By Jordan Cohen
In an interview following Washington and Lee University’s Mock Convention, Republican activist and author Ann Coulter said black Americans are more afraid of “other blacks” than of police brutality.
Speaking to writers with W&L’s conservative magazine The Spectator, Coulter also said presidential hopeful Donald Trump has a good relationship with African American voters.
“Blacks also like that [Trump] brags about his wealth. Everything we think is tacky, they think ‘finally, a white person who knows how to have fun with his money.’”
Coulter went on to say Trump was supportive of police in light of what she deemed “b.s.” discussions of police brutality that have inundated popular and political discussion in the past year.
“Trump is the only Republican who just comes out and says ‘I support the cops.’ Not this b.s. about ‘oh there’s some bad apples.’ There’s bad apples every place, why do you only say that about the cops?” said Coulter, “[Police] are under attack.”
Last year, 291 African-American men were killed by law enforcement officers, and were nine times more likely to be killed by police than were other Americans, according to a study by the Guardian.
Still, Coulter said that black activists only “pretend” to be afraid of law enforcement.
“[Black voters] know they are more at risk from other young black men and not a white cop. They know. It’s the ethnic activists and the Al Sharptons who pretend ‘oh we’re so afraid of the cops.’ No they aren’t. They’re afraid of other blacks.”
Coulter was a paid speaker at Washington & Lee’s mock convention, speaking for 30 minutes before the entire convention on the topic of immigration.
The Rockbridge Report will air Coulter’s extended interview, which spanned Coulter’s thoughts on immigration as well as her time at Washington & Lee’s Mock Convention, this Tuesday at 5 p.m.