Ralph Northam yearbook page shows men in blackface and KKK robe
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https://pilotonline.com/news/government/politics/virginia/article_67fdd682-2662-11e9-a7d1-c7ed70e09b50.html
A photo from Gov. Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook shows two men, one in blackface and one in a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood, on the same page as the governor. The photo, which The Virginian-Pilot obtained a copy of Friday from the Eastern Virginia Medical School library, comes from the 1984 yearbook, the year Northam graduated. On the half-page set aside for Northam, there is a headshot of him in a jacket and tie, a photo of him in a cowboy hat and boots and a third of him sitting casually on the ground, leaning against a convertible. The fourth photo on the half-page has two people, one wearing white Ku Klux Klan robes and a hood, the other with his face painted black. The person with the black face is also wearing a white hat, black jacket, white shirt with a bow tie and plaid pants. Both are holding canned drinks. It’s unclear who the people in costume are. The governor’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday afternoon. |
Anonymous
| Well, Governor Fairfax? |
Anonymous
| Well. Two scandals in one week. Should be an interesting weekend for Gov. Northam. |
Anonymous
If Northam has no excuse for that pic and resigns, I am fine with Lt Gov Justin Fairfax taking over. He is a great option for Virginia. |
Anonymous
| It’s ok when a democrat does it. This will be ignored. Of course, if it had been a republican, we would have Al sharpton and Jesse Jackson marching in the streets and singing “we shall overcome.” |
Anonymous
What would be an acceptable excuse? His family held at gunpoint off camera, and their lives dependent on him wearing blackface and posing with a klan member? |
Anonymous
| Well libs? You going to hold him to the same standard? |
Anonymous
Sure, let's put him on the Supreme Court. |
Anonymous
What you mean like Al Franken resigning because of a dopey picture while our GOP POTUS is on video bragging about grabbing women's pussies and has been accused by 16 women of sexual assault was elected President? |
Anonymous
| Curious to see if CNN or MSNBC covers this. I don't watch either, so report back if they do. |
Anonymous
That he did something stupid when he was young and he was sorry. Similar to GW Bush driving drunk and Jeff Sessions on the record saying all sorts of racist stuff and still getting confirmed as Attorney General. |
Anonymous
That was only because Kirsten Gilibrand sold him down the river. |
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Theory:
Dems dug this out--they know the abortion comments are toxic and this is convenient way to get him to resign. |
Anonymous
+1. I’m a Democrat but this is the problem with the far left. They think they’re doing a good thing by pointing out all the dumb stuff people on our side have done in the past and calling for their resignation/removal. Then the right-wingers take advantage of it and we lose otherwise good people like Franken, who made a bad decision in the past before they were even involved in politics. We insist on trying to be the adults in the room while Republicans get away with so much because their voters/supporters just don’t care. |
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Let's just remember.... a week ago, the Florida Sec of State resigned when pictures surfaced of him in blackface 15 years ago.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/24/politics/blackface-florida-state-secretary/index.html |