Senate, House leaders call Kotek to fire director over pro-assassination comment

After Pro-Assassination Statement, Republican Leaders Helfrich, Bonham Call on Kotek to Remove McLeod-Skinner from Chiropractic Examiner Board
By Oregon Senate Republican Leader Daniel Bonham
& Oregon House Republican Leader Jeff Helfrich,

SALEM, Ore. – Oregon House Republican Leader Jeff Helfrich (R-Hood River) and Senate Republican Leader Daniel Bonham (R-The Dalles) today called on Gov. Tina Kotek to remove Cass McLeod-Skinner from her position as director for the Oregon Board of Chiropractic Examiners over her amplification of comments supporting the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

McLeod-Skinner reposted a social media post that expressed disappointment that the shooter had not succeeded in murdering the former president and current Republican nominee for President of the United States.

Helfrich and Bonham said the following:

“Political violence has no place in American politics. Certainly, those who believe that it does should not be in positions of authority in Oregon state government. With her amplification of pro-assassination messages, Cass McLeod-Skinner has demonstrated that she is unfit for the position she holds with the Oregon Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Gov. Kotek rightly denounced violence in the aftermath of the shooting, and now she has an opportunity to put her words into action by removing McLeod-Skinner from her position to signal that such dangerous rhetoric is unacceptable.”

You can find a copy of a letter Republican Leadership sent Governor Kotek here.