Former HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge withdraws as Shaker Heights High School commencement speaker
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- Опубликовано: 5 дек 2024
- Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia L. Fudge has withdrawn from her planned role as Shaker Heights High School's commencement speaker following pushback from the community regarding her past support of disgraced ex-Cuyahoga County Judge Lance Mason.
The district confirmed Fudge voluntarily asked to be removed from the graduation ceremony, scheduled to take place June 5 at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland. School officials add they are now "reviewing the Commencement program," with a potential replacement now pending.
Fudge had been longtime friends with Mason and his then wife, beloved Shaker Heights elementary school teacher Aisha Fraser, when Mason brutally assaulted Fraser in 2014. The couple later divorced and Mason was sent to prison after pleading guilty, but he was released after only nine months behind bars following a two-year sentence.
Fraser did not contest her ex-husband's release, but 3News later discovered Fudge had written a letter during her time as a U.S. congresswoman supporting Mason prior to his first sentencing, calling Mason "a good man" and telling prosecutors "Lance accepts full responsibility for his actions and has assured me that something like this will never happen again." Fudge was also accused of helping Mason get a job at Cleveland City Hall after he was set free, claims she denied.
In November of 2018, Mason stabbed Fraser in front of their daughters outside a home in Shaker Heights, leaving her to die as he attempted to flee the scene. He was arrested, however, and eventually pleaded guilty to Fraser's murder the next year, receiving a sentence of 35 years to life in prison.
Bri Buckley reports: www.wkyc.com/a...
Judge Matia, Judge Russo, Judge Sheehan and many other Judges, along with nearly 50 local clergyman asked for that same leniency as Fudge did. Be sure to vote them out & boycott their hypocrisy.
The students were right.
How do you see a woman beat down then write a letter to release a coworker. Bye Felicia! RIP to Aeisha!
When she got to HUD, unfortunately, Marcia Fudge wasn't aware that all she was really supposed to do there was keep the office chair warm. Same thing with Ben Carson. That's all that position at HUD in Washington D.C. is for; a precursor to retirement for them.