Posted on 06/14/2024 7:06:23 AM PDT by Twotone
A Democratic candidate who blamed former President Donald Trump and other Republicans for "Hinduphobic" messages sent to him on social media was arrested after an investigation found that he had sent them himself.
Taral Patel is a candidate for commissioner for Fort Bend County, but he is going viral for being implicated in an alleged impersonation racial hoax.
In Sept. 2023, Taral Patel lambasted his political opponents over the vile racism sent to him on social media.
“As your Democratic candidate for County Commissioner, I am always open to criticism of my policy positions and stances on issues. However, when my Republican opponents supporters’ decide to hurl #racist, #anti-immigrant, #Hinduphobic, or otherwise disgusting insults at my family, faith community, colleagues, and me - that crosses a line," he wrote.
"Fort Bend County’s diversity has made us all stronger, and these hateful images are from a place of deep and misguided fear," he added, "incited by people like former President Donald Trump and today’s extremist Republican party fear that immigrants are ‘taking their jobs’ and setting out to hurt our own communities.”
On Wednesday, Patel was arrested.
The Democrat was booked on a third-degree felony charge of online impersonation and a misdemeanor charge of misrepresentation of identity for sending himself racist messages after an investigation by the Fort Bend District Attorney's Public Integrity Division and the Texas Rangers.
Patel won the primary election for the Democratic Party in March and is set to face Republican incumbent Andy Meyers in November for the commissioner's seat for the third precinct.
Investigators said most of the posts that are suspected to have been secretly written by Patel were on Facebook from Oct. 2022 until May 2024.
The Democrat was given a $20,000 bond for the felony charge and a $2,500 bond for the misdemeanor charge. He had previously worked in President Joe Biden's administration.
Patel has not yet responded to requests for comment about the arrest, but a legal expert told KPRC-TV that he is still allowed to run in the election. If he voluntarily resigns, then Democrats would be forced to run a write-in candidate for the election.
Faking a hate crime? That is a career development move in today’s Democrat Party.
Jussie Patel?
Karma........................😁
Deport that filthy Rat piece of sh!t, NOW!
In his defense, he couldn’t get white people to do the hate crime. You just can’t get good Hate these days.
CDC should focus on a treatment /vaccine for TDS
Looks like he went on a hate crime binge against himself for two years on facebook!.....And facebook did not notice. He should sue himself.
I worked with a guy of Indian descent who was born in the US and he would rant about Indian people. So you have an Indian guy with a Southern accent telling Indian employees to “speak English” and ranting about their toxic IT culture.
“Jussie Patel?”
LOL...good one!
Has Obama chimed in “The son I never had”?
Yes, the Democrat demand for hate far exceeds supply.
The names have been changed, to protect the Indians.
Yay Texas!
He’s giving a bad name to the good “Patels”, like my Dr Patel who’s hilarious, conservative, and warned me about blood clots in vaccines before it became widely known.
“an Indian guy with a Southern accent telling Indian employees to “speak English” and ranting about their toxic IT culture”
Lol....that paints quite a picture.
I met an Indian couple through the nextdoor app and we had dinner a couple of times.....getting to know then I asked him what he did for a living.....his response was he was a software architect of course.....”because IT’S WHAT WE DO!”
LOL!
I don’t know what it is but they sure do seem to have an aptitude for it.
Everybody wants to have victim status
bkmk
Gee, what a coincidence. /s
Unfortunately, a lot of legal immigrants see that there is "money in them thar hills" when it comes to crying racism and/or being a victim.
This Patel is a prime example of this.
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