After relaunching his campaign, candidate David Crowley has been linked to a social media account that published crude messages.
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley has been linked to an old twitter account called “Dirt McGirk,” which contained crude, racist, sexist, and homophobic posts. Crowley’s campaign acknowledges that the account exists, and that Crowley had access to it. The campaign claims that Crowley “did not write or post the problematic content in question.” They say that the only posts he made were about his “paternity history.” (RELATED: Eric Toney Demands Investigation Into Rodriguez Campaign Finances)
Rayhainio Boynes was one of the people who had access to the account back when it was active. The posts included crude comments about women, LGBTQ, and racism. “Did we have some friends back in the day to say foolishness? Absolutely. The group was extremely young and unfortunately, not everyone was mature at that time,” said Boynes.
Boynes also mentioned that “David would never” say the crude comments that were on that account. However, there is no way to prove who posted what, only linking the account and its remarks to the ten to twelve individuals that include Crowley.
Crowley’s comeback into the Democrat spotlight was only necessary because of the Sara Rodriguez finance scandal and subsequent drop out. Crowley has been the favorite for party officials, including current governor Tony Evers endorsing Crowley. He has also reportedly raised more than $550,000 over the past seven days since re-entering the race. (RELATED: Milwaukee Residents Face Rising Costs, School Failure and Police Staffing Crisis)
In the Marquette Law School poll, Crowley wasn’t considered to be a part of the primary since he dropped out the day the poll started. However, since the withdrawal of Sara Rodriguez, Socialist Francesca Hong remained at the top of the poll with 27% of the electorate supporting her. GOP likely Tom Tiffany matched up well versus Hong, beating her by three percentage points amongst registered voters, with 17% still undecided.
