The comments were made about a year and half ago and were first reported by the website LAist. “Many of the things that I wrote, I didn’t even believe them when I wrote them,” Bray-Ali said. A spokesman for O’Farrell said the councilman stands by his endorsement, noting that Bray-Ali has apologized for the online comments. City Council President Herb Wesson criticized Bray-Ali’s comments about women’s hair. “Why would you even want to go on a website like that?”Bray-Ali’s apology over the Voat comments come a week after he apologized for comments made in a video posted on YouTube.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 27, 2017 01:30 UTC