Ex-Obama aide denies being ‘Islamophobic guy’ after he’s ID’d as man harassing halal cart vendor
President Barack Obama’s former National Security Council chief denied he is an “Islamophobic guy” after being seen harassing a halal cart vendor on the Upper East Side and asking him if he rapes his daughter.
Stuart Seldowitz, 64, admitted “it’s probably me” in the viral videos shared to social media, as he offered a half-hearted apology.
“If I had to do it all over again, I would not have raised the religious aspect,” he told City & State Tuesday night.
“I don’t think I’m an Islamophobic guy,” he added. “I’ve spoken up for equal treatment of Muslims on numerous occasions with numerous different people.”
Seldowitz added that he regrets “the whole thing happened, and I’m sorry.
“But you know, in the heat of the moment, I said things that probably I shouldn’t have said.”
The former White House official is accused of harassing a street vendor on the corner of East 83rd Street and Second Avenue for nearly two weeks, according to the Columbia grad student who posted
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