Jennifer Bush #racist toronto.ctvnews.ca

A heckler seen confronting NDP leadership hopeful Jagmeet Singh at a Brampton campaign event last week has posted a response video saying she is “not racist.”

The original video posted online by Brampton Focus on Thursday showed a woman consistently interrupting and disrupting Singh as he addressed a chanting crowd.

At the event, the woman, standing just inches from Singh, is heard saying she is an advocate for women and children as she accused the politician of supporting Sharia law and the Muslim Brotherhood.

“We know you’re in bed with Sharia,” she said. “We know you’re in bed with the Muslim Brotherhood.”

Singh, who is Sikh and not Muslim, addressed the heckler saying “we believe in love and courage,” to which the woman began applauding and screaming “absolutely.”

“We don’t want hatred to ruin a positive event,” Singh said before the woman exited the room on her own free will.

Once she left, he continued to speak to the crowd.

“You know growing up as a brown skin turban bearded man that I’ve faced things like this before and it’s not a problem, we can deal with it,” he said. “There’s going to be other obstacles that we’re going to face and we’re going to face them with love and courage.”

After this confrontation, the woman – who identified herself as Jennifer Bush on YouTube – posted a response video title “Jagmeet Singh Heckler – Her Side Of The Story” on Saturday.

“I went to confront Jagmeet Singh about his policies,” she said. “First off, I recognize that he is a Sikh and not a Muslim. My concern was his policies, what he’s voting for, what that represents for Canadians.”

“I’m not racist. I strongly support the Hindus, we work together on a regular basis to get political ideas moving, to move our country together. Colour, race, religion – they’re really not the point here, the point is the policies.”

The video’s description said Bush was at “Ford Fest” – an annual event held on Friday evening by the Ford family in Etobicoke where Doug Ford announced his run for mayor of Toronto in 2018 – at the time of the recording.

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