{"id":1360048,"date":"2022-03-05T14:07:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T19:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1360048"},"modified":"2022-03-05T14:07:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T19:07:50","slug":"exclusive-isis-bride-claims-media-covered-up-affair-with-rep-van-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-isis-bride-claims-media-covered-up-affair-with-rep-van-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: \u2018ISIS Bride\u2019 Claims Media Covered Up Affair With Rep Van Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-isis-bride-claims-media-covered-up-affair-with-rep-van-taylor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1360048&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1228654411-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">\u2018ISIS Bride\u2019 Tania Joya says establishment media were protecting Rep. Van Taylor (R-TX) and refused to report on their affair \u2014 with one journalist even telling her to stop trying to publicize the relationship, which included a $5000 hush money payment.<\/p>\n<p>Citing Breitbart News for first reporting hush payments from Taylor to Jones, Joya revealed her frustration with several publications that ignored her pleas for help in 2021 \u2014 well before Taylor\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/02\/embattled-rep-van-taylor-fails-to-secure-gop-texas-primary-after-alleged-affair-reported\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">failed<\/a>\u00a0to gain a 50 percent threshold on Tuesday to avoid a runoff and the subsequent\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/02\/rep-van-taylor-admits-to-affair-with-isis-bride-tania-joya-suspends-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suspension<\/a>\u00a0of his campaign.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI emailed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/author\/ttaliaferro\/\">Tim Taliaferro<\/a> from Texas Monthly last year, but he didn\u2019t respond,\u201d Joya said about her effort to out Taylor in late February of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also contacted Dallas Morning News\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/author\/dave-lieber\/\">Dave Lieber<\/a>,\u201d Joya told Breitbart News before explaining she was turned away. \u201c\u2018We\u2019re not investigating Van Taylor,\u2019 and that was it,\u201d Joya recounted Lieber\u2019s response in July to her query, which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/28\/exclusive-isis-bride-says-texas-congressman-van-taylor-paid-her-to-keep-quiet-about-affair\/\">included<\/a>\u00a0evidence exposing Taylor\u2019s\u00a0raunchy sexting.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MSDNC finally caught up to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BreitbartNews<\/a>\u2019s reporting on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VanTaylorTX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VanTaylorTX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BpXcy10KNO\">https:\/\/t.co\/BpXcy10KNO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T0dANjFf5S\">pic.twitter.com\/T0dANjFf5S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacob Bliss (@jacobmbliss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\/status\/1499468489832206338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Not only did the media allegedly refuse to investigate the allegations, but according to Joya, Lieber even went so far as to demand Joya remove tweets that claimed she was having an affair with Taylor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow. Van Taylor confirms the Monday Breitbart story that he had an affair and is suspending his campaign after getting forced into a runoff last night. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0oxPha75W5\">https:\/\/t.co\/0oxPha75W5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kirk A. Bado (@kirk_bado) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kirk_bado\/status\/1499135408235556867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLieber told me to take down my tweets about exposing Van,\u201d she recalled, also noting the Dallas Morning News only reported on the affair after Taylor suspended his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told Dallas Morning News that I reached out months ago, but they weren\u2019t interested in exposing Van\u2019s unethical behavior,\u201d she said. \u201cI told them on Monday that I regretted that his daughters had to find out and that my interview was leaked, which I was very upset about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Dallas Morning News has supported Van for two years because he\u2019s not an extreme right-winger,\u201d Joya said about the intentions of the establishment media.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The media was not the only institution reportedly protecting Taylor. Joya told Breitbart News she informed the House Committee on Ethics in July of 2021 about Taylor\u2019s \u201cunethical behavior\u201d and\u00a0raunchy sexting.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Breitbart headline for the ages<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Disturbing and Entirely Unbecoming\u2019: Texas GOP Primary Candidate Rips Rep. Van Taylor for Allegedly Paying \u2018ISIS Bride\u2019 to Keep Quiet About Affair<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BP1Fh1UqNw\">https:\/\/t.co\/BP1Fh1UqNw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UjsZzuDaqs\">https:\/\/t.co\/UjsZzuDaqs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Burgess Everett (@burgessev) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/burgessev\/status\/1499136420929323020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey didn\u2019t get back to me or investigate it,\u201d she said about the committee chaired by Florida Democrat Rep. Ted Deutch. When Joya realized the media and the committee were not interested in the affair, she said it was disheartening. \u201cI thought, \u2018Gosh, nobody cares.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe it\u2019s so common that everyone is cheating or congressmen cheating,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Joya told Breitbart News she does not believe the media, congressional committee, and Taylor were conspiring to block the allegation from surfacing. Instead, she said power and money control politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI go after the men who hurt me \u2013 who kick me to the curb and treat me like trash,\u201d\u00a0Joya\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/03\/exclusive-isis-bride-tania-joya-explains-why-she-outed-rep-van-taylor-i-kept-my-word\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>. \u201cAnd I kept my word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both\u00a0Lieber and\u00a0Taliaferro did not respond to requests for comment from Breitbart News.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author__social-links\"><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gettr.com\/user\/wendellhusebo\">Gettr<\/a>\u00a0@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018ISIS Bride\u2019 Tania Joya says establishment media were protecting Rep. 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