Humza Yousaf responds to Elon Musk’s ‘blatant racist’ jibe after speech

Humza Yousaf has hit again at Elon Musk after he appeared to explain Scotland’s First Minister as a “blatant racist” on social media.

Musk, who took over Twitter final yr earlier than rebranding it as X, responded to an account which posted a speech Mr Yousaf made within the Scottish Parliament after the murder of George Floyd in the US.

In response to the publish by an account named “End Wokeness”, Musk wrote: “What a blatant racist!”

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As of Friday morning, the publish had been seen by greater than 500,000 accounts.

In the speech in 2020, Mr Yousaf recited the ultimate phrases of Mr Floyd earlier than his dying whereas he was restrained by police officer Derek Chauvin.

Mr Yousaf, who was justice secretary on the time, went on to focus on that the folks he handled each day in his portfolio had been all white.

Reciting the names of the heads of the authorized occupation, the courts and the police in Scotland on the time, Mr Yousaf punctuated them with the phrase “white”, earlier than transferring on to the medical occupation, commerce unions and administrators normal of the Scottish authorities.

He concluded by saying: “That is not good enough.”

A spokesperson for the primary minister stated he had been on the “receiving end of racist hate, abuse and death threats his entire life” as he referred to as on Musk to do extra to guard customers on the platform.

Mr Yousaf additionally uploaded a Gif of Still Game character Navid dancing on X this morning, alongside the remark: “Racists foaming at the mouth at my very existence.”

“Sadly, much of the racist abuse and threats of violence the first minister faces are directed his way on X – formerly known as Twitter,” the spokesperson stated.

“Mr Musk should use his position to tackle racism and hatred that goes unchecked on the social media platform he owns.”