Later on Tuesday evening, the Dan Purdy Twitter account posted a video showing a Black man claiming that he was actually Dan Purdy and that he had sent Browning the message. There were widespread suggestions that Purdy's account might be run by Browning. Many people won't say it vocally, but do in private."Ī few reporters pointed out that an unverified pro-Trump Twitter account, the owner of which describes himself as "black and gay," has replied to a host of Browning's tweets since the account was created last month. Trump received record minority votes & record LGBTQ votes. "Regarding the tweet that is going viral from my account - I was quoting a message that I received earlier this week from a follower," Browning tweeted on Tuesday afternoon. In a subsequent tweet, he claimed the message was an attempt to quote a real Trump supporter who'd reached out to him and that he'd forgotten to attribute the quote to the man. I feel respected - which I never do when Democrats are involved." -Jacob Rubashkin November 10, 2020īrowning, a former Republican candidate for a Pennsylvania House seat, deleted his post after other Twitter users began to draw attention to it. "Everything is so much better under Trump though.
It all began with Browning's tweet: "I'm a black gay guy and I can personally say that Obama did nothing for me, my life only changed a little bit and it was for the worse," he wrote in response to one of his own tweets. That was only the beginning of a drama that riveted Twitter on Tuesday evening with its twists and turns, ultimately ending in the suspension of one Twitter account believed to belong to the singer Patti LaBelle's nephew, William Holte, also known as Byl Holte.
Dean Browning, a white former Republican commissioner of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, tweeted on Tuesday that he is a "black gay guy" who supports President Donald Trump and dislikes former President Barack Obama.