A lobbying group has cut ties with ex-adviser to Barack Obama, Stuart Seldowitz, after video footage surfaced of him making Islamophobic threats to a food cart employee.
The video posted on X (formerly Twitter) shows Seldowitz making lewd comments to someone off-camera.
"Did you rape your daughter like Muhammad did?" was one of many offensive comments made by Seldowitz, who also stated that killing 4,000 Palestinian children wasn't enough.
He was once the director for the National Security Council South Asia under Obama and also the senior political officer in the U.S. State Department's office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs.
More recently he served as foreign affairs chair for Gotham Government Relations, a Lobbying firm which has since let him go.
The company said in a statement on Twitter that it had officially cut ties with Seldowitz.
"Gotham Government Relations has ended all affiliation with Stuart Seldowitz, an individual who hasn't contributed to our work in years. The video of his actions is vile, racist, and beneath the dignity of the standards we practice at our firm," the statement said.
New York Police have confirmed they are aware of the videos and of escalating Islamophobia in the US and are monitoring the situation.
