The saga of the white politician, the bad tweet, and Patti LaBelle's son and/or nephew

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.