Elon Musk has slammed Humza Yousaf as a “super racist scumbag” and dared him to sue, amid reports that the former First Minister is mulling legal action over their escalating social media feud on X. The Telegraph has more.
On Sunday, Mr. Musk effectively branded Mr. Yousaf a “dangerous race baiter” in response to the former SNP leader sharing an article in the Sunday Mail claiming that he was “considering all options”, including going to court.
The exchange came two days after Mr. Musk described Mr. Yousaf as a “super, super racist” and claimed that he “loathes white people”.
The comments were a response to an attack the ex-SNP leader had launched on Mr. Musk at the Edinburgh Fringe.
He described Mr. Musk, one of the wealthiest people in the world, as “one of the most dangerous men on the planet” and accused him of attempting to stoke civil wars in Europe.
The allegations of racism against Mr. Yousaf by Mr. Musk date back to last year, when he responded to a three-year-old speech Mr. Yousaf gave at Holyrood at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement.
The then-SNP justice secretary had pointed out that a succession of figures in Scottish public life were white.
Mr. Musk has repeated the racism allegation over recent days in response to Mr. Yousaf’s widely reported comments in the Scottish capital. …
On Sunday, Mr. Yousaf shared the report on X that had raised the prospect of him taking legal action. He accompanied the link to the news story by calling Mr. Musk a “dangerous race baiter” adding that “his billions won’t stop me calling out his support for the far-Right.”
Mr. Musk responded by agreeing with a comment in which another social media user told Mr. Yousaf it was he who was a “dangerous race baiter who must be held to account for your actions”.
Mr. Musk later added: “He’s obviously super racist against white people. I dare that scumbag to sue me. Go ahead, make my day…”
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