--- description: Marionville Mayor Dan Clevenger resigned Monday after local aldermen voted to begin the impeachment process due to his anti-Semitic statements title: Missouri Mayor Resigns Due To Anti-Semitic Comments In Wake Of Kansas City Shooting image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69e99b712b79e71a/69868bcce53aba775d4d231c/484850237.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Missouri Mayor Resigns Over Anti-Semitic Remarks by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 22, 2014 3:22 PM CUT  Mayor of Marionville, Mo., Dan Clevenger said Frazier Miller told him a couple of years ago that he had health problems and didn't expect to live much longer Mayor of Marionville, Mo., Dan Clevenger said Frazier Miller told him a couple of years ago that he had health problems and didn't expect to live much longerKansas City Star/Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 22, 2014 3:22 PM CUT A [Missouri mayor resigned Monday](http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2014/04/21/marionville-mayor-resigns/7987559/ "undefined") following strong community backlash against anti-Semitic comments he made in the wake of [Kansas City’s fatal Jewish centers shootings](http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/15/us/kansas-jewish-center-shooting/ "undefined"), allegedly committed by a man [he once considered a friend.](http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/16/justice/kansas-jewish-centers-shooting/ "undefined") When news broke that white supremacist Frazier Glenn Cross was accused of fatally shooting three people outside two different Jewish-affiliated facilities, Marionville mayor Dan Clevenger was quick to give interviews about his personal and professional relationship with Cross, who had been a customer at his engine repair shop. “He’s just a nice guy,” [Clevenger, 59, told the _Springfield News-Leader_ in an on camera interview](http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2014/04/21/marionville-aldermen-meet-mayors-statements/7956641/ "undefined"). “You can just tell he gets carried away with those beliefs” — some of which Clevenger conceded to share, although he did not condone Cross’ actions. Clevenger admitted to writing a letter ten years ago to the editor at the _Aurora Advertiser_ stating, “I am a friend of Frazier Miller helping to spread his warnings. The Jew-run medical industry has succeeded in destroying the United State’s \[sic\] workforce.” But last week he [told the ](http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2014/04/17/mayor-makes-questionable-comments-jews/7824327/ "undefined")[_News-Leader_](http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2014/04/17/mayor-makes-questionable-comments-jews/7824327/ "undefined")that even though some of his views had evolved, he thought, “The futures market, the federal reserve, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health — ever \[sic\] time I see that on the news, there are Jewish names and they run things.” He also stated that even though he didn’t think that the “government is run by Jews… There are Jews in government. I mean, Nancy Pelosi, she is a Jew. And she brags about it.” Pelosi is actually Catholic. These public statements catalyzed a negative outcry among the Marionville community. [Cleveger resigned Monday night](http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2014/04/21/marionville-mayor-resigns/7987559/ "undefined") after the city’s aldermen voted 4-1 to begin an impeachment process. Clevenger said that it [hurt him](http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/21/4973774/missouri-mayor-resigns-over-statements.html "undefined") to hear residents speak out against him. \[[_Springfield News-Leader_](http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2014/04/21/marionville-mayor-resigns/7987559/ "undefined")[\]](http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2014/04/21/marionville-mayor-resigns/7987559/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/71743/missouri-mayor-dan-clevenger-anti-semitism/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/71743/missouri-mayor-dan-clevenger-anti-semitism/"},"headline":"Missouri Mayor Resigns Over Anti-Semitic Remarks","datePublished":"2014-04-22T15:22:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:25:42.073Z","description":"Marionville Mayor Dan Clevenger, who called himself a friend of accused Kansas City shooter Frazier Glenn Cross, resigned Monday after local aldermen voted to begin the impeachment process due to his anti-Semitic statements","url":"https://time.com/71743/missouri-mayor-dan-clevenger-anti-semitism/","keywords":["Crime","Religion","shooting","Missouri","cities","faith","anti-semitism"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69e99b712b79e71a/69868bcce53aba775d4d231c/484850237.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69e99b712b79e71a/69868bcce53aba775d4d231c/484850237.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dan Clevenger mayor resign","caption":"Shooting in Overland Park Kansas","creditText":"Kansas City Star/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/71743/missouri-mayor-dan-clevenger-anti-semitism/","name":"Missouri Mayor Resigns Over Anti-Semitic Remarks"}}]}] ```