Mueze Bawany, challenger for Alderman Debra Silverstein's 50th Ward city council seat, is on the defensive about several old social media posts.
Mueze Bawany, challenger for Alderman Debra Silverstein's 50th Ward city council seat, is on the defensive about several old social media posts.Mueze Bawany, who is challenging longtime Alderman Debra Silverstein for the 50th Ward city council seat, is on the defense after making anti-Israel comments on social media a few years ago.
"I wanted to take some time and talk about some tweets that have resurfaced that you might have read bout," he said. "I want to apologize and I want to acknowledge the harm those words have caused." Silverstein is Jewish. She wasn't at the Thursday night forum, but released a statement saying she was "shocked, saddened, and deeply disturbed" by the tweets, and that "obscenity and hate do not facilitate unity among diverse communities."
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