Obama's ex-National Security Council advisor SMILES as he's perp walked after being charged with five counts including a hate crime for asking halal food vendor 'did you rape your daughter like Muhammad did?' in vile Islamophobic rant



Barack Obama's former National Security Council advisor was seen smiling as he was perp walked after being charged on multiple counts over shocking footage showing him berating a halal vendor.

Stuart Seldowitz, 64, issued a half-hearted apology on Tuesday night for unleashing on the street cart owner in New York City amid the war between Israel and Hamas.

An NYPD spokesperson confirmed to DailyMail.com Seldowitz was arrested and charged Wednesday night.

He faces two counts of aggravated harassment and three counts of stalking, one under the city's hate crimes law, one for intent to cause fear and one for doing so at the victim's place of employment.

Seldowitz was seen being escorted out of the 19th Precinct on the Upper East Side of Manhattan with a smile on his face.  

Shocking footage emerged on Tuesday of Seldowitz telling 24-year-old Mohammad Hussein 'if we killed 4,000 Palestinian children, it wasn't enough'.




He also asked if the victim 'raped his daughter like Mohammed and even threatened to get him deported to Egypt during the sick tirade.

The New York-based firm he was working with, Gotham Government Relations, 'ended all affiliation' with him and offered to represent the vendor in any lawsuits.

Speaking to City & State Tuesday night, Seldowitz, who was deputy director in the US State Department's Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs from 1999 to 2003, offered a brief apology.

'I regret the whole thing happened and I'm sorry,' he said. 'But you know, in the heat of the moment, I said things that probably I shouldn't have said.'

He said 'I did have an argument with a food vendor. It is quite possible that it's me. I mean, I've not seen the video, but I believe it's probably me.'

But despite going on a rant regarding the vendor's belief in the Quran, he doesn't believe he has any problem with Muslims.

'If I had to do it all over again, I would not have raised the religious aspect,' Seldowitz said.

'I don't think I'm an Islamophobic guy. I've spoken up for equal treatment of Muslims on numerous occasions with numerous different people.'

'You support killing little children,' Seldowitz says and takes a photo of the vendor, telling him to smile. He asks him: 'Did you rape your daughter like Mohammed did?'




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This man wearing a green jacket was berating and harassing a halal cart vendor off 83rd and 2nd Ave in NYC. Does anyone know who this man is? Planning to report to the authorities. pic.twitter.com/GwklyXpsPH

— Layla \uD83E\uDEAC (@itslaylas) November 21, 2023

Seldowitz refers to the man as a 'rapist' and calls him 'ignorant' for his lack of English, then going on a tirade about the Quran.

'What do you speak? You speak Arabic, the language of the Quran, the holy Quran. That some people use as a toilet,' he says.

'What do you think of that? People who use the Quran as a toilet. Does it bother you? Does it bother you? Tell me the truth? You don't speak English? That's too bad.'

'That's why you're selling food in in a food cart, because you're ignorant, but you should learn English. It'll help you when they deport you back to Egypt.'

Seldowitz said that he's had several arguments with the vendor at the cart, which an employee of the establishment confirmed to DailyMail.com Tuesday night.

'Yes, I went back because I pass that food cart regularly and I went back and had other arguments,' he explained.

Letitia James, Attorney General of New York, said on X: 'This is disgusting, hateful, and New York won't tolerate it. We won't stand for Islamophobia or any kind of hate in our state.'

Gotham Government Relations claimed Seldowitz hadn't worked there for years, though Vice claimed he was hired in 2022 as Foreign Affairs Chair.

this man is continuing to berate and harass the halal cart vendor. He ends the video with “if we killed 4,000 palestinian kids? It wasn’t enough”. pic.twitter.com/yhu4HSvIEZ

— Layla \uD83E\uDEAC (@itslaylas) November 21, 2023

his harassment of the Halal Cart vendor at 83rd and 2nd ave has been ongoing for two weeks.
NYPD has been called multiple times, local precinct stated that “there is nothing they can do because it is free speech”. pic.twitter.com/6LYL40TTFK

— Layla \uD83E\uDEAC (@itslaylas) November 21, 2023

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I'm torn on this one...

So he was arrested for words? Hurt feelings?

I guess he was harassing the guy, will that actually get you arrested these days?

FBHO

Alien vs Predator?

Yelling at someone is a crime? Sounds............. Orwellian.

I would be, considering he was an 0bama turd, but it seems like he was arrested for exercising ugly free speech, which means if a friend of 0bama can't do it, nobody can.

Some dude minding his own business trying to earn an honest buck selling food to willing customers gets my support 100%, Muslim or otherwise, over an angry policy wonk bureaucrat that swung from Obama's balls.  Fuck that guy.

He got arrested for being an asshole? IDK about this one.

Fuck New York
And that guy
And Palestinian terrorists
And Obama

Did he exceed a specified decibel level?  Or is it simply word choice?

Wait, is that a crime now?

That's my issue too. Gang members running wild with Glock switches and this somehow made it all the way to an arrest without someone being physically harmed?

It's a crime being a shithead?

That shit shouldn't even be a crime.

Everything's illegal in new york.

ImSorryIThoughtThisWasAmerica.gif

Asshole thing to do but I didn't know mean words was arrestable.

Either way probably a slap on the wrist.

Kind of a dirt bag thing to say, I wonder if he was drunk.

Nice example of single dimensional thought.

Everything is a crime now.

Maybe now he realizes he got what he voted for.

But I doubt it.

I'm inclined to agree with this. This fucking idiot went back to yell at the employee at the food cart a few times. What a fucking idiot. Get a life.

And if you're going to fuck with someone don't fuck with someone who can't fight back physically or verbally because they're afraid of losing their job.

This weasel grew a pair of balls because he knew he wasn't going to get punched in the face.

The case will be turned over to the FBI.

Voted for it? He is likely the reason that food stand vendor is in the country now. It still shouldn't be illegal, but he fucked his own ass working with the globohomo, so it's hard to feel bad for him.

Tinfoil hat time

The administration has been screaming on every opportunity about violence on Muslims.
The next week an Obama ex administration official is caught on tape harassing a Muslim.

I know most likely just one of those times where all the stars aligned just perfect.

Guy is democrat POS

He could have insulted some white Christian and ZFG

He insulted a RoPer so he is fucked

Also, he went back  multiple  so it is harrassment

Words. He was arrested for words.

A restraining order, maybe.. but a hate crime?

We have no more free speech.

we-are turning into Great Britain with these laws against word crimes.  New work you can do better.

...Or maybe you can't.....

I bet they added the hate crime enhancement to something like 'disturbing the peace' which will get tossed with a finger wag from the judge.

Yep,  I don't give a shit what WORDS were spoken.  You have a right to be an asshole.

The perp is a dick, but he has a right to be a dick. Bad arrest.

Disorderly conduct. Contact likely to provoke a violent response.

In New York City no less.

In NYC I thought being an asshole was a requirement, not a crime.

Cannon fodder?

What the hell is Aggravated Harassment? Is that like misdemeanor nagging. Give me a break.

Not seeing anything that isn't protected by the 1st amendment.  If "being an asshole" is a crime in New York City, rent's about to get a whole lot cheaper there.

Fuck that guy but it's a reasonable question

Is this for real

In another time and place, he would have been called Prophet

This.

Maybe people will now start to realize that the federal government is full of absolute psychos. I love how some of the responses on Twitter are something like "How did this guy get so far up in the STATE DEPARTMENT?!" as if the State Department isn't one of the worst federal agencies.

Illegal to be the wrong kind of asshole?

This