Calls for Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to resign are growing. The racist photo of the governor from his medical school yearbook, is a photo he now acknowledges. The governor issued written and video apologies last night but it appears the damage is done.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's page in a 1984 yearbook has pictures of him and others in blackface and wearing Ku Klux Klan apparel…
Wow..The Governor….of the same state that had a white supremacist rally where thousands of neo nazi's were allowed terrorize people…did this? pic.twitter.com/MxBQvmVv2V
— Tariq Nasheed (@tariqnasheed) February 1, 2019
Northam is expected to address the controversy in a Saturday morning news conference.
My fellow Virginians, earlier today I released a statement apologizing for behavior in my past that falls far short of the standard you set for me when you elected me to be your governor. I believe you deserve to hear directly from me. pic.twitter.com/1rSw1oxfrX
— Ralph Northam (@GovernorVA) February 2, 2019
The apology is doing little to quiet the outcry. Many of the Democrats running for president are adding their voices to those saying Northam needs to step aside.
2020 Democrats who have called for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to resign:
– Julián Castro
– Kamala Harris
– Kirsten Gillibrand
– Elizabeth Warren
– Cory Booker
– John DelaneyNo statement yet (as far as I know)
– Pete Buttigieg
– Tulsi Gabbard
– Andrew Yang
– Marianne Williamson— Stephen Sanchez (@SSanchez_TV) February 2, 2019
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