Dot Heffron Resigns from Chesterfield County School Board After Controversial Post About Charlie Kirk
Dot Heffron Resigns from Chesterfield County School Board After Controversial Post About Charlie Kirk Dot Heffron Resigns from Chesterfield County School Board After Controversial Post About Charlie Kirk CHESTERFIELD, VA — Dot Heffron, Chair of the Clover Hill District on the Chesterfield County School Board, announced her resignation Sunday following backlash over a controversial social media post referencing slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The post, shared last week from Heffron’s Instagram account, stated that people were once “okay with shooting Nazis.” The remark was widely condemned by state officials and community members as inappropriate and insensitive. Heffron’s account has since been made private. In a written statement released Sunday, Heffron admitted fault, saying, “The words I shared were wrong. I should have shown better judgment.” Less than an hour after her apology, the Chesterfield County School Board issued a public announcement confirming it had...