Virginia Governor Apologizes for Racist Medical School Yearbook Photo

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Some Republicans and Democrats are calling for Virginia Gov. Northam to resign after he admitted to appearing in a racist yearbook photo

 

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what? 'i'm sorry i'm a racist' is supposed to exonerate him?

Remember this video that Northam supporters ran against Gillespie, the one where a pickup with a Confederate flag is running down immigrant children. Please post RT.

Get over it!

What about the med school publishing this pic?

He needs to resign. Only Trump can live the double standard, oh and the “Christian” evangelicals who support him. 🙄

1984 was a long time ago. Do we believe this man is a racist or did he do something offensive nearly 40 years ago. Forgive.

Apology not accepted.

How do you apologize for this? just disappear into the woods for a long time. He’s apologizing for it because he wants to keep his job. That’s not apology, it’s a strategy

I'll never forgive him‼️

Oh goodness... This is just another example of some entitled millennial going on hunt trying to start trouble with the past. Move on folks!

What about Trumpty Dumty?

Thanks goodness he is a politician, not a physician.

Shouldn’t be a debate. The answer is simple. Resign. When do we quit making excuses for bad behavior. Unless your doogie houser, your not a kid in med school, you’re an adult. And to the point made by another, what school would find this acceptable.

Native Americans find it offensive that ANYONE dress in native garb. 35 years ago that was ok. IF he has not made racist policies and is doing a good job. He apologized I think that is all he needs to do. Life changes people's views.

Racist Governor who kills babies should resign!

You forgot to mention Virginia Governor Northam is a DEMOCRAT! Supported by Democrats & CNN

Can’t hide forever. Responsibility you must take -in my yoda voice.-

I bet it was somehow trumps fault! Lmao! And like 95% of the Democratic Party he called others racist. Funny the ones calling others racist are in fact racist. Think about that for a while.

This was medical school, not high school. Resign

Elections in about 20 years are going to be a train wreck. The ability to take, store, and search 10,000s of photos means everything is documented. I would like to think we have evolved past where people think these thoughts/actions are ok but somehow I doubt it.

We should accept his apology and move on. This was his past, this is not who he is today.

What school would even allow this to go in the yearbook?

Democrats are the true racists in this country. They tell minorities everyday how horrible their lives are. Everything is about race when it comes to Democrats

This is a governor? This is disgusting. Get out.

Will the Medical School also close down since the book wasn't personally his?

The outrage should be deafening but it won’t be. Why? Because MSM is one sided not by a little but but by all aspects. They may as well as just call themselves MSM Under the DNC.(MUD)

So which one of those pictured is it less offensive for him to admit to be?

I think it’s hysterical how quickly Democrats turn on each other. Nothing like being a proud Democrat with lots of friends.

The true party of racism!

Who’s the other person. Who was at the party who took the picture who’s the editor of the yearbook who was the dean at the school. See this is what happens when you want to go back 30 yrs and attack someone character and now it applies to all. Review every politicians past.

Too late, the mistakes of youth are indeed game changers in live.

I wonder what he felt as he, presumably, joined the chorus of attacks on Brett Kavanaugh for things the Justice allegedly did in HIGH SCHOOL, all the while knowing eventually someone would out his photos (which are proof, not allegations) of him in MEDICAL SCHOOL. ha ha Hypocrite

You wrecked it, Ralph...

If he didn’t murder anybody I don’t give a damn!

N A M E T H A T P A R T Y

It took place in ‘84, is it really fair to go back that far? I was a punk,snot nosed 24yr old then, have come a long way since, a lot of growing up, never any criminal stuff nor is what he’s accused of. Just sayin maybe everybody take a look in the mirror?

i don't see why it is wrong

He should resign Trump should resign Steve King from IA should resign

Only apologizes after picture surfaces. RESIGN.

U forgot the word Democrat ! He is racist just like all the other Dems. What’s new.

Life imitating Netflix- Frank Underwood's character in House of Cards faced similar embarrassment when a picture of not his, but his Dad with a Ku Klux Klan member,was deliberately fished out and published

3,000+ municipalities in the United States have lead-tainted water. Half our population is under or right beside the poverty line. Millions of Americans can't get basic healthcare. Millions of Americans can't put food on the table every day. Report on real issues.

ResignRalph

A DEMOCRAT

As a Dem, this should suffice. If a Republican, Mob Action...

Sen Byrd is beaming!!!

Resign now.

Don't be afraid to name and shame him, his name RalphNortham and he will no longer be a governor, so it would be best not give him such a title anymore.

This was 34 years ago. Everyone grow up!

1984? Scary stuff, years after MLK assassination, yet the photo has the feel of 1884.

Love it when those skeletons fall out of the closet. Your punishment is a life sentence on social media. Your done.

This is why it’s very important for Dems to have a thorough and vigorous process to make sure stuff like that don’t happen in the 11th hour. Only 🇷🇺🐘MAGA white guys like 🇷🇺🐘SteveKingIA and 🇷🇺RU asset 🇷🇺🐘realDonaldTrump can get away with that racism shit.👇🤔

Lol! Personally I don’t care, it was 33 years ago and he apparently was a stupid kid but I love watching the democrats eat each other with their fake virtue. 😂

Look like Democrats can’t escape their racist past, even if they embrace all kinds of fringe issues to make them look palatable to mainstream America.

Going to be interesting to see the democrats rage about this, if any. The fake rage being put on display will be shown for what it truly is with this, fake. Picking and choosing, I'll wager this one is ignored by democrats and all the pussy hat marchers.

Needs to resign. The interesting thing is how did the Governor not know this was out there? How did this not come up in his prior campaigns?

Democrats just apologize and move on....ie: former supreme kkk leader Robert Byrd among others....

How about apologizing for the sub par medical care given tonBlack people while he was 'practicing' medicine? Or are we not going to talk about that right now?

Couldn’t possibly be that he was in an area of Virginia that was still openly racist in 1984 and made a pretty bad decision on a costume choice? Nope. He’s racist. When do the calls come to put him to death?

It is not him, how he must be responsible for that?

GovernorVA resign sir

StaunchA Has he done anything racist besides a Halloween costume from 35 years ago? Republicans refuse to resign over their racist actions taking place in the here & now. Unless his policies & voting record confirm he’s a racist, then , he absolutely should not resign.

Racist Democrats

The overtly racist Northam wouldn't even shake his opponent's hand on television. His apology was rote.

Wait he's a Democrat? how could this be? CNN showed he was a Republican.

Go home, specially after supporting baby murder. Virginians love life.

How was this missed during the election? HOW? Northam has embarrassed my state and our nation. Call me disgusted. GROWWWWWL

Was he the klan man or the black man ?

God works in mysterious ways

For God's sake, That was 1984, he was only a stupid kid. Who can say they were born as saint and remains sinless till the final judgement day? If NOT, Why judge others so harshly? Shameless bunch.

They all apologize. But the difference, is that Republicans imediately resign. Democrats refuse to resign, and put up a milk toasty fight, until it blows over. Northam should leave politics completely. Nous verrons.

Is that surprising He’s a Democrat, slave owners were Democrats, so its probably in his family history to have that approach.

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I think he should keep his job, but only if he wears blackface for the entirety of his term. Would be epic.

And CNN labels him a republican

Hello Donald 2020 😂

How about the school that published it? That seems to be the institutionalized prejudice that is the root of the problem

Why is everyone mad about this and not him wanting to commit infanticide?

That's honorable but NorthamMustResign !

Apology doesn’t cut it. Step down.

He has to resign or be fired. Period. NorthamMustResign

When I was a child ( many, many, many years ago ...... ) among my collection of cuddly toys was a golliwog. Who do i apologise to? Who do I apologise for ?..... my long gone parents, the shop, the manufacturer, society .... Anyone Got An Answer ?

Failed to identify which one he was. And read his statement ... not a full apology (which he seems incapable of)

You have to say “racially charged” like you do for the Republicans. Can’t say racist!

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