HOUSTON, TX – An archived July 30, 2022, blog post published by Aubrey Taylor on the Houston Business Connections Newspaper website urged voters to replace several Black Democratic judges with Republican challengers ahead of the November 2022 general election. The archived post contains extensive criticism of numerous Harris County Democratic judges while promoting Republican judicial candidates in multiple races.
The post, titled “Dirty Judges Must Be Rooted Out and Unseated in the Judicial Races on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, in the Midterms,” repeatedly criticizes several Black Democratic judges elected during the 2018 Democratic sweep in Harris County. Taylor describes some judges as having become “arrogant,” “prideful,” and suffering from what he called “Black Robe Disease,” while identifying a small number of judges he believed should remain on the bench.
Throughout the article, Taylor encourages voters to remove several incumbent Democratic judges from office and, in multiple judicial races, expresses support for Republican challengers. Among the races discussed, Taylor wrote that former Judge Charley Prine would be “a much better choice” than the incumbent Democratic judge in the 246th Family District Court race. The webpage also features campaign-style comparisons between Democratic and Republican candidates across dozens of Harris County judicial contests and repeatedly invites readers to submit endorsements for publication in the site’s election guide.
The archived webpage also references litigation involving one Harris County family court judge, contains opinion pieces regarding the judiciary, includes election-related polls, promotes political content, and advertises services through Aubrey R. Taylor Communications. Rather than presenting a traditional straight-news report, the webpage combines political commentary, election advocacy, candidate promotion, opinion, and references to court proceedings. The post was published approximately three months before the November 2022 general election and remains publicly accessible through an archived web capture.
In response to the archived posts, Dr. Candice Matthews issued a public statement questioning what she described as a significant change in Taylor’s political messaging since 2022.
“The public record doesn’t lie,” Matthews said. “That’s exactly why we went back and reviewed Aubrey Taylor’s own posts from 2022. The archived posts speak for themselves. They show repeated public attacks against multiple Harris County Democratic judges. Today, the messaging appears very different.”
Matthews said the public deserves an explanation if a person’s political positions have changed, adding that judges should be evaluated based on “documented facts, ethics, and judicial performance—not on whichever narrative is politically convenient at the time.”
She also emphasized the importance of preserving archived material, stating that once information is published it becomes part of the historical record.
“The public can compare the 2022 record with today’s statements and draw its own conclusions,” Matthews said. “Consistency builds credibility. Contradictions destroy it. The internet remembers. Archives matter. Receipts matter. And the timeline tells the story.”
You can view the original post on the Wayback Machine.
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