White Politician Forgets To Switch Accounts, Starts Commenting As A Black Trump Supporter
When it seems like the level of absurdity can’t get any higher in the context of the 2020 election and its aftermath (the infamous Four Seasons Total Landscaping conference, anyone?!), the world proves us wrong.
This time, people on the internet have busted Republican Dean Browning, a white man who ran and lost in the 2020 Republican primary for US House Pennsylvania District 7, for tweeting “I’m a black gay guy” from his official account. The now-deleted and archived tweet is as surreal as it gets, and it just shows how far some Republicans are willing to go to throw some serious shade on Democrats.
So what happened? Well, Twitter users believe Dean forgot to switch his official account to his Democrat-shaming alter ego account where he’d embody a black and gay guy whose life under Obama changed for the worse. But people online have seen things and all, and you can’t expect them to stay oblivious to such an incident. If there was an award for a first-class piece of wrong account action, you need not guess who’d be the winner.
The Republican Dean Browning, who ran and lost in the 2020 Republican primary, is known to be active on Twitter
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But people suspect Dean forgot to switch his official account when he posted this tweet
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The Republican former Lehigh County commissioner, who lost a congressional primary this year, describes himself “a proud pro-life & pro-2A Christian conservative dedicated to enacting common sense solutions to Keep America Great” on his official Twitter account. After joining the platform on December 2015, Dean Browning now has 52.8K followers.
Considering Dean’s presence on social media, it surely came as a surprise when he posted the now-deleted tweet. The infamous tweet was posted in response to one Twitter user who criticized President Donald Trump for destroying Obama’s administration’s accomplishments. The tweet quickly went viral and was ranked No.2 on a list for trending Twitter topics.
And it got picked up by Twitter users immediately
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People on social media quickly came up with rather sinister explanations, claiming Dean had meant to tweet from a fake account. But Dean soon had an explanation at hand when he tweeted “I was quoting a message that I received earlier this week from a follower,” except most people were not buying it.
He also shared a video featuring a man who stated: “… I am indeed a gay, black man. The message that you saw on Dean’s Twitter was posted—I don’t actually know how it was posted—but I did send it to him because I had a problem with how people of my race and sexual persuasion are treating Donald Trump.”
But the account that shared the video backing up Dean’s defense was suspended by Twitter for violating their rules.
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People suspected that the fake account was supposed to be “Dan Purdy,” who looks a lot like Patti Labelle’s son
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Other people suspected Dean could have hired a fake actor
10/ I SALVAGED THE VIDEO. Here is Byl Holte, Patti LaBelle’s son. aka not at all Dan Purdy pic.twitter.com/QGcPMK3HZT
— Karin Sung 🗽 (@KarinSung_) November 10, 2020
Later, Dean tweeted this explanation of the incident
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This is so disgraceful and disrespectful that I almost miss the words. I am well aware that this happens very often, but that doesn't make it any better. Rather worse. The methods used for politics are simply disgusting. Last but not least, it contributes to people losing confidence, especially in politics, and turning to more radical movements instead. For precisely these radical movements, such incidents are water on the mills. This man should be ashamed of himself. Unfortunately, shame is probably something that these people then rather do not have, otherwise they would probably behave differently.
How is such an obviously black gay guy stupid? You can see “Black, and gay” all over him!
So true! He is obviously white, so, that doesn’t really add up
I have to agree with you! This is racist, wrong, and disrespectful to the gay community! As a black person ( and being bisexual) it offends me because I'm actually in the gay community and people should not be disrespectful to the gay community just because they are different!
I am gay and this is ridiculous. I am offended by this idiot. He is so obviously a straight liar. Truly a disgrace.
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So, he can't "identify", at will, as whomever he wants to be? Seems like "Neanderthal thinking"...
We see a pattern of lying tweets next getting debunked and ridiculed and next "explained" with another obvious lie. Sad part is that the majority of Trumpvoters will believe the "explanation" and will go crazy on those "libtards dragging a honest white Christian patriot through the mud."
I don't personally understand how someone can be a Trump supporter without ignoring reality, but I will say, there are plenty of people ready to accept any information that supports their own views regardless of how dubious the source.
It's simple. They answer to the dog whistle of "Moslems and Mexikans bad". If they claim economic reasons they are lying. Come on do you think any sane person would hire trump to run their company knowing his background?
Alas - I only wish the sheep were intelligent enough to read and comprehend your message. No shade on actual sheep - they are delightful except for the part where they'll follow without question...
I think that's called confirmation bias, it's one of the reasons we make bad decisions in predictable ways and is important for us to understand to improve ourselves. Thank you for reminding me of it!
You fkrs made a great decision helping biden get installed. Everything is gone to s**t. But cnn tells you it's all great and you actually believe it. Sickening.
A large portion of his support is from the bible-belt where ignoring reality or creating your own is a way of life.
I apologize, but I agree with that statement in both politics and evolution. Hope no one is offended, I dont mean a fight! :)
I was thinking the same thing about people who voted for a demented crapfest racist and his "sleep to the top" running mate who called him as much during the debates. They will believe anything.
thank you for your comment, additional gay black guy
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definitely can be said for liberal democrats too. Arguing with either of those left or right wingers is like arguing with the concrete under your feet.
I’m sure people said the same of Hitler and his supporters, but somehow he still had them.
Those people are steeped in hypocrisy. They’ll collect every government benefit available then scream about “socialism” all the way to the bank. They are completely demented. They’d need to be in order to STILL defend an evil lunatic like Trump. Demented, hypnotized, stupid or all three. The thing that frightens me most is the sheer number of them. How did this happen?! There IS such a thing as mass hypnosis. Meshed with basic group dynamics (read or watch Lord of the Flies for a strong lesson there) I can see how one man and a few power-hungry constituents could pull it off, but these people needed to be pretty weak-minded to begin with for it all to work quite THIS well. And now? Now they don’t even care about Trump anymore. Many of them are even rejecting him online while still vowing to overturn the government. He’s created a monster, and one that no longer needs him to thrive. That is terrifying. I’m terrified. Anyone who isn’t, isn’t paying attention.
Never underestimate your adversary. That’s how Trump lost this time in spite of his loopholes and cheats (Joe isn’t so “sleepy” after all, eh?) and it’s how the Capitol building was breached on the 6th.
"Those people..." that says it all. Check yourself.
One of my best friends is trans, Curt. I saw that comment. I have supported her (previously him) all the way, not once even thinking ew gross, trans in fact she’s still one of my best friends so don’t come to me with that bs
Got you a new side piece I see.
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Considering you are all shaming a person for identifying as something he clearly isn't seems to be a bit hypocritical. I can only assume you're also against trans persons as well.
“Many people say wont say it vocally, but will say it privately”. How do YOU know? That’s utter garbage. Do you know how many progressions for LGBTQ rights have been lost under this administration? Absolute trash.
Of course ANY minority group would not vote for him. What utter ridiculousness.
Unfortunately, there are some real idiots that are minorities and support him.
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actually, some would. because if you were a minority that got into the usa and earned the right to vote, would you want someone who would support other people with the same qualifications as you (i.e none) getting into the us and stealing your job. thought not. you'd vote for the guy who, shitty as he is, would go someway to unintentionally protecting your job security
@ Jay Loren...they literally BANNED trans people from serving in the military, they blocked legislation that would have made them a protected group in the workplace, they have made it more difficult for gay people to adopt...WHERE have you been the last 4 Yrs? OR did it not affect YOU, so you didn't even notice?
I just wish LGBTQ+ rights would start right now. We need our rights
I'm a straight person but I totally agree that LGBTQ+ people need rights. It shouldn't even be a question.
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
i agree with u.
I’m not LGBTQ+ but I totally agree. It’s so angrying to see all this mean, and horrendous stuff happen and no one does anything. 😕
Caitlyn Jenner. There you go.
This is so disgraceful and disrespectful that I almost miss the words. I am well aware that this happens very often, but that doesn't make it any better. Rather worse. The methods used for politics are simply disgusting. Last but not least, it contributes to people losing confidence, especially in politics, and turning to more radical movements instead. For precisely these radical movements, such incidents are water on the mills. This man should be ashamed of himself. Unfortunately, shame is probably something that these people then rather do not have, otherwise they would probably behave differently.
How is such an obviously black gay guy stupid? You can see “Black, and gay” all over him!
So true! He is obviously white, so, that doesn’t really add up
I have to agree with you! This is racist, wrong, and disrespectful to the gay community! As a black person ( and being bisexual) it offends me because I'm actually in the gay community and people should not be disrespectful to the gay community just because they are different!
I am gay and this is ridiculous. I am offended by this idiot. He is so obviously a straight liar. Truly a disgrace.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
So, he can't "identify", at will, as whomever he wants to be? Seems like "Neanderthal thinking"...
We see a pattern of lying tweets next getting debunked and ridiculed and next "explained" with another obvious lie. Sad part is that the majority of Trumpvoters will believe the "explanation" and will go crazy on those "libtards dragging a honest white Christian patriot through the mud."
I don't personally understand how someone can be a Trump supporter without ignoring reality, but I will say, there are plenty of people ready to accept any information that supports their own views regardless of how dubious the source.
It's simple. They answer to the dog whistle of "Moslems and Mexikans bad". If they claim economic reasons they are lying. Come on do you think any sane person would hire trump to run their company knowing his background?
Alas - I only wish the sheep were intelligent enough to read and comprehend your message. No shade on actual sheep - they are delightful except for the part where they'll follow without question...
I think that's called confirmation bias, it's one of the reasons we make bad decisions in predictable ways and is important for us to understand to improve ourselves. Thank you for reminding me of it!
You fkrs made a great decision helping biden get installed. Everything is gone to s**t. But cnn tells you it's all great and you actually believe it. Sickening.
A large portion of his support is from the bible-belt where ignoring reality or creating your own is a way of life.
I apologize, but I agree with that statement in both politics and evolution. Hope no one is offended, I dont mean a fight! :)
I was thinking the same thing about people who voted for a demented crapfest racist and his "sleep to the top" running mate who called him as much during the debates. They will believe anything.
thank you for your comment, additional gay black guy
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definitely can be said for liberal democrats too. Arguing with either of those left or right wingers is like arguing with the concrete under your feet.
I’m sure people said the same of Hitler and his supporters, but somehow he still had them.
Those people are steeped in hypocrisy. They’ll collect every government benefit available then scream about “socialism” all the way to the bank. They are completely demented. They’d need to be in order to STILL defend an evil lunatic like Trump. Demented, hypnotized, stupid or all three. The thing that frightens me most is the sheer number of them. How did this happen?! There IS such a thing as mass hypnosis. Meshed with basic group dynamics (read or watch Lord of the Flies for a strong lesson there) I can see how one man and a few power-hungry constituents could pull it off, but these people needed to be pretty weak-minded to begin with for it all to work quite THIS well. And now? Now they don’t even care about Trump anymore. Many of them are even rejecting him online while still vowing to overturn the government. He’s created a monster, and one that no longer needs him to thrive. That is terrifying. I’m terrified. Anyone who isn’t, isn’t paying attention.
Never underestimate your adversary. That’s how Trump lost this time in spite of his loopholes and cheats (Joe isn’t so “sleepy” after all, eh?) and it’s how the Capitol building was breached on the 6th.
"Those people..." that says it all. Check yourself.
One of my best friends is trans, Curt. I saw that comment. I have supported her (previously him) all the way, not once even thinking ew gross, trans in fact she’s still one of my best friends so don’t come to me with that bs
Got you a new side piece I see.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Considering you are all shaming a person for identifying as something he clearly isn't seems to be a bit hypocritical. I can only assume you're also against trans persons as well.
“Many people say wont say it vocally, but will say it privately”. How do YOU know? That’s utter garbage. Do you know how many progressions for LGBTQ rights have been lost under this administration? Absolute trash.
Of course ANY minority group would not vote for him. What utter ridiculousness.
Unfortunately, there are some real idiots that are minorities and support him.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
actually, some would. because if you were a minority that got into the usa and earned the right to vote, would you want someone who would support other people with the same qualifications as you (i.e none) getting into the us and stealing your job. thought not. you'd vote for the guy who, shitty as he is, would go someway to unintentionally protecting your job security
@ Jay Loren...they literally BANNED trans people from serving in the military, they blocked legislation that would have made them a protected group in the workplace, they have made it more difficult for gay people to adopt...WHERE have you been the last 4 Yrs? OR did it not affect YOU, so you didn't even notice?
I just wish LGBTQ+ rights would start right now. We need our rights
I'm a straight person but I totally agree that LGBTQ+ people need rights. It shouldn't even be a question.
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
i agree with u.
I’m not LGBTQ+ but I totally agree. It’s so angrying to see all this mean, and horrendous stuff happen and no one does anything. 😕
Caitlyn Jenner. There you go.