Wife's racist tweets about Harris spur official to resign

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NOVEMBER 09, 2020 11:36 PM

MENLO PARK, CALIF.

A school board president in the San Francisco Bay Area has resigned after his wife's racist comments about Vice President-elect Kamala Harris raised an outcry.

Jon Venverloh announced Sunday that he was stepping down from his position with the Las Lomitas Elementary School District in Menlo Park.

His wife, Mehridith Philips Venverloh, tweeted Sunday in response to comments about Harris's qualifications that “all she needs to be qualified is a black (crude term for female genitalia)! No brain needed!"

She also posted several other crude remarks, prompting dozens of parents to demand her husband's resignation.

In announcing his resignation, Venverloh said he didn't agree with his wife's “reprehensible views" but that given her posts, “I know that my continued service would be a distraction from the work that needs to be done."

Read more: https://www.newsobserver.com/article247092432.html

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[Sherman A1]

1. I see a marriage that is likely on the rocks

[Boogiemack]

48. Envy is a bitch! nt

[Barbara2423]

52. Only if he does not share some of those same sentiments.

[Sherman A1]

53. Granted, but

she did cost him this job, so I suspect there are likely a few "interesting" discussions at home.

[Demovictory9]

2. I believe that the change in medication reduced my judgment between right and wrong when I made the

I believe that the change in medication reduced my judgment between right and wrong when I made the posts," she said.

[Freddie]

4. A drugged woman's words are a sober woman's thoughts

[wolfie001]

8. Confucious?

[Freddie]

10. A variation on one of my favorite cliches

“A drunk man’s words are a sober man’s thoughts”

[wolfie001]

20. Oh yeah! Works both ways!

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

24. or as we always put it...

"A drunk man is nothing but a sober man talking."

[riversedge]

29. Love it.

[Harker]

21. I sure am. n/t

[paleotn]

34. Few things in this world are truer than that.

[Demovictory9]

57. Good one

[TexasBushwhacker]

51. Ah, the Roseanne defense

Ambien made me a racist!

[BComplex]

55. So drugs needed? But no brain for sure.

“all she needs to be qualified is a black (crude term for female genitalia)! No brain needed!"

The Mrs. is an asshole, and drugs can't fix that.

[OhioTim]

3. Made In A moment Of Disappointment

If that's how she handles disappointment in her life, watch out for the next chapter. Harris is the target of (other) trump thugs.

[Progressive Jones]

59. The same fine folks who depicted the Obama family

as natives with bones through their noses are Trump's cult members today.
We know exactly what Vice President Harris is in for.

[Iris]

5. One day, you gonna learn.

Frankly, I'm stunned to see someone so young. She has a long time to learn some lessons.

[samnsara]

6. my husband is an elected official and i am very careful what i post on Social Media....

..she just ruined her hubbys career. Its NOT gonna be a happy home for them now.

[JI7]

12. Her husband is most likely a piece of shit just like her. fuck them both .

[paranoid floyd]

30. This.

[jrthin]

39. Exactly.

[BigOleDummy]

7. Well......

I guess its "possible" he doesn't share his wifes thoughts and feelings but...... man, he's had NO warnings in their married life that she thought like that? None? I find that hard to believe myself. Maybe a "change in medication" gave her the license to say these things but..... he had no clue? Ever? My thoughts are that he shares his wife thoughts and is just a bit more circumspect in his social media postings.

[deurbano]

38. With my sister, it was Trump's 2016 win that liberated her inner racist vileness. I'd known she

was right wing, but I hadn't realized how much of a nutcase she really was. He husband had always been more vocal about his views, but it turns out, she's even nuttier than him, and more mean and aggressive about it. Apparently, the Republican Party is entitled to the White House, and seeing that slip away has further loosened their grip on any sense of circumspection, civility or common decency.

But Menlo Park?! Pick your audience.

[liberalla]

9. That is some true ugliness there.

I guess it's good that she revealed herself, but it sickens me.

[RobinA]

54. Yeah This

it’s not only the racism. Who talks like that about anybody? Hell, I don’t even think that kind of stuff.

[mwb970]

11. Her hatred cost him his job.

I see a divorce coming.

[hlthe2b]

13. Normally I wouldn't paint a spouse with the sins of the husband/wife, but it is hard to think

he doesn't share these views given he surely is bombarded with them and tolerates them.

[ToxMarz]

33. Could very easily not have been an original thought of hers.

Possibly she heard him say it and thought it was just to clever not to share. Maybe he quit so quickly to prevent that from coming out and try and save some hope for future employment. Birds of a feather.

[jrthin]

41. I believe like attracts like. Married couples

may seem dissimilar on the surface, but beneath the surface, their core values are the same.

[KatyMan]

46. Totally agree. NT

[LittleGirl]

14. I don't know any man who

would stay with a woman with a big mouth/text on social media that cost him his job! My hubby wouldn’t! My brothers wouldn’t either. Free speech is not free of consequences.

[KatyMan]

47. I don't know of any person

Who would be married and procreate with someone with that belief system. Unless of course he also believes that.

[bucolic_frolic]

15. He gets high marks for being

aware of the fallout her words brought to the community. Hope they straighten things out.

[not_the_one]

50. Or not. Let them reap what they have sown.

It is better to know the truth about someone, than to be misled by a facade.

Let them see how their life is affected, now that everyone knows the hate in their hearts.

[Lonestarblue]

16. I susect Harris has had to deal with ugly comments before, but I'm so tired of this.

I’m sure she is too. Obama’s election—and his obvious intelligence and charisma—burst the bubble that some white people had been living in, always believing that they were superior to any black person, no matter how poor their education or the black person’s superior intellect and education. And to cap it off, he had a beautiful black wife with the same superior intellect and education. The fact that a black man had the audacity to run for president and win, and now we have not only another black person as Vice President but a woman must be making a lot of white people jealous.

Racism is tearing this country apart. It lies at the root of much that is wrong in the country. And it’s so frustrating because it seems to be getting worse, not better. Where does this stop, and how do we stop it?

[Progressive Jones]

60. I've been asking the same question for decades. And, it IS getting worse.

I've been around racism my whole life.
I'm a blue collar white guy from Chicago. I was a child in the 60s, and turned 18 late 70s (for historical reference).

I had one racist parent, and one non-racist parent. To this day I don't know how they got along.
They argued over this issue a lot. I guess it was because of all that went on racially in those days.
We lived only blocks from the riots in Chicago after MLK Jr's murder. There were National Guard troops
patrolling our neighborhood. There were quite a few arguments between the parents at that point.

I mention all if this background to point out that here I am, 50+ years later, and nothing's gotten better.
However, 20-30-40 years ago, aside from one crew of bumbling neo-nazis here in Chicago (spoofed in The Blues Brothers),
there was no big, open, vocal "white power" movement up here. Things appeared to be getting better. I guess I was fooled. Now, many people my age are turning out to be racist as Hell. I hate it.

I just don't understand how it's getting worse. Anyway you look at it, progress was being made in race relations, although much too slowly. Why, and how, did that progress stop?

[myohmy2]

17. I wonder...

...if she voted for trump?

...kumbaya...

[rpannier]

19. Wonder no more

per the article:
Venderloh, a supporter of President Donald Trump, later apologized in another post, saying her “vulgar” words were written “in a moment of disappointment."

[jrthin]

42. I take it she has had many moments of disappointment.

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[csziggy]

43. Let's hope that she has many more "moments of disappointment" nt

[rpannier]

18. Soon...she will post

I read my posts and I'm so ashamed. This is not the person I am.
and so on
she might include a line that says she is rededicating her life to Jesus

[yardwork]

22. She has made bigoted comments about LGBTQ people in the past.

This was not a one-time incident. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mercurynews.com/2020/11/09/menlo-park-school-board-president-resigns-after-wifes-racist-tweets-about-kamala-harris/amp/

And, they are very wealthy. They have a family foundation. He's the president and she's the secretary.

[llashram]

23. so many hateful

unenlightened people so afraid of melanin enhanced people. 70million at last count. I thank my god that there are a majority of citizens, still that want to try to continue to keep working toward a just and equitable and all-inclusive society

[Buckeye_Democrat]

25. How could white women vote for Trump?!

Well, there ya go.

[Bengus81]

26. Both rich and both Trump supporters. Gee....what a shock

Bet your azzz Google won't take him back.

[dalton99a]

27. Meh.. Mehri... Mehridith - Mehridith Philips Venverloh

[Paladin]

40. Ignorance must run in her family.

Her folks couldn't even spell "Meredith."

[Roc2020]

28. She was held accountable by her husband losing his job

plus total public outing as a racist. hope it was worth it Mrs Phillips.

[BumRushDaShow]

31. One of them is apparently from Michigan - here was their 2003 wedding website

http://www.venverloh.net/wedding/

[liberalla]

49. The way she's hanging on is creepy. She's physically holding him in place. If he wasn't

smiling I'd think he was the hostage.

[dreamland]

32. Hard to believe a man does not know the woman he marries

He must know what she feels and perhaps agrees with her.

[Clearly fogged in]

35. Yup

I'm sure both think their life is perfect, except for being married to a fool.
Yesterday you said we needed to talk. About what? Text me.

[onetexan]

36. Sounds like a ditsy jealous karen

I'm sure with Kamala's rise to national prominence many in the white community feel threatened &are seething - "what's she got that i don't got"

In a word, a lot. I feel Joe &Kamala were destined for these offices - the biggest of their lives to date -and it takes a heck of a talent to come thru like they did.

[paleotn]

37. It all boils down to angry, resentful racists...

Many without a damn thing to be angry and resentful about. No, sweetie, your words aren't due to medication or disappointment. In times like this, when your social defenses are down, they're a clear window into your soul. As Jesus would say.....

Matthew 12:34 - You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Luke 6:45 - A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.


I love using the Bible on them. It drives them nuts. For few of them now this passage.....

Paleotn 12 verse 25 - Beware the liberal agnostic with 20+ years of evangelical training and upbringing. For he shall club you with your own sacred scriptures, making you look like a total ass.

[Cha]

56. Bye Felicia.. Another stupid Vicious Racist

Treasonous trump cult member Bites the Dust.

[pfitz59]

58. School Board President

Wonder if he's "religious"? Many RW nuts have been infiltrating school boards and sabotaging curriculum. Probably good he's gone.