Posted on 02/01/2019 4:21:01 PM PST by Impala64ssa
Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam has admitted, and apologized, for a 1984 yearbook photo in which he appeared in a "racist and offensive" blackface costume. Two men are pictured in the photo; one is wearing blackface and a bow tie, and another one is wearing a Ku Klux Klan-style robe. Northam is a former US Army physician who allies have described as a staunch opponent of racism. Some Republicans in Virginia have called on Northam to resign. Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam has admitted, and apologized, for a 1984 yearbook photo in which he appeared in a "racist and offensive" blackface costume. Several pictures of Northam appear in his 1984 yearbook page from the Eastern Virginia Medical School, according to images obtained by numerous newspapers. Northam is featured in other photos on the yearbook page, which include some personal details about him. But the image that drew concern was of a man, wearing blackface and a bow tie, standing next to another person in a Ku Klux Klan-style robe. The photo was first published by conservative blog Big League Politics. A spokesperson for the Eastern Virginia Medical School initially said, "We don't know when or where the picture was taken and we don't know anything about its content," according to MSNBC. Northam later confirmed its authenticity in a written statement Friday afternoon.
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Not good enough. Repubs are forced to resign for sex scandals because they “lecture” the country about sexual values.
Now the dems can live up their racism lectures so Northam MUST resign.
It’s not his COSTUME that is the problem....it’s MURDERING BABIES that are his problem! KILLER MOTHERS and DOCTORS! EVIL....VILE...DUSGUSTING! All youy Virginians who LIKE this EVIL are dancing on the trapdoor of HELL!
If he resigns, Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax would become governor.
Under Virginia law, the state legislature, which is still in the hands of the Republicans (barely) gets to pick the replacement Lieutenant Governor.
:-)
Whoever does oppo research for VA GOP should be fired for not uncovering this before this pig was elected. They didn’t look at his damn HS yearbook, REALLY?
I don’t want him to resign, it’s much better if he stays in office unpopular than let his fellow rat LT take over.
People are targeted as “racist” just for saying a nice thing about Trump....whom isnt racist.
This dude gets a pass on this, and we need to nail these bastards on it.
It was his Medical School Yearbook, not high school or college.
His political career is over. Unborn are rejoicing. Murdering babies who would be made comfortable if they survived an abortion then they would be murdered by the doctor didn’t end his career, appearing 30 years ago in black face did. Now he is forever branded, rightfully so, as a racist and a murderer. Sounds like a democrat to me.
Exactly. 1984 is irrelevant; what he stood for yesterday is what he should be judged for.
4. “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules.
13. “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions.
Now we know why he is for abortion after birth. He hates blacks.
Right on target. When the left makes an accusation, it’s a lie.
The Democrats made it relevant.
They messed with the bull, now here come the horns.
Yep....he was an adult when this book was published.
Resign now!
He should be judged for both. He was 25, a grown man in medical school. Off with his head.
Robert Bydrd - WV
You might think divine intervention was involved in his take down.
Robert Byrd - WV
Remember when Klevon Little dressed as a KKK guy in “Blazing saddles”. The scene was very funny. Couldn’t get away with it now or any of the rest of the movie. Abortion was wrong then and it is now. Humor is humor. Abourtion is murder. In 1984 he was a college idiot. Now he’s a governor idiot. One is a joke. The orther could get kids killed.
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