The saga of the white politician, the bad tweet, and Patti LaBelle's son and/or nephew
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Okay, where to begin here? The tweet, yes. Former Lehigh County Commissioner Dean Browning, a failed Pennsylvania congressional candidate, dropped a tweet on Tuesday that raised plenty of eyebrows. It came after Browning criticized Joe Biden, who the Republican declared would “destroy in 4 months” what Trump “built in 4 years.”
After a user offered a correction—“You mean what Obama build in 8 years”—Browning replied, “I’m a black gay guy and I can personally say Obama did nothing for me, my life only changed a little bit and it was for the worse. Everything is so much better under Trump though. I feel respected – which I never do when democrats are involved.”
Fair enough. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion. But it wasn’t the tweet itself that caused an uproar; it was the picture that accompanied it.
Yep, Browning is white, leading many to believe that, like many pro-Trump Republicans over the past four years, Browning keeps a “sock puppet” account that spreads MAGA propaganda through what appears to be a Black supporter of the president. Like that extremely horny dude at Fort Bragg, Browning forgot to switch accounts. Or so people assumed.
In no time at all, online sleuths dug up what appeared to be Browning’s alt: Dan Purdy. Not only was Purdy a frequenter of Browning’s mentions, but he loves to lead off his pro-Trump tweets by declaring himself a “gay black guy.”
Others dug back further and found “Dan Purdy” has quite the history online.
Browning denied the allegations, saying he was “quoting a message” from a “follower” he received earlier this week. “Sorry if context was not clear,” he wrote, apparently unaware that people typically use quotation marks when quoting people who are not themselves.
Browning then tweeted out a video from “Dan Purdy,” who revealed himself to be a Black Trump supporter.
The only problem? The man in the video was alleged by many to be someone named “Byl Holte,” not “Dan Purdy.” We visited his public Facebook account (user name: william.m.holte) and were able to confirm that not only does Holte use the same avatar as “Dan Purdy,” but “Dan Purdy” is in all of Holte’s photos, leading one to believe that “Dan Purdy” is Byl Holte. You can also visit Holte’s Instagram here. It’s the same guy.
And who else is in those photos?
Why, it’s Godmother of Soul Patti LaBelle. According to Google, Holte is her son, but other sources note that he is her adopted nephew. He runs an anti-feminist film blog. It’s gross.
In the time it took to sort through the above, the account for “Dan Purdy” has been suspended by Twitter. Browning, meanwhile, has yet to respond as of this writing, though his tweet containing the now-inaccessible video remains up.
The question remains: Was it Holte in Browning’s mentions that whole time? Or did Browning persuade Holte to record the video?
Either way, we’re exhausted.
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52 Comments
I just want to get back to Earth Prime.
People really need to stop punching through the walls of reality.
When your parents tell you “You can be anyone you want to be” and you take it waaaaay too literally.
I’m a gay black guy, and I don’t see what the problem is.
Wait…did you just leave a hipster coffee shop?
Well I’m an Armenian castrato with a limp, so you don’t speak for me.
God damn it, near spit take.
Tigran? Tigran, is that you?
Im a black Chinaman, and I mean a guy who built the fucking railroad dude.
Donnie? You’re OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT!
Well I’m a 1st level cleric and I’m casting detect evil!
Clearly this is all just guerilla marketing for the upcoming The Jerk reboot.
Browning reads ‘The A.V. Club’? Man, has he got time to burn.
Edit: no. Nevermind.
I read the whole article, even followed a couple of links. I have no idea what’s going on here.
Y’know the whole bitcoin process?Kinda like that, but with people. And way dumber. I think.
Pretty sure he’s saying all straight white men are actually gay black men.
After a six pack with the lights out.
*sighs, unzips*
As a straight white gay black man, can confirm.
Just, shhh! Don’t even tell em you read this just, fuck it.
A white republican posted “i am a black gay guy” and many people wrongly accused him of lying on his identity when he was actually only quoting donald trump.
Given her past history of plagiarism, wouldn’t it be more likely to be Melania Trump claiming to be a gay black man?
I think you should have this kind of post under a different tag: OH FUCK OFF, INTERNET.
Jesus Christ Dean, the Da Vinci Code made more sense than you! Get some help, and get off the internet!
Who does he think he is, Cory Booker?
Browning is dedicated to tweeting through this too.
What the fuck?
“He’s my son!” *slap* “My nephew!” *slap* “My son!” *slap* “My nephew!”
Faye Dunaway sends her regards. And she got that reference.
The real question is when Patti’s son/nephew will start a podcast with Matt Gaetz’s son/nephew.
NESTOOOOOR!!!! Mat Gaetz’s FAKE son/nephew/friend/boy toy
The weirdest part of this saga is that he is still tweeting. He somehow believes all of the scrutiny into his activities is a good thing. In response, people are not going to let him live down the humiliation of getting caught using a sock puppet account.
Conservatives have a shame deficiency problem which allows them to proudly behave in such a way that would make most normal people cringe from embarrassment.
“Byl Holte” sounds like the fake name here. “Dan Purdy” sounds like someone who plausibly does exist, except he’s the type of mediocre schmuck that posts Great Job Internet articles.
Still confused. Who takes a DM they received and pastes it out under their own account to the public? That’s what they’re going with?
This is definitely the Four Seasons Total Landscaping of tweeting.
This is one of those times where I read it, re-read it, and then am still left going, WTF just happened? Possibly why I have ignored Twitter since about 2010. I have enough drama to take care of in my own life, do I really need to care about this? (Well, ya know, aside from how racist it is and, well, everything.)
Someone tweeted something dumb, people had hot takes, and then everyone forgot about it the next day.
-Twitter
According to Google, Holte is her son, but other sources note that he is her adopted nephewTo indulge in a bit of pedantry, if she adopted her nephew that would also make him her son.
Not if he was adopted by her brother or sister. He’d then be her…adopted nephew.
Republicans blame context so much, you’d think context was secretly funding antifa.
I’m a Cuban/Chinese bisexual and now that I’ve gotten that off my chest let me say this……the Knicks stink. Somewhere Kevin Durant is loving all of this
FUCK THE KNICKS!
Don’t be exhausted, Randall. Be sympathetic. These dildos thought they were entitled to 8 Years of Crazy. Now they know they’ve gotta squish 4 years into 2 Months … Man, that’s some pressure after Pizzagate, and it’ll be great to see what those wacky members of their writers’ room come up with next. Would an alien invasion really surprise you? How ‘bout a possession? His base’d love that. (C’mon, commenters: Write Your Own Adventure, then see how relatively normal it is.)
I’m a gay black cat and I’m okay with all of this. Will be announcing all of this in a press conference at the Sheraton Tire and Auto Center.
never trust a niggerfaggot
I’m a gay black man on one half of my body, but a straight white man on the other half. It’s like that episode of classic Star Trek, only even more asinine.
This will happen to recognitions eventually.
That blog is like performance art. Holy shit…