(Washington) — A campaign consultant helping a Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Virginia has attacked the NAACP and cities with large African-American populations.

Rick Shaftan, who is working for Corey Stewart’s Senate campaign, has posted disparaging comments about African Americans on social media in past years. He also said that the NAACP is “more violent” than the KKK. Shaftan used an expletive in January when discussing Baltimore replacing a confederate statue. He was also critical of New Orleans and Ferguson, Missouri.

Stewart declined to say whether he would keep working with Shaftan.

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