Politics & Government
Clackamas Commissioner Mark Shull Again Condemned By Colleagues
Mark Shull is under fire after a Facebook post seeming to draw comparisons between COVID-19 vaccine requirements and life under the Nazis.
OREGON CITY, OR – Clackamas County Commissioner Mark Shull is again in trouble with his colleagues over how he has couched opposition to COVID-19 related mandate. This time, it was in a Facebook post.
“We want to state clearly to our Clackamas County residents and employees that there is no place for hatred and bigotry on the Board of County Commissioners or in the county." Shull's four colleagues say in a statement.
“To our Jewish community members and others who are traumatized by Mark Shull’s statements, we will standby you and do everything in our power as a Board to aid in your healing and ensure that Clackamas County is a safe place for all."
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The commissioners were reacting to a post Shull had shared on his Facebook page that seemed to compare vaccine mandates to Jews being forced to wear yellow stars on their clothing under Hitler's rule.
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The post, which Shull has since removed, quoted a "Hungarian Jew" saying "People wonder, 'how is that we didn't do something.' We didn't run away, we didn't hide. Things happened very slowly. Each time a new law came out, or a new restriction, we said, 'well, just another thing. It will blow over.' When we had to wear the yellow star to be outside, we started to worry."
The post then asks, "Anyone see the parallel?"
At Tuesday's county commission meeting, Shull defended the post, saying it wasn't drawing comparisons between vaccine mandates and life under Hitler, it was about what happens when people don't speak up.
In June, he was condemned by his colleagues when he said vaccine mandates would create a segregated situation akin to life under Jim Crow laws.
At the time, his colleagues stripped him of some of his responsibilities.
There is currently an effort to underway to collect enough signatures to force a recall vote.
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