Clackamas County commissioner Mark Shull offers apology after bigoted Facebook remarks

When asked to say “Black Lives Matter,” Shull responded “all lives matter”The Muslim Educational Trust and a collection of faith community members came together Monday to offer a chance for Clackamas County Commissioner Mark Shull to apologize for offensive and racist remarks he made on Facebook in recent years.Shull, who was sworn into office last week, has been under significant pressure to resign after the Clackamas Review first reported on a series of comments he posted to Facebook in 2019 and 2020. Those comments attacked Muslims, immigrants, the Black Lives Matter movement and people who are transgender.The full Clackamas County Board of Commissioners — including Shull himself — voted in favor of a resolution Thursday calling for his resignation, though Shull has resisted that step.In a statement ahead of Monday’s press conference, Muslim Educational Trust President Wajdi Said stated that removing Shull would be an “easy” action.“Even harder is making community with all those neighbors loving and believing in the man you and I don’t want around anymore,” Said wrote.Shull said he appeared at the press conference on Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.  » Read More