Clackamas County commissioner's year in office includes refusal to apologize for Holocaust meme
Clackamas County's embattled commissioner repeatedly attacks the messenger rather than recognizing the harm that his behavior has caused and working to correct it, supporters of Mark Shull's recall say.
Shull's targets have included fellow Commissioner Sonya Fischer and recall-campaign organizer Cris Waller, whom Shull have called "associates." Fischer has said that she had never spoken with Waller until after Waller revealed Shull's racist, misogynist, xenophobic and Islamophobic social media posts last January. Fischer and the rest of the county board have unanimously called for Shull's resignation, along with over 100 leaders throughout the Metro region.
Shull requested "forgiveness and understanding from the Muslim community for my words that caused hurt," during press conference on Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Day last year. Shull has since made clear that he has not apologized for any other statements, including his sharing of a meme in September that appeared to draw a comparison between vaccine mandates and an image of Jewish people wearing yellow stars during the Holocaust.
"This whole thing was blown out of proportion and put in a very negative light by the woman—notice I have never said her name, and I won't say her name," Shull said on Sept. 21.
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