Call for Mark Shull to Resign

Mark Shull ran for a public seat as a Clackamas County Commissioner and won in this last election cycle. And he did this all while using his personal social media to not only promote his candidacy, but also stoke messages of real hate.

A lot of that hatred was directed towards Muslims, using consistent targets of the far-right like Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib with extreme fervor and intensity. But he did not rest there as he also leveled his bigotry towards our Black, immigrant, and LGBTQ+ communities too.

There is time for people like this to redeem and repair themselves, and the communities they affected. But it cannot come with just an apology. These things will take time, as the damage runs deep. These were not merely one-off comments from several years ago. The statements were targeted, rife with bigotry, dog whistles, and doubling down hard. Today, he announced that he has no intention to resign.

We have no confidence that Mark Shull should hold any space as an elected official.

We are joined in this movement by:

• Muslim Leaders

  • Senator Kayse Jama, District 24

  • Washington County Commissioner Nafisa Fai

  • Beaverton City Councilor Nadia Hasan

  • Mohamed Alyajouri, Portland Community College Board, Zone 6

  • Stephanie D. Stephens, David Douglas School Board

• Organizations

  • Unite Oregon and their Clackamas County Chapter

  • Cool Islam

  • Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon

  • Clackamas DSA

  • Clackamas Democrats

  • Black Millennial Movement

  • East County Rising

  • NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon

  • Planned Parenthood Association of Oregon

  • Basic Rights Oregon

  • Bike Portland

  • Coalition of Communities of Color

  • Next Up Action Fund

  • Urban League of PDX

  • Sunrise Movement PDX

• State Legislators

  • Rep Janelle Bynum, House District 51

  • Rep Andrea Salinas, House District 38

  • Rep Mark Meek, House District 40

  • Rep Khanh Pham, House District 46

  • Rep Ricki Ruiz, House District 50

  • Rep Wlnsvey Campos, House District 28

  • Rep Karin Power, House District 41

  • Rep Rachel Prusak, House District 37

  • Rep Jeff Reardon, House District 48

  • Rep Courtney Neron, House District 26

  • Rep Anna Williams, House District 52

  • Rep Dacia Grayber, House District 35

  • Senate Majority Leader Rob Wagner, Senate District 19

• Multnomah County Commissioners

  • Chair Deborah Kafoury

  • Susheela Jayapal

  • Sharon Meiran

  • Jessica Vega Pederson

  • Lori Stegmann

• Portland City Council

  • Mayor Ted Wheeler

  • Jo Ann Hardesty

  • Carmen Rubio

  • Mingus Mapps

  • Dan Ryan

• Advocates & Local Leaders

  • Bobbin Singh

  • Eddy Morales, Gresham City Councilor

  • Hugh Harris, Board President of East County Rising Community Projects

  • Mac Smiff

• School Board Members

  • Amanda Orozco-Beach, Gresham-Barlow School Board

  • Ana Gonzales Muñoz, Reynolds School Board

  • Yesenia Delgado, Vice Chair, Reynolds School Board

  • Stephanie D. Stephens, David Douglas School Board (also above)

  • Andrea Valderrama, Chair, David Douglas School Board

  • Sahar Yarjani Muranovic, Vice Chair, David Douglas School Board

  • Katrina Doughty, Multnomah County Education District

  • Oregon School Board Members of Color Caucus

• Clergy

  • Imam Muhammad Najieb

  • Muslim Community Center of Portland

  • Portland Interfaith Clergy Resistance

  • First Unitarian Church of Portland

  • Portland’s Unshul

  • United Church of Christ

  • Rev. Dr. Chuck Currie

  • Rabbi Ariel Stone

  • Rabbi Benjamin Barnett

  • Rev. Abigail Clauhs

  • Cherice Brock

  • Rev Erika Beseda

  • Rev. Aric Clark

  • Rev. Bill Sinkford, Sr.

  • Rabbi Deb Kolodny

  • Rev. Dr. Janet Parker

• Canby City Councilors

  • Councilor Sarah Spoon

  • Councilor Greg Parker

• Clackamas County Leaders

  • County Chair, Tootie Smith

  • Mayor Mark Gamba, Milwaukie

  • Mayor Jules Walters, West Linn

  • Mayor Joe Buck, Lake Oswego

  • Mayor Tom Ellis, Happy Valley

  • Councilor David Emami, Happy Valley

  • Councilor Brett Sherman, Happy Valley

  • Councilor Massene Mboup, Lake Oswego

  • Councilor Jackie Manz, Lake Oswego

  • Councilor Rachel Verdick, Lake Oswego

  • Councilor Daniel Nguyen, Lake Oswego

  • Councilor Aaron Rapf, Lake Oswego

  • Councilor Sarah Spoon, Canby

  • Councilor Greg Parker, Canby

  • Council President Lynn Peterson, Metro

  • Councilor Christine Lewis, Metro District 2

  • Councilor Shirley Craddick, Metro District 1

  • Councilor Annnessa Hartman, Gladstone

  • Councilor Matt Tracy, Gladstone

  • Councilor Tracy Todd, Gladstone

  • Councilor Angel Falconer, Milwaukie

  • Councilor Lisa Batey, Milwaukie

  • Councilor Kathy Hyzy, Mlwaukie

  • Councilor Desi Nicodemus, Milwaukie

  • Councilor Mary Baumgardner, West Linn

  • Councilor Rory Bialostosky, West Linn

  • Councilor Sarah Spoon, Canby

  • Councilor Greg Parker, Canby

• Clackamas County Department Heads, Deputy Directors and Senior Managers

  • Cheryl Bledsoe, Director of Central Communications

  • Angie Brandenburg, Sheriff

  • The Honorable Karen Brisbin, Justice of the Peace

  • Nancy Bush, Director of Disaster Management

  • Martine Coblentz, County Equity and Inclusion Officer

  • Jodi Cochran, County Chief Audit Executive

  • Elizabeth Comfort, Director of Finance

  • David Cummings, Director of Technology Services

  • Greg Geist, Director of Water Environment Services

  • Sherry Hall, County Clerk

  • Sue Hildick, Director of Public and Government Affairs

  • Dan Johnson, Director of Department of Transportation and Development

  • Tami Little, Assessor

  • Lauren MacNeill, Director of Resolution Services

  • Stephen Madkour, County Counsel

  • Christina McMahan, Director of Juvenile Department

  • Evelyn Minor-Lawrence, Director of Human Resources

  • Brian Nava, Treasurer

  • Samara Phelps, Director of Tourism and Cultural Affairs

  • Richard Swift, Director of Health, Housing and Human Services

  • John Wentworth, District Attorney

  • Laura Zentner, Director of Business and Community Services

• Washington County Commisioners

  • Chair Kathryn Harrington

  • Nafisa Fai (also above)

  • Pam Treece

  • Jerry Willey

• Publications

  • Pamplin Media Group's Clackamas County editors — representing news organizations from Sandy, Estacada, Clackamas, Canby, Lake Oswego and Wilsonville

• And most importantly, activists like Cris Waller, a Clackamas County resident who carefully and painstakingly documented all of Mark Shull’s years of hate and bigotry.

  • https://sites.google.com/view/documenting-mark-shulls-racism/home

This story has been covered by:

• KOIN - Mark Shull under fire for racist, anti-immigrant statements

• KOIN - Clackamas County leaders weigh in on Mark Shull’s comments

• The Oregonian - Clackamas County commissioner faces growing call to resign over Islamophobic, racist posts

• KGW - Clackamas County DA calls for commissioner's resignation over racist statements

• OPB - Clackamas County commissioner under pressure to resign over Islamophobic comments

• KATU - Clackamas County commissioner faces racism allegations, swearing-in postponed amid threats

• Pamplin Media - Calls for Clackamas Commissioner Mark Shull's resignation mount

• Pamplin Media - Clackamas District Attorney Wentworth calls for Mark Shull's resignation

• KPTV - Recently elected Clackamas Co. commissioner facing calls to resign for racist, anti-immigrant Facebook posts

• Pamplin Media - Pamplin Media calls for ClackCo Commissioner Shull's immediate resignation