The behavior is, I used to think you were smart, but now that you disagree with me on this one thing, obviously I was wrong and you're dumb. The narcissist needs to tell everybody in public that they're smarter than the smartest person. That's not even about the political issue, is it? It has nothing to do with the politics or the issue.That is simply someone who had their ego hurt,. They have to reposition themselves as superior to someone who clearly is smarter than they are.