height="600" width="350"> height="600" width="350">My guess is that there’s no way Fairfax resigns, and no way the democrats force out a black man.
But Northam might argue that, since he is actually innocent of being in the picture, he won’t resign, and use as an excuse that he doesn’t want a governor with a sexual assault cloud.
Meanwhile, if they all were working together, instead of all trying to stab each other in the back, Fairfax or Herring would resign first, and then Northam would appoint a successor, and then he could resign and the appointed person could become governor.
I’m not sure why Virginia allows for the mere appointment without legislative approval of a person who can then be in the line of succession for governor.
But our government was built with the idea that the governor was a pretty weak position, and kept weaker because you can only serve one term at a time, and then have to wait to try again.
So Herring called for the Governor to resign because of blackface,while the whole time (7 days) knowing HE HIMSELF had done the same.A reporter should but wont) ask him if he will take his own advice and resign.The #4 in the graphic is a REPUBLICAN ,Kirk Cox (one of my wife’s high school teachers) being next in line if the 3 Democrats ahead of him resign.Therefore IT WILL NOT HAPPEN.Under the rug the whole thing goes.
4. William Howell, Speaker of the house of delegates is Republican