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Breaking: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Friday apologized after admitting he is one of two people in a decades-old yearbook photo wearing blackface and Klu Klux Klan robes during his time in medical school

 

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Dude you should be D O N E! Next!

Retracted this morning. Analyzed photo and it's not him. But he did don blackface for dance contest where he dressed as Michael Jackson - same year.

And now he 'doesn't believe' he was in the photo

Now he's not sure he was in either. I guess the only defense he has. Unfortunately the picture on his personal page is not okkk and automatically disqualifies him to remain as Governor.

Not saying he does not need to resign but Steve King....

The Democrat Party it's still part of the Klu Klux Klan they have their klan's member one of them is the governor of Virginia

How many racistGOP incidents have occurred since DontheCon took office? There's a trend here...

Love how you stressed “decades old”. If it was a republican, you would have conveniently left that out if not made it sound like it happened yesterday. I just want FAIR reporting without slants. That goes for BOTH sides.

I disagree with this man on almost every level.but this is a photo that was taken 30 some years ago when he was a college kid.sometimes we don’t make the best decisions in college.On top of that, what college puts that picture in there yearbook whodeosthat NorthamMustResign

If he just switched parties, the furor would end.

He should do more than that. Like, resign.

isn't the answer the usual 'when I was young and foolish...etc' See Goerge Bush 2

Did megynkelly go to this school also?

Buh-bye!

If he was a republican the press would have found this and released it the week before the election

Northam need to resign immediately. Dems need to call him out - unbelievable that this didn’t show up during the election.

So let me get this straight. Infanticide to liberals NO BIGGIE! Dress in black face.... RESIGN RESIGN RESIGN so kill all the helpless babies you want. Got it. sickliberallogic

Apology because he got found out.

What Dey don’t get is two decades is like two days. It’s like he was just playin.

He is a proponent of killing babies after birth, too. Total disregard for other human beings. He won’t have to wait long for his just rewards. The Governor just aborted himself.

have Trump resign first

Al Franken apologized too.

You make it seem as if “decades” was that long ago. Resign

Too bad donkey doug wasnt there!

Apologize. Explain. Say it was 34 years ago and you were young. Explain what you were thinking of at the time.Refuse to resign. There's no need to resign. Just explain. Of course, if you were a racist at the time, that's another story.

Is it time to say Gov Fairfax?

Resign, mothafker!

Apology accepted but please show me your true self,Mr Governor. If you are racist, be like Trump, Let US know you aRe so❗️

NORTHAM SHOULD RESIGN IMMEDIATELY.

He RalphNortham shouldn't resign. He did something supid & apologized. It's not like realDonaldTrump who does something stupid & hateful daily & then doubles & triples down.

Not good enough! He needs to resign! He needs to shut up and step up!

Ralph, your career has end aborted! Hope they kept you “comfortable”

Don’t apologize. Resign. And yes I’m a Democrat.

Ahhh the sweet smell of hypocrisy. A yearbook picture!! A YEARBOOK! Oh my God this is ridiculously sweet. “Boofed” is nefarious but blackface and KKK outfit leaves Kamala silent. ☺️😆🤣 WHAT A HYPOCRITE.

The other person was Ann Coulter.

madanabhat Y’all telling me that you’ve been saints since high school and never did anything objectionably questionable?

I guess it’s ok for him tho, since he’s a Democrat..

It’s decades-old!

Politico should make an investigation to discover who is the second guy in the photo wearing blackface or the KKK .

Look at politico trying to play a 'decades ago yearbook' where is that Kavanaugh energy

Resign now Ralph.

But stood firm in his endorsement of murdering defenseless young human beings.

Im def not condoning what the man did, its disgusting and unforgivable but, potus is a serial assaulter, racist, vile human being and he won't resign

Resign Governor! We know what you believe!

What a mess.

Doesn’t and can’t matter whether he “apologized” or not. He has to resign. His political career is over. He will be gone in 24-48 hours. There is no other outcome possible.ByeBye

OK Pelosi, Schumer and particularly Maxine Waters and Cory Booker...going to insist this governor step down or will you avoid the issue since he’s a Dem and not a Rep?

VivaRevolt Who wants to bet he is blackface? I bet senator Byrd is under the hood!

Give the man a break, a racist is in the WH and every one is tolerating him

Not excusable. No exceptions.

What grown-up thought it was a great pic to put in a school yearbook? That's the real story.

Great! Now resign.

I wonder how many conservatives salivating at the prospects of Northam resigning have no idea his successor will be a young, charismatic African-American man named Justin Fairfax?

GovernorVA's apology doesn't mention our black community, which I find unacceptable. Whatever the makeup of the voters in the election, GovernorVA ought to be reaching out to them to create his plans moving forward - and he may learn it is right to resign.

A lot of people, of ALL RACES, that made or done something in their past that they would be embarrassed if something would come out about them. I feel everyone needs to be given a second chance. NO ONE is perfect..God has given us ALL several chances..

Racism will never age well. RalphNortham

As a Democrat, csn Zi just say GODDAMNIT DEMOCRATS. STOP BEING YOUR OWN WORST ENEMY!

Northam with the kkk hmm n he doesnt even wear a maga cap

What was Ed Gillespie hiding If he didn’t exploit this?

He's done.

Resign GovernorVA

His response lets us know he was in the Klan costume because black face has been forgiven on NUMEROUS occasions

Governor Northam will be kept comfortable, while a discussion ensues over whether or not the Democratic Party decides to resuscitate him or not.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam: 'I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear as I did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now.'

Funny how with a Democrat it suddenly matters that it's decades old.

New Covington Rules apply. Must be tarred and feathered, death threats to family, doxed by over zealous progressives, social media man hunt for friends from 1984 that witnessed his racism, journalist & Hollywood Twitter must drag him and family unmercifully, life ruined.

Governor Northam; I’m a black woman, and I’m so sorry people are taking that picture so negatively, I think it’s unproductive and silly, I’m certain that you had no idea that the world would see your yearbook one day, it was probably a fun thing for you at the time,

Not good enough! He should go and soon.

What the actual f**k is going on with people down south?! Asking from NY, we wouldn’t tolerate that shite for a hot second.

Dems threw him under the bus. Once he spilled the beans on 3rd trimester infanticide he was a liability. Dems leaked the picture to dismiss him. Dems are the party of the KKK and infanticide.

Time to resign. No way to survive your high school indiscretions. FormOverFunction

being an 'Independocrat' (independent/democrat) this is hard, here's a man who has made brave decisions in regards of adjusting the racial atmosphere in his state of VA & in my opinion for the better...do I tow the hardline or look at his current position of racial goodwill?

That was serious racism on display, from the Heart of a person who thinks he's better, racially, than Blacks. This is not 'racism' This is anti-Black hate. And mockery. Calling it racism, is cheap & non-specific, when this devil was in black face & a Klan suit. Kavanaugh's boy.

What he did was wrong. I don’t understand why this didn’t come out earlier during vetting.

Absolutely NOT! Don't you Resign! GovRalphNortham, let's move on! Enough Distractions! The media loves Drama! Stop responding Please! Do Not answer anymore questions! It's the Clinton Email all over again! The Media does not care about Me! F'ck them! Move On Please!!!

So you going to ask for his resignation ? Every Republican would have been gone by now.

Which one is Northam in the photo? Who is the other person?

We don’t except your apology, time for you to go.

But no apology for infanticide which was a notion promoted by Margaret Sanger to 'exterminate negroes' (her words, not mine)

If You Have Been Wondering Why Congress Was Able To Compromise The Issues In The Past But We Seem To Have Lost The Art HowardSchultz And GovernorVA Ralph Northam Should Give You A Clue! BlackLivesMatter WomensMarch2019 Viriginia

Where is the outrage from the Kamalas, Coreys and Feinsteins demanding his resignation as Governor for goodness sake

Whew! Thank god!

First baby killing and now blackface. Tough week for the governor.

I think he made a really good apology. I also believe he needs to go. Yes, it would be nice if that other party held their politicians accountable for this shit too, but we can't be like them. And we can't use their hypocrisy as an excuse.

Democratic Party- enough said?

Don’t apologize. This has gone beyond the pale, didn’t agree with what was done to Kavanaugh, or Franken, or Moore: don’t agree with this now.

RESIGN IMMEDIATELY RalphNortham

I don’t understand how someone in 1984 didn’t know this was so very wrong

Give him 3 days/he’ll try to stay but won’t work

Should he live by leftists standards? Yes, resign. In general, it is silly to get upset over stuff like this.

How cares... this was a ..i like beer... me snd skie we love beer...

Lost credibility that he can govern fairly. He's got to go.

It was just an innocent joke

I'm not discounting what Northam did 35 years ago but why aren't we forcing Trump to resign for all the racist things he's done.

1984? Give me a break. Sorry, guv, you should skedaddle.

Great. Anything on his legislative approval to murder newborns? (Asking for several hundred thousand, viably capable, human beings. JC)

Ummmm, if what he did is unforgivable, have they heard what the guy in the White House has been doing. Someone should call them.

NorthamResign. Also conservatives take note. This is how you call one of your own out for shitty behavior.

So does this type of belief really go away? Or is it just hid under the surface for political gain?

In medical school, in his mid 20s...GTFOH. 🤬😡

I would’ve voted differently had this been put out.

His Infanticide supersedes college pictures. Resign from public office due to pictures and from humanity for abortions, Infanticide

Argh

Republicans are hypocrites and Northam should resign.

Apologized? Oh... ok. 🙄

Decades old? Nice spin but you opened Pandora’s box within kavanaugh so live with the consequences

some Va schools were segregated until 1978. This wasn't institutional racism, it was state sanctioned at the time

Establishment Dems are wolves in sheeps clothing. They are Republicans. Cleanse this party of the racists and Wall Street lackeys

This photo is disqualifying. He needs to step down now.

Blah blah blah. Coonman = racist. Nuf said

He needs to go now

Resign RalphNortham

Governor Justin Fairfax.

Resign.

Finally the truth is coming out about Democrats.

All Democrats need to not be hypocritical!!!! Northam needs to resign!!

ResignNortham

He can apologize all day long, he needs to go, no deals, no I can get things done for your 'people'... No! Go!!!

Karma Ralph Northam’s anti-Gillespie campaign ad.

That's not how you reported Blasey-Ford's decades-old fabrication. If he won't resign, impeach him.

he needs to resign

Tried spin.....then apologized?

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Nope. I don't accept your apology. Resign.

If he switches parties, he’ll have republicans defending him in no time and this will blow over and be a non issue.

They fired Megan Kellie.... He’s out!

Bye-bye, racist RalphNortham

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