Peninsula School Board Prez Quits As Wife's Racist Tweets Surface

MENLO PARK, CA – A Peninsula school board president abruptly resigned Sunday amid a media firestorm after his wife’s racist and misogynist social media tirade attacking Vice President-elect Kamala Harris surfaced.

Las Lomitas Elementary School District Board President Jon Venverloh announced he was stepping down in a statement addressed to the Las Lomitas school community obtained by ABC News in which the former Google executive distanced himself from his wife’s offensive Twitter posts.

The District is headquartered in Menlo Park and also serves communities in Atherton and Ladera.

“Let me be clear: I did not make the remarks that have so upset the community,” Venverloh’s statement said. “I was not present when they were made. I have never encouraged such thinking or opinions, and I don't agree with them in any way whatsoever. They do not represent who I am nor who my family is in any way.

“On the contrary, I have been an active champion of diversity and inclusion and we have funded significant projects to benefit the underserved.”

Mehridith Venverloh, a staunch supporter of outgoing President Donald Trump, identifies herself as a “Rare (Silicon Valley) Conservative” in the bio on since-deleted Twitter account captured in screengrab.

Venverloh tweeted in reply to a comment from another Twitter user questioning Harris’ qualifications.

“The possibilities are endless for little girls who whore their ways to the top!!! What a powerful message!!! Yay team Gaga!!” she wrote in another tweet.

Venverloh’s Twitter bio quotes anti-Nazi dissident pastor Dietrich Bohoeffer saying: “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”

Venverloh in a statement also obtained by ABC News issued an apology in which she blamed her venomous rant on her “weaning off of my meds” for a neurological condition from which she suffers “to prepare for a hospitalization that is scheduled to start tomorrow.”

“Words cannot express how sorry I am for the offensive posts I made on social media in the middle of the night last night,” her statement said.

“Those who know me know I am passionate about my beliefs, and I do not shy away from sharing those views.

"However, last night in a moment of disappointment, I wrote vulgar words that crossed the line, words that are inconsistent with my values and my family's values. For this, I am deeply sorry and ashamed. This is a really painful way to fail my family, friends and community.”

A mother of four who read the tweet told ABC News she was sickened by Venverloh’s tweets.

"I almost vomited, then I cried a little bit and then I was just shaking and I was so angry," Brianna Caldwell told the television station.