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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, Dems, how is Northam supposed to make amends and start on the road to redemption, as most of you are calling for him to do? Is that not what he has been doing, as a pediatrician and as a public servant, for decades? If he resigned today, how would he begin the process of redeeming himself for racist mistake 30+ years ago? Get a job at the NAACP? Volunteer with Black Lives Matter? What does that look like to you?[/quote]

The article I linked on the previous page had this .... and it is very pertinent to your comment.

[quote]One of the few liberal leaders who has not explicitly called on Northam to resign is the Reverend William Barber, a prominent pastor and left-wing activist in North Carolina. “Some are calling for the [governor] to resign [and] that’s their right,” he tweeted. “I don’t know what the [Governor] has done over the years in word, deed [and] policy to make amends for his past.” (He also tweeted that “the worst racism is policy & structural racism”).

That last line is important. As obnoxious, offensive and racist as it is to dress up in a Klan hood and don blackface, these are symbolic acts. When you offend someone, it is worth apologizing, as Northam did. But Northam did not promote or pursue policy decisions to harm the lives of African Americans. In fact, he has done the opposite. Under his tenure, Virginia finally expanded the Medicaid program as promised under the Affordable Care Act, opening up health care to 400,000 low-income Virginians. Around a third of those who benefit from Medicaid expansion are African Americans.[/quote][/quote]

Why don't Democrats think this is worth something? Why is he being treated as such a liability nonetheless?[/quote]

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