A former Google director and president of a local school board in San Francisco have resigned after his wife tweeted a disturbing comment about VP-elect Kamala Harris.
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Jon Venverloh resigned from his position as president of the Las Lomitas Elementary School District on Sunday and said he needed to focus on his family in a statement. The resignation comes after his wife Mehridith Philips Venverloh tweeted that Kamala Harris was chosen as Vice President because ‘All she needs to be qualified is a black p****! No brain needed!’
He added in his statement that his wife’s tweet would have caused a distraction in the workplace and her views did not reflect his during the election. It reads, ‘I stood for election to be a trustee because I care about doing the right thing for ALL of our kids in our District. However, given my wife’s social media posts, which expressed reprehensible views that I do not agree with, I know that my continued service would be a distraction from the work that needs to be done in the District over the two years remaining in my term.’
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Mehridith apologized for her tweet in a Facebook post and claimed her medication was the reason why she made the offensive statement.
‘Some of you know I suffer from a debilitating neurological disease, and as a result I take various medications, ‘Over the past several days I have been weaning off of my meds to prepare for a hospitalization that is scheduled to start tomorrow (Nov. 9). I believe that the change in my medication reduced my judgment between right and wrong when I made the posts. There is no excuse for what I wrote, but I ask for your understanding that my state of mind was far from normal last night,’
Venverloh emphasized that his wife is not a racist and has done “great work for underprivileged communities.”
SOURCE: Daily Mail