Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has delivered some hot takes in recent days about Ferguson, Mo., saying that “white police officers won’t be there if you weren’t killing each other 70 percent of the time.” He then doubled down after some outcry, adding that “the danger to a black child — if it was my child — the danger is another black.”
And now Giuliani is getting the backing of Missouri House Speaker Timothy Jones (R), whose state has been embroiled in racial tension since the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.
Jones sent out a series of tweets supporting Giuliani’s comments on Monday from his verified Twitter account.
Giuliani: “You’re not discussing the fact that 93% of blacks in US are killed by other blacks” major prob not white cops. #facts @tonymess
— Tim W. Jones (@SpeakerTimJones) November 24, 2014
#Giuliani states facts re:black v. black crime. Left wingers trolling me 2day want to ignore facts & drive their own narrative re: #Ferguson
— Tim W. Jones (@SpeakerTimJones) November 24, 2014
He also retweeted — though that is not always an endorsement — this rather provocative analysis of race in America.
“The black elite are more dangerous than the The Klu Klux Klan, to Black Americans.” ~ Arthur BigBully Savage…. http://t.co/i0d7PxflsO
— UnhyphenatedAmerica (@UnhyphenAmerica) November 24, 2014
