On the surface there is nothing nefarious about a small, one man, communications company, an public school advocate, and an allergist. These are people that would not stand out in a crowd, or elicit any kind of concern for regular people on the street.
Sadly, the humble titles and diverse backgrounds of the three men I’m discussing today are far from innocent. They are working hard to undermine the systems of democracy, and to throw local politics into disarray with their unique brand of flamboyance, extremism, and manipulation.
Steve Hotze is an allergist and a local Houston GOP activist that has spread hate and misinformation for years. Among one of the more disgusting displays of hate by Steve Hotze is his campaign against the HERO ordinance in Houston.
“When conservative firebrand Dr. Steven Hotze unsheathed a sword in August while speaking at a conservative rally that doubled as a campaign launch against Houston’s nondiscrimination ordinance, even some politically aligned with the longtime anti-gay activist were taken aback.”
Steve Hotze has also come out as a radical supporter of Donald Trump’s Qanon fueled election lies. Hiring people to try and prove election fraud, where there is none. One of his hired thugs nearly murdered an innocent AC repairman in an attempt to spread misinformation.
““We’ve uncovered a massive voter election fraud scheme in Harris County,” Hotze said in an Oct. 14 video. “We have 20 investigators on the ground that will be working between now and Election Day.” Hotze’s plan blew up five days later in the pre-dawn hours of Oct. 19, when one of hisprivate investigators, former Houston Police Department captain Mark Aguirre, slammed his SUV into a box truck driven by air-conditioning repairman David Lopez-Zuniga. According to an account Lopez-Zuniga later gave to local TV station KPRC, Aguirre feigned injury after the crash. And, as Lopez-Zuniga approached to help him, Aguirre allegedly pulled a gun, disengaged the safety, and aimed it at Lopez-Zuniga’s head.“
Far from being an innocent allergist, Steve Hotze is a radical right wing bully that threatens and instills fear in under represented communities while trying to steal a legitimate election away from those he disagrees with.
Let’s now talk about Aubrey Taylor. Aubrey runs a blog, online, that he thinks is a news source. Full disclosure THIS is a blog as well, and while I do my best to reference new sources, I am not a journalist, I am an activist. My job is to uncover the truth in dirty politics and to call it out.
Aubrey Taylor profits greatly from politics. His consulting business makes a lot of money from candidates that were previously clueless about his ties to Steve Hotze and Gerry Monroe (more on him later). Aubrey Taylor is sideways with many people right now because the Harris County Democratic Party has censored Harold Dutton for pushing a GOP sponsored anti-trans education bill. Aubrey, as you can see below, throws in with anti-LGBTQ extremist Steve Hotze, and does comms work for Harold Dutton. He also takes a lot of money from GOP candidates and PACS.
Not content with just being a token to anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ hate, Aubrey is also helping Steve Hotze push election lies so that he can further profit. His support of restrictive voting bills will disenfranchise the poor, and communities of color. Meanwhile he’ll collect a paycheck.
Now on to Gerry Monroe.
I could write a novel about the self proclaimed “Five Star General” who was so offended by my critique of his misogynistic statements, he sat in front of Hobby Airport for hours, pretending like he was flying in an army of his friends to hurt me. I’ve got video of that on my social media somewhere, I promise you it’s as sad and pathetic as it sounds.
Here is a quote regarding his “activism” at HISD:
“The case, Monroe v. Houston Indep. Sch. Dist., No. CV H-19-1991, 2019 WL 7206031, (S.D. Tex. Dec. 11, 2019), examined whether a citizen who made threatening remarks and gestures toward a Houston Independent School District principal could be temporarily banned from board meetings.HISD banned Gerry Monroe from all HISD “[f]acilities, activities and meetings.” The facilities ban followed two different HISD meetings. At the first, Monroe became belligerent, yelled, banged on the table, swore profusely, insulted administrators almost incessantly, and repeatedly yelled racial epithets. Two days later, Monroe attended an HISD board meeting. He wore a bandana around his neck and a t-shirt with an HISD principal’s picture on it. Above her picture, the shirt said, “PRINCIPAL IRMA SANDATE MUST GO!”; below her picture, it said, “BECAUSE SHE DON’T LIKE BLACK PEOPLE.” Monroe gave an angry speech and repeatedly called the principal an “idiot.” He insisted that she immediately be fired. At the end of his speech, Monroe paused and raised the bandana over his mouth towards his eyes and said, “I got a team that can protect every last one of [the teachers]. You need some help?” Lowering his bandana, Monroe shouted “Do something with that idiot over there. This is the mandate: Either you take her out or I’m going to take her out.” Throughout his speech, including during the mandate, he pointed at the board with a hand gesture that, according to some in the room, looked like a gun. Monroe stated that he did not remember using a gun gesture during the meeting.“
Gerry Monroe has also mocked the Trans community. He does it often and he isn’t ashamed of it. It fits that he would throw his lot in with Aubrey Taylor and Steve Hotze, they all seem to have some extremist anti-LGBTQ views.
Now Steve Hotze is blatant about his ultra right wing views. He uses his money to champion those causes. He also uses his money to prop up people like Aubrey and Gerry, so that they can cause friction and discord in the Democratic party. They get money and some notoriety, while the rest of us see voting rights erode, and vulnerable communities slandered and harmed by their antics.
Beware of wolves in sheep’s clothing indeed. These two men should have nothing to do with Democratic Party circles. They are toxic and pathetic.
References:
http://aubreyrtaylor.blogspot.com/ – Beware the blatant lies and anti-lbgtq content.