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bathroommonkey76

(3,827 posts)
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 10:58 PM Dec 2017

Claude Taylor just started something that DU is gonna like



Hello, my name is Claude Taylor and you probably know me as @TrueFactsStated on Twitter. I'm a veteran of three presidential campaigns and former White House staffer under Bill Clinton. Many of you know Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz as the guy who is calling for Special Counsel Bob Mueller to be fired, or who proposes eliminating the EPA. What you may not know is that he may have been stopped and/or arrested on multiple occasions for DUI. We believe voters in Florida's First Congressional District need to know. If successful, this GoFundMe campaign will fund a billboard in Gaetz' Pensacola congressional district and will display his mug shot and call upon him to disclose how many times he's been stopped/arrested for DUI.

If we raise more than is needed for a single billboard, we will look at increasing the duration of the billboard's run or consider funding other billboards in other Congressional districts. Thank you for your help in exposing the hypocrisy of those who seek to subvert our democracy!

https://www.gofundme.com/mattgaetzbillboard













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Claude Taylor just started something that DU is gonna like (Original Post) bathroommonkey76 Dec 2017 OP
KICK Angry Dragon Dec 2017 #1
Huh? greeny2323 Dec 2017 #2
I like the idea of publicly shaming these mofos bathroommonkey76 Dec 2017 #4
++++ agree iluvtennis Dec 2017 #16
Too bad he has no credibility. Need another source JI7 Dec 2017 #3
Maybe you should start a new crowd fund with this idea. bathroommonkey76 Dec 2017 #5
Hahahaha !!! Super riposte ! OnDoutside Dec 2017 #25
Follow his tweets - you will see he does have credibility!! womanofthehills Dec 2017 #20
The number of followers someone has doesn't necessarily equate to credibility. PunkinPi Dec 2017 #30
Agree, JI7. OP's dead wrong as far as I'm concerned. Hortensis Dec 2017 #23
DUIs in Florida are like mosquito bites. VOX Dec 2017 #6
His goal seems to be moving bathroommonkey76 Dec 2017 #7
Hey, if it works... VOX Dec 2017 #8
Aren't his drunk driving records public? Why speculate? Just state them on BB. The Wielding Truth Dec 2017 #9
I think these's a big difference in something being of public record that most folks Upthevibe Dec 2017 #10
i'm not giving money to clause taylor so he can tell me a rethug is a scumbag Takket Dec 2017 #11
Another gofundme? melman Dec 2017 #12
Sorry, I only know of this one started by Claude. bathroommonkey76 Dec 2017 #13
He's had several fund schemes melman Dec 2017 #14
He is not a grifter - womanofthehills Dec 2017 #18
He absolutely is melman Dec 2017 #21
IYHO WhiteTara Dec 2017 #24
Show me proof of the crowd funds started by Claude bathroommonkey76 Dec 2017 #22
Let's hope he tweets the exact location of the billboard after it's up. ancianita Dec 2017 #15
Why would he not???????? womanofthehills Dec 2017 #19
An anti Obama Republican Fake 9/11 responder is financially backed by Claude Taylor & Louise Mensch greyl Dec 2017 #17
Wow! Duppers Dec 2017 #26
This is kinda familiar UncleTomsEvilBrother Dec 2017 #27
#TeamPillowForts demmiblue Dec 2017 #28
Just as troubling mercuryblues Dec 2017 #29
 

bathroommonkey76

(3,827 posts)
4. I like the idea of publicly shaming these mofos
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 11:09 PM
Dec 2017

There were people who floated this kind of idea on DU a few months ago - it's good to see Claude using his followers and Twitter in a good and positive way.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
23. Agree, JI7. OP's dead wrong as far as I'm concerned.
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 09:31 AM
Dec 2017

The source leaves too much worry that it might not be true, and I don't like this KIND of thing on DU.

As for giving money to Claude Taylor? Well, he's not the last person I would. Donald Jr popped to mind with that thought, but...

VOX

(22,976 posts)
6. DUIs in Florida are like mosquito bites.
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 11:10 PM
Dec 2017

They're unwanted and they irritate, but too many people have them for it to be a make-or-break issue.

More importantly, we're dealing with public servants (or aspirants) who are serial stalkers and probable sex offenders. DUIs aren't moving right now.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
8. Hey, if it works...
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 11:19 PM
Dec 2017

I'll even go over there to chip in. I should really back any/all attempts to get some positive change.

Upthevibe

(7,879 posts)
10. I think these's a big difference in something being of public record that most folks
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 12:07 AM
Dec 2017

probably aren't going to find and a billboard exposing the hypocrisy. Remember, the Repugs. spew "holier than thou" rhetoric-that's been their platform.

Takket

(21,424 posts)
11. i'm not giving money to clause taylor so he can tell me a rethug is a scumbag
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 12:10 AM
Dec 2017

if you have money to spend, spend it on something useful like doug jones.

 

bathroommonkey76

(3,827 posts)
13. Sorry, I only know of this one started by Claude.
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 12:31 AM
Dec 2017

Has he started other GFM accounts?

I recall some of his followers started a GFM page to fix his car - is that the one you're talking about?

 

melman

(7,681 posts)
14. He's had several fund schemes
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 12:42 AM
Dec 2017

I don't know if they were all on GFM, but the guy is a grifter that much is for sure.

womanofthehills

(8,579 posts)
18. He is not a grifter -
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 03:32 AM
Dec 2017

He was driving an old vehicle . Last year some of his fans started a Go Fund Me for him to either get a new vehicle or fix up his vehicle.

Claude has 209,000 followers on Twitter. I follow him and like him. What's with putting down Democrats?

 

bathroommonkey76

(3,827 posts)
22. Show me proof of the crowd funds started by Claude
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 09:27 AM
Dec 2017

Can you do that?

I'd like the links, too.

Honestly, I don't believe you. I've followed Claude for months and have never seen him start a crowdfunding site. Either you have proof or you are lying. There is no in between.

greyl

(22,990 posts)
17. An anti Obama Republican Fake 9/11 responder is financially backed by Claude Taylor & Louise Mensch
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 03:11 AM
Dec 2017



@MalcolmNance

So let me get this straight. An anti Obama Republican Fake 9/11 responder is financially backed by Claude Taylor & Louise Mensch to run as a Dem to take over an easy Democratic Congressional seat? #TeamPillowForts subversion is deep.

Avi? @JasperAvi
Replying to @mikefarb1 @olgaNYC1211 @TheChrisSuprun

Speak of fraud: Chris, wanna clear up the fact that you claimed to be a 9/11 responder and, apparently, lied about that?
No Record of ‘faithless Elector' Chris Suprun As a 9/11 First Responder



http://www.wfaa.com/mobile/article/news/local/texas-news/no-record-of-faithless-elector-chris-suprun-as-a-911-first-responder/371421191

27. This is kinda familiar
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 11:18 AM
Dec 2017

I like Nance, and I like Claude.

Nance's tweet is what DEMS often do, though. We let perfect stand in the way of good.


When Charlie Crist was running for Governor against Rick Scott in '14, DU was ballistic. We hated Crist because there was no way we'd endorse a former republican and opportunist. Mind you, there was never an alternative DEM candidate offered - we just didn't want Charlie Crist.

Well, eight years, two vote purges, and a Red State later, we have Gov. Rick Scott.

(At least we didn't get Crist, though, right?)

mercuryblues

(14,491 posts)
29. Just as troubling
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 11:58 AM
Dec 2017

is he refused a breathalyzer test. Under FL law if you refuse it is an automatic suspension of your license. Charges instead were dropped. His Daddy was a local public official at the time. It appears that he pulled a few strings and got his son off from a DUI & drug charges.

Equal justice under the law is so passé

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