A small town Missouri mayor who said he agrees with the anti-Semitic Kansas City gunman has resigned from office after facing a fierce backlash for his hateful rhetoric.
Marionville Mayor Dan Clevenger came under fire for saying that he "kind of agreed" with the racist beliefs of Frazier Glenn Cross, who was arrested last week and charged with killing three Jewish people in what is believed to be an anti-Semitic attack.
The Huffington Post reports:
The Springfield News-Leader reported that Clevenger's decision came after a town hall meeting where residents and local aldermen called for his impeachment. Clevenger faced backlash after telling KSPR-TV last week that he "kind of agreed" with some of alleged shooter Frazier Glenn Cross' beliefs.
"He was always nice and friendly and respectful of elder people, you know, he respected his elders greatly," Clevenger told KSPR-TV of Miller, who also went by the name Frazier Glenn Miller. "As long as they were the same color as him," Clevenger said.
As the AP noted last week, the 73-year-old Miller holds white-supremacist beliefs, and ran for federal office twice on anti-Semitic platforms. The News-Leader added that after the meeting, Clevenger expressed regrets about writing a letter a decade ago in support of Miller's "warnings."