29, 2026 at 3:50 PM
If you aren't familiar with what DARVO is, get familiar with it. "Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender." The govt is relying on DARVO as a tactic on a national scale, and it is also increasingly a conservative tactic to attack outspoken critics of their ideas, theories, & renderings of history.
DARVO - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
If you aren't familiar with what DARVO is, get familiar with it. "Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender." The govt is relying on DARVO as a tactic on a national scale, and it is also increasingly a conservative tactic to attack outspoken critics of their ideas, theories, & renderings of history.
This is DARVO on the international stage.
BARTIROMO: What do you make of Saudi Arabia saying oil prices could soar past $180 by late April?
CHRIS WRIGHT: Iran's attacks have been terrifying. The destruction certainly is not helpful for global oil prices.
CHRIS WRIGHT: Iran's attacks have been terrifying. The destruction certainly is not helpful for global oil prices.
March 20, 2026 at 12:08 PM
This is DARVO on the international stage.
Yes it’s called DARVO.
Deny, attack, reverse victim and offender.
Trump is the grandmaster of it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
Deny, attack, reverse victim and offender.
Trump is the grandmaster of it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
December 5, 2024 at 2:40 AM
Yes it’s called DARVO.
Deny, attack, reverse victim and offender.
Trump is the grandmaster of it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
Deny, attack, reverse victim and offender.
Trump is the grandmaster of it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
Instead of going "qanon was right, but about the wrong people" or "the conspiracies were correct except for who was doing it" or such, actually look up the definition of DARVO.
Those letters, they actually mean something.
Think: DARVO with the budget of a nation state
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
Those letters, they actually mean something.
Think: DARVO with the budget of a nation state
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
DARVO - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 3, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Instead of going "qanon was right, but about the wrong people" or "the conspiracies were correct except for who was doing it" or such, actually look up the definition of DARVO.
Those letters, they actually mean something.
Think: DARVO with the budget of a nation state
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
Those letters, they actually mean something.
Think: DARVO with the budget of a nation state
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
Media stories should also include discussions of DARVO — everyone should know about this phenomenon.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
DARVO - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Media stories should also include discussions of DARVO — everyone should know about this phenomenon.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
We all need to familiarize ourselves with DARVO because it’s what Trumpism is all about. Any time a rich and powerful man starts screaming he’s actually the victim it’s DARVO. Its extremely effective until you realize whats going on: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
January 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
We all need to familiarize ourselves with DARVO because it’s what Trumpism is all about. Any time a rich and powerful man starts screaming he’s actually the victim it’s DARVO. Its extremely effective until you realize whats going on: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
We tolerated DARVO for too long
Bari Weiss addressed Scott Pelley's firing at the top of this morning's editorial meeting:
"I hope I speak for everyone here when I say I'm only interested in working in a newsroom that is built on trust and mutual respect. We cannot do our work without it. That foundation was broken on Monday."
"I hope I speak for everyone here when I say I'm only interested in working in a newsroom that is built on trust and mutual respect. We cannot do our work without it. That foundation was broken on Monday."
June 3, 2026 at 2:13 PM
We tolerated DARVO for too long
DARVO DARVO DARVO
deny, attack, reverse victim and offender, like any abuser
deny, attack, reverse victim and offender, like any abuser
WELKER: Part of the outrage people are expressing is they feel like you're asking them to believe something they don't see. Is that was the administration is asking?
BLANCHE: You shouldn't try to gaslight the administration about what happened. That was not a peaceful protest.
BLANCHE: You shouldn't try to gaslight the administration about what happened. That was not a peaceful protest.
January 25, 2026 at 3:21 PM
DARVO DARVO DARVO
deny, attack, reverse victim and offender, like any abuser
deny, attack, reverse victim and offender, like any abuser
Update: Commence the DARVO
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Update: Commence the DARVO
I spoke to @jjfreyd.bsky.social, who developed the concept of DARVO, about the way the Trump admin is using it to smear Renee Good, other ICE victims, and Twin Cities residents at large. I also traced how viral DARVO campaigns against abuse victims led us here.
spitfirenews.com/p/darvo-rene...
spitfirenews.com/p/darvo-rene...
The smearing of Minnesotans is DARVO
Renee Good and her neighbors aren't perpetrators. They're victims.
spitfirenews.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:17 PM
I spoke to @jjfreyd.bsky.social, who developed the concept of DARVO, about the way the Trump admin is using it to smear Renee Good, other ICE victims, and Twin Cities residents at large. I also traced how viral DARVO campaigns against abuse victims led us here.
spitfirenews.com/p/darvo-rene...
spitfirenews.com/p/darvo-rene...
This is the typical DARVO (deny, attack, reverse victim and offender) playbook of abusers. Trump is the King of DARVO, and this era can be defined by man babies with fragile egos following his lead: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
June 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This is the typical DARVO (deny, attack, reverse victim and offender) playbook of abusers. Trump is the King of DARVO, and this era can be defined by man babies with fragile egos following his lead: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO
DARVO
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:58 PM
DARVO
Standard DARVO tactics
August 2, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Standard DARVO tactics
💯% DARVO.
Deny
Attack
Reverse
Victim and
Offender
It’s at the front of every narcissistic and sociopathic abuser’s playbook.
Deny
Attack
Reverse
Victim and
Offender
It’s at the front of every narcissistic and sociopathic abuser’s playbook.
July 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
💯% DARVO.
Deny
Attack
Reverse
Victim and
Offender
It’s at the front of every narcissistic and sociopathic abuser’s playbook.
Deny
Attack
Reverse
Victim and
Offender
It’s at the front of every narcissistic and sociopathic abuser’s playbook.
DARVO. Deny attack reverse victim and offender
July 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
DARVO. Deny attack reverse victim and offender
It’s called “DARVO” — Deny, Attack, then Reverse the Victim and Offender roles. See Dr. Jennifer Freyd’s work. Sadly this is a classic example.
www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
DARVO — Jennifer Joy Freyd, PhD.
www.jjfreyd.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It’s called “DARVO” — Deny, Attack, then Reverse the Victim and Offender roles. See Dr. Jennifer Freyd’s work. Sadly this is a classic example.
www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
DARVO
NEW: There's now a standard playbook for scandal-plagued Republicans: Deny everything. Never apologize. Never quit. Accuse the accusers (or the Deep State). And compare yourself to Trump as much as you can.
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-sur...
www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-sur...
How to Survive a Republican Scandal: Imitate Trump
Embattled politicians have learned what to do: Never resign. Deny everything. Accuse the accusers. And invoke Trump.
www.thebulwark.com
August 12, 2026 at 8:35 PM
DARVO
Dr. Jennifer Freyd (she’s on here @jjfreyd.bsky.social) developed the concept of DARVO and has written about Trump and his administration’s use of DARVO rhetoric thehill.com/opinion/whit...
Trump’s tariff gaslighting has a name: It’s DARVO
Trump is employing a psychological strategy called DARVO: Deny, attack and reverse victim and offender.
thehill.com
April 27, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Dr. Jennifer Freyd (she’s on here @jjfreyd.bsky.social) developed the concept of DARVO and has written about Trump and his administration’s use of DARVO rhetoric thehill.com/opinion/whit...