GOP consultant seems to question race of Roseanne target


              FILE - In this April 23, 2013 file photo, senior advisor to President Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett, attends the TIME 100 Gala celebrating the "100 Most Influential People in the World" in New York. Publisher Viking said, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, that Jarrett is working on a book, scheduled for 2019, that will combine personal history and civic advice.  (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - In this April 23, 2013 file photo, senior advisor to President Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett, attends the TIME 100 Gala celebrating the "100 Most Influential People in the World" in New York. Publisher Viking said, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, that Jarrett is working on a book, scheduled for 2019, that will combine personal history and civic advice. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia GOP consultant whose last campaign featured a "deportation bus" is back with a Twitter post critics say questions whether the Obama adviser insulted by Roseanne Barr is truly black.

Seth Weathers was until recently campaign manager for a failed gubernatorial bid by state Sen. Michael Williams and had served as state director for the Trump campaign.

Weathers on Tuesday tweeted a picture of Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett with the caption: "FYI, this is the 'African-American' that (Barr) offended. Questions?"

Barr's show was canceled after she posted a tweet that likened Jarrett to a cross between the Muslim Brotherhood and a "Planet of the Apes" actor.

Critics saw Weathers' comments as questioning Jarrett's African-American identity.

Weathers told AP his tweet was in fact making fun of Barr for claiming she didn't know Jarrett was black.

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