A White male supporter of Donald Trump deleted a post on social media Monday in which he pretended to be a Black woman supporting the former president over Vice-President Kamala Harris.
In the post on X, Joey Mannarino, a MAGA influencer, claims to be a “TRUE Black American” who has been “Black all my life.”
“I was born Black and I will die Black,” he continued. “My mommy Black. My daddy Black. I will NEVER cast a ballot for that Kamala Harris woman as long as I live! Trump all the way, all day every day!”
Mannarino, who is clearly a white man based on his profile picture, deleted the post but not before it was flagged by an account with the username ‘BaloneyTony305’ who urged other social media users to share the post.
Mannarino later explained that the post was sent “as a result of my account being logged in on a friend’s device.”
“Clearly, I am not a Black woman,” he said, adding, “the lesson here is always log yourself out when borrowing or using friend’s devices.”
This is not the first time a MAGA Republican has claimed to be a Black person online supporting Trump.
In 2020, Dean Browning, a white political activist from Pennsylvania and a former Lehigh County Commissioner, tweeted: “I am a black gay guy and I can personally say that Obama did nothing for me.”
“Everything is so much better under Trump though,” Browning added. “I feel respected — which I never do when democrats are involved.”
The post was deleted and Browning claimed at the time that he was just “quoting a message that I received earlier this week from a follower.”
