VA-Dem Gov in hot water for "maybe" being in blackface or KKK outfit in yearbook

[Anti Federalist]

Hah Hah!


Ralph Northam yearbook page shows men in blackface and KKK robe

https://pilotonline.com/news/government/politics/virginia/article_67fdd682-2662-11e9-a7d1-c7ed70e09b50.html

By Marie Albiges and Gordon Rago

Feb 1, 2019 Updated 20 min ago

https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/pilotonline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/78/778404f6-7c7b-52b6-b41f-aa2485790283/5c54c4326113d.image.jpg?resize=750%2C509

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 section set aside for Northam. A half-page from the 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook, photographed by The Virginian-Pilot on Friday,
Feb. 1, 2019.

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 future 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.

Under the photo of the men in blackface and the Klan hood are listed Northam’s alma mater, Virginia Military Institute, and his interest: “Pediatrics.” His quote is listed as “There are more old drunks than old doctors in this world so I think I’ll have another beer.”

The governor’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday afternoon.

The chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia, Jack Wilson, said in a statement: “Racism has no place in Virginia. These pictures are wholly inappropriate. If Governor Northam appeared in blackface or dressed in a KKK robe, he should resign immediately.”

In a separate statement, four top Republican lawmakers — House of Speaker Kirk Cox, Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr., House Majority Leader Todd Gilbert and Senate Rules Committee Chairman Ryan T. McDougle — said: “This is a deeply disturbing and offensive photograph in need of an immediate explanation by the governor.”

The photo came to light after a week in which the Democratic governor came under fire for his comments about a bill introduced by a first-term Democratic lawmaker that would have loosened restriction abortions in Virginia.

Conservative news outlet Big League Politics first posted the photo at around 2:15 p.m. Friday with the headline “YEARBOOK: Ralph Northam In Blackface & KKK Photo.”

About an hour later, the Virginia GOP caucus Twitter page tweeted, “@governorva needs to explain this immediately.”

On Wednesday, Northam was on a WTOP-FM show and was asked about a failed bill introduced by Del. Kathy Tran that would have relaxed limits on third-trimester abortions.

On the WTOP show, Northam — a child neurologist — defended Tran’s bill, saying it was “blown out of proportion” and that such abortions are done “in cases where there may be severe deformities, there may be a fetus that is nonviable.”

Explaining what would happen in such a case, Northam made comments that were soon seized on by political opponents and others: “The infant would be delivered, the infant would be kept comfortable, the infant would be resuscitated if that’s what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother.”

[Anti Globalist]

Probably the funniest thing I've heard today.

[phill4paul]

Just ran across this. When contacted his office did not return calls. His staff is in major 'shit your pants' mode. :D

[Swordsmyth]

They are the racists, that is why they call everyone else racist.

[Anti Globalist]

Imagine if this was a republican governor. Democrats would be saying right now he needs to step down or be impeached.

[Occam's Banana]

Imagine if this was a republican governor. Democrats would be saying right now he needs to step down or be impeached.

Which is pretty much what the Republican apparatchik is saying about the Democrat governor ...


The chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia, Jack Wilson, said in a statement: “Racism has no place in Virginia. These pictures are wholly inappropriate. If Governor Northam appeared in blackface or dressed in a KKK robe, he should resign immediately.”

All these assholes deserve one another.

Unfortunately, it is the rest of us who suffer the consequences of their assholery.

[Swordsmyth]

Imagine if this was a republican governor. Democrats would be saying right now he needs to step down or be impeached.
They would try to find a crime they could prosecute him for.

[Anti Globalist]

The weeks not over yet. We could have a third controversy tomorrow. Maybe some transgender hooker will come forward and say they had a sexual relationship with the governor.

[ThePaleoLibertarian]

https://media1.giphy.com/media/I4Jmrcjnr8Zfq/200.webp?cid=3640f6095c54dd8e4938366c637127f7

[ThePaleoLibertarian]

Which is pretty much what the Republican apparatchik is saying about the Democrat governor ...



All these assholes deserve one another.

Unfortunately, it is the rest of us who suffer the consequences of their assholery.
And yes, the GOP should pressure him to resign. Hold your opponent to their own rules.

[dannno]

"I believe these statues should be taken down and moved into museums. As governor, I am going to be a vocal advocate for that approach and work with localities on this issue."..

[ThePaleoLibertarian]

It's funny, this guy came out as pro-infanticide, but this is going to be the controversy that does him in. What a country.

[kona]

All murderers are racist...against the human race.

[Swordsmyth]

Meanwhile, this probably won’t help Northam’s case much. From CBS News (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ralph-northams-yearbook-page-shows-man-in-kkk-costume-and-another-apparently-in-blackface/):

CBS News uncovered a page from Northam’s yearbook at the Virginia Military Institute which had nicknames listed underneath his name. One of them was “Coonman,” a racial slur.
Does Northam apologize for that too or ignore it?

More at: https://hotair.com/archives/2019/02/01/va-gop-move-call-gov-northam-resign/

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[Occam's Banana]

And yes, the GOP should pressure him to resign. Hold your opponent to their own rules.

Sadly, they don't actually have rules - on either side. With rare exceptions, they're all just partisan opportunists.

Their only use for "rules" (their own or the other side's) is when they can gleefully beat the other side over the head with them.


It's funny, this guy came out as pro-infanticide, but this is going to be the controversy that does him in. What a country.

Indeed. This is just the sort of thing I meant by "the consequences of their assholery". Has the state GOP chair demanded the governor's resignation over the latter's support for the murder of babies (born or unborn)? (And if so, has he done so in a manner other than that of reflexively pro forma, fund-raising/press-statement "outrage"?) If he has (and I don't know that he hasn't, which is why I ask), then I might have some respect for the guy. Otherwise, he's just another opportunistic grandstander who, if the governor was a Republican, would quite probably be keeping his gob firmly shut about the governor's supposed endorsements of "racism" (or even of "infanticide" for that matter) - except, of course, for purposes of "damage control" ...

[Schifference]

If it is a problem it lies squarely on the school. The school should have approved each and every picture prior to the printing.

[euphemia]

So it’s okay for a sitting governor to believe it is okay to murder a newborn child, but not okay for him to have a racially insensitive photo on his yearbook page in college?

Sorry if I don’t see the latter as the greater evil.

[Brian4Liberty]

So what’s the story with this photo? Was it Halloween? Was the point that a KKK guy can party with a black guy? Sounds like a statement of unity. Oh yeah, we don’t care about context or take into account what was acceptable at the time. Carry on with the hysteria. Hang him from his testicles until dead.

[Anti Federalist]

So what’s the story with this photo? Was it Halloween? Was the point that a KKK guy can party with a black guy? Sounds like a statement of unity. Oh yeah, we don’t care about context or take into account what was acceptable at the time. Carry on with the hysteria. Hang him from his testicles until dead.

Pipe down prole...can't you see we got a raycississ here???

[Anti Federalist]

So it’s okay for a sitting governor to believe it is okay to murder a newborn child, but not okay for him to have a racially insensitive photo on his yearbook page in college?

Sorry if I don’t see the latter as the greater evil.

Quiet, you...

[Brian4Liberty]

Note to hysterical virtue signalers: never go full retard.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6WHBO_Qc-Q

[euphemia]

Quiet, you...

Nope. Children of color are aborted at higher percentages than white children.

[Brian4Liberty]

2008: blackface acceptable. 10 years ago.


Tropic Thunder is a 2008 action comedy film directed by Ben Stiller. It stars Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, and Brandon T. Jackson as a group of prima donna actors who are making a Vietnam War film.

[Anti Federalist]

Nope. Children of color are aborted at higher percentages than white children.

You mean colored kids?

[Anti Federalist]

Pro Ralph Northam ad...remember?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVckRJvuBQY

[PursuePeace]

Lol. I can just imagine his face at seeing that picture again.
Ralphie Northam: "Oh Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudggggggeeeee"

[Swordsmyth]

Pro Ralph Northam ad...remember?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVckRJvuBQY
The left projects.

[PursuePeace]

The left projects.

That's pretty much ALL they do.
Don't think they have much time for anything else.

[euphemia]

You mean colored kids?

Yes. When was the last time you saw a PP in a rich, white enclave? You will find them in urban areas, accessible to poor women of color. Or near college campuses, for the same reason.

[Suzanimal]

Meanwhile, this probably won’t help Northam’s case much. From CBS News (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ralph-northams-yearbook-page-shows-man-in-kkk-costume-and-another-apparently-in-blackface/):

CBS News uncovered a page from Northam’s yearbook at the Virginia Military Institute which had nicknames listed underneath his name. One of them was “Coonman,” a racial slur.
Does Northam apologize for that too or ignore it?

More at: https://hotair.com/archives/2019/02/01/va-gop-move-call-gov-northam-resign/

https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/1091480256731668481
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Considering his nickname was "Coonman", I'm guessing he's the man in black, lol.

[EBounding]

I wonder how often he thought about this picture before it came out.....?

[Anti Federalist]

Yes. When was the last time you saw a PP in a rich, white enclave? You will find them in urban areas, accessible to poor women of color. Or near college campuses, for the same reason.

"More children from the fit, less from the unfit -- that is the chief aim of birth control." Margaret Sanger, founder of PP, Birth Control Review, May 1919, p. 12

[Schifference]

Every person has dirt on them. I don't know why anyone would want to be a high profile person these days.

[Occam's Banana]

So it’s okay for a sitting governor to believe it is okay to murder a newborn child, but not okay for him to have a racially insensitive photo on his yearbook page in college?

Sorry if I don’t see the latter as the greater evil.

The former is clearly the greater evil.

But the latter is the greater source of cheap and easy virtue-signaling ...

[oyarde]

They are the racists, that is why they call everyone else racist.

Virginia Dems have a long , long history of racism so this will be a big deal there .

[Anti Federalist]

Every person has dirt on them. I don't know why anyone would want to be a high profile person these days.

The problem is the shifting definition of "dirt".

[Origanalist]

They are the racists, that is why they call everyone else racist.

No, they call everyone else racist to get votes.

[Origanalist]

Which is pretty much what the Republican apparatchik is saying about the Democrat governor ...



All these assholes deserve one another.

Unfortunately, it is the rest of us who suffer the consequences of their assholery.

Not I. I don't suffer from any of this dumbassery.

[Origanalist]

They would try to find a crime they could prosecute him for.

No, they would just play the race card interminably.

[Swordsmyth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqO4u0yrkjA

[Swordsmyth]

https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/1091499811025629184

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[specsaregood]

I'll just put this here.
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and screencapped for posterity.
http://i.imgur.com/Quo4INN.jpg

[AuH20]

https://i.redd.it/803azr5gp1e21.png

[phill4paul]

https://i.redd.it/803azr5gp1e21.png

Are there vids available?

[Swordsmyth]

Are there vids available?
...

Pro Ralph Northam ad...remember?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVckRJvuBQY

[Brian4Liberty]

Pro Ralph Northam ad...remember?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVckRJvuBQY

Wow. Forgot about that one, and it was this guy...


The left projects.


That's pretty much ALL they do.
Don't think they have much time for anything else.

Exactly. If anything separates the left and right, it’s the left’s propensity for hypocrisy and projection, even if they all love the big brother state.


https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/1091499811025629184

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I'll just put this here.
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and screencapped for posterity.
http://i.imgur.com/Quo4INN.jpg


https://i.redd.it/803azr5gp1e21.png

We should never endorse these hysterical leftist virtue signaling witch hunts. On the other hand, karma is a bitch, and this guy is more than deserving of a take down.

[specsaregood]

CNN is fake news:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyXyJ-7XcAAdbDs.jpg

[Swordsmyth]

CNN is fake news:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyXyJ-7XcAAdbDs.jpg
The Fakest.

[Brian4Liberty]

CNN is fake news:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyXyJ-7XcAAdbDs.jpg

Rated most trustworthy by NewsGuard, comrade. Doubleplusgood media.

[Anti Federalist]

Dedicated tonight to Ralph Northam

"The Pot"

Who are you to wave your finger?
You must have been out your head.
Eye hole deep in muddy waters.
You practically raised the dead.

Rob the grave to snow the cradle.
Then burn the evidence down.
Soapbox, house of cards and glass,
So don't go tossin' your stones around.

You must have been high.
You must have been high.
You must have been.

Foot in mouth and head up asshole.
So what you talkin' 'bout?
Difficult to dance 'round this one
'Til you pull it out, boy!

You must have been so high.
You must have been so high.

Steal, borrow, refer, save your shady inference.
Kangaroo done hung the juror with the innocent.

Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo,
Got lemon juice up in your eye!
When you pissed all over my black kettle,
You must have been high, high.
You must have been high, high.

Who are you to wave your finger?
So full of it.
Eyeballs deep in muddy waters.
Fuckin' hypocrite.

Liar, lawyer, mirror, show me what's the difference?
Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent.

Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo,
Got lemon juice up in your eye, eye.
When you pissed all over my black kettle
You must've been!

So who are you to wave your finger?
Who are you to wave your fatty fingers at me?
You must have been out your mind!

Weepin' shades of indigo shed without a reason.
Weepin' shades of indigo.

Liar, lawyer, mirror for you, what's the difference?
Kangaroo be stoned. He's guilty as the government.

Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo,
Got lemon juice up in your eye, eye!
Now when you pissed all over my black kettle.
You must've been high, high, high, high.

Eyeballs deep in muddy waters.
Your balls deep in muddy waters.
Ganja, please, you must have been out your mind!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2F_hGwD26g

[phill4paul]

Noooooooooo!

What a time to run out.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Anti Federalist again.

[Anti Federalist]

Noooooooooo!

What a time to run out.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Anti Federalist again.

This one fits as well.

RumJacks

The Pot & Kettle

One smoky day in a darkened scullery
Doon by the river in a factory town
Where bad things happen & the walls are drippn'
And the ghosts are flittin' frae the cold hard ground
A pot & kettle on the hob were settled
A' hissin' their patter so bileous cruel
An awfy matter o' clout & claterin'
Battlin' wits in a hideous duel

Lids a rattlin' belchin steam
Life aint nothin but a fevered dream
'Youre a lowly villain'
'Youre a terrible liar'
'But were both here cookin on the same old fire'
Guts a bubblin belchin steam
Life aint nothin but a fevered dream
'Youre a chanty pot'
'And youre a shite for brains'
'But were both here hangin on the same old chains'

"Ive roasted a wealth of exotic things
All torn to ribbons at the hands of kings
Polished copper how I proudly shone
Stealin the fire of the blazing sun"

"Ye've boilt nae mair'n 'em old soup bones
Ive boilt the tea for them stately homes
I were rattled like a drum each Hogmanay
Then scrubbed tae the devil on the follwin' day"

"O kettle yer metal is a terrible hue
Riddled wi' holes cannae hold yer brew
Yer lids all crooked & yer sides bashed in
It'll no be long afore ye see the bin"

"Pot your not so bright as me
A hags old cauldron is all you'd be
You reek o' gruel & you're none too young
Fit for to carry but the peels & dung"

Lids a rattlin' belchin steam
Life aint nothin but a fevered dream
'Youre a lowly villain'
'Youre a terrible liar'
'But were both here cookin on the same old fire'
Guts a bubblin belchin steam
Life aint nothin but a fevered dream
'Youre an old piss bucket'
'Youre a dented can'
'But we're neither as black as that roasting pan'


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YklPK6DwOzM

[Anti Federalist]

LOL - Just got done reading the online lynch mob on this.

Damn, I'm almost starting to feel sorry for the poor bastard.

[PursuePeace]

I wonder how often he thought about this picture before it came out.....?

Never. (Liberal privilege, and all.)

[phill4paul]

LOL - Just got done reading the online lynch mob on this.

Damn, I'm almost starting to feel sorry for the poor bastard.

Don't. His opposition had $15m. Are you telling me they wouldn't have found this before the election. He went off the reservation. Went full infanticide, before the official roll out. . Something needed to be done to shut him down. And distract from infanticide.

[r3volution 3.0]

Sadly, they don't actually have rules - on either side. With rare exceptions, they're all just partisan opportunists.

Their only use for "rules" (their own or the other side's) is when they can gleefully beat the other side over the head with them.

Watching GOP media today, they could barely manage a "Boy am I outraged" face to mask the glee.

This stuff is absolute trivia for everyone except the voters.

[ThePaleoLibertarian]

Sadly, they don't actually have rules - on either side. With rare exceptions, they're all just partisan opportunists.

Their only use for "rules" (their own or the other side's) is when they can gleefully beat the other side over the head with them.
Of course, they're not consistent, but the left claims that their rules are a staunch opposition to racism. There's also certain racist archetypes of a sort. The white man in blackface doing a minstrel show is one of them. This goes against their stated rules and this man must be destroyed now. He probably resigns on Saturday.

[timosman]

Of course, they're not consistent, but the left claims that their rules are a staunch opposition to racism. There's also certain racist archetypes of a sort. The white man in blackface doing a minstrel show is one of them. This goes against their stated rules and this man must be destroyed now. He probably resigns on Saturday.

https://twitter.com/JTHVerhovek/status/1091552237510451200

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[ThePaleoLibertarian]

https://twitter.com/JTHVerhovek/status/1091552237510451200

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Yeah, he's finished. Unless he takes a stand and refuses, which would be delicious. If the GOP was competent, they would make hay over his resignation due to a picture as opposed to support for infanticide. But of course, the Republicans are full of useless boomer conservatives, so they won't.

[Champ]

What would be even more funny is if he refuses to resign. And for as long as he is there, that picture will be brought up as the face of the "baby murdering movement" that he would not back down from even after they shelved the idea just days ago. This story has far too many metaphors and double meanings found therein.

It's hilarious to see them eat their own and it's hard to not derive some satisfaction from this after they have made it a hobby to ruin everyone's career, especially conservative/libertarian's that has even an inkling of questionable actions in their history. With that said, tools like this, evidence from the past to get an angry msm mob, which essentially turns them into a modern day political and public lynching mob, is not a good thing to rally behind. This same lynch mob will be used to attack people we know, like Rand (and Ron before him), and getting behind that just further emboldens them to use these ridiculous tactics and trains the people to accept this form of mass humiliation.

Enjoy it while it lasts I suppose, but remember endorsing the guy having to resign, as terrible as he is, will perpetuate this msm dominated hate cycle of choosing who the media overlords deem worthy or unworthy based on completely subjective rules.

[Anti Federalist]

Don't. His opposition had $15m. Are you telling me they wouldn't have found this before the election. He went off the reservation. Went full infanticide, before the official roll out. . Something needed to be done to shut him down. And distract from infanticide.

Bing fucking go.

I was wondering why this hadn't come out before.

Now I know...makes perfect sense.

+rep

You're right, fuck 'em...hoisted by his own petard...very fitting.

I know it only makes it easier for the Jacobinites to get whipped up into a lather the next time however.

But sooner or later this nonsense is going to have to come to a head, so lets push it along.

[Anti Federalist]

What would be even more funny is if he refuses to resign. And for as long as he is there, that picture will be brought up as the face of the "baby murdering movement" that he would not back down from even after they shelved the idea just days ago. This story has far too many metaphors and double meanings found therein.

It's hilarious to see them eat their own and it's hard to not derive some satisfaction from this after they have made it a hobby to ruin everyone's career, especially conservative/libertarian's that has even an inkling of questionable actions in their history. With that said, tools like this, evidence from the past to get an angry msm mob, which essentially turns them into a modern day political and public lynching mob, is not a good thing to rally behind. This same lynch mob will be used to attack people we know, like Rand (and Ron before him), and getting behind that just further emboldens them to use these ridiculous tactics and trains the people to accept this form of mass humiliation.

Enjoy it while it lasts I suppose, but remember endorsing the guy having to resign, as terrible as he is, will perpetuate this msm dominated hate cycle of choosing who the media overlords deem worthy or unworthy based on completely subjective rules.

You are exactly right, let me make two things clear:

1 - I don't find that Northam did anything particularly wrong here.

2 - I'm in no way advocating joining the mob. I am just bemusedly observing the simple joys of a monkey knife fight safely from the sidelines, hysterically laughing my ass off at each cut.

[Suzanimal]

You are exactly right, let me make two things clear:

1 - I don't find that Northam did anything particularly wrong here.

2 - I'm in no way advocating joining the mob. I just bemusedly observing the simple joys of a monkey knife fight safely from the sidelines, hysterically laughing my ass off at each cut.

Same here.

The jackass didn't shut down his Instagram account and there's a photo of him hugging a bunch of black school children. The comments have me in tears, lol.

[Anti Federalist]

Same here.

The jackass didn't shut down his Instagram account and there's a photo of him hugging a bunch of black school children. The comments have me in tears, lol.

Linky link?

[Anti Federalist]

He's going to get run off for all the wrong reasons.

He should be shunned and ostracized not over some goofy frat pictures from 35 years ago, but rather for embracing infanticide as a political measure.

Especially when that infanticide will be directed mostly at the very people now whipped in an outraged frenzy over said goofy photos.

[Stratovarious]

Are Mexicans of Color? no
Are Latinos of Color? no
Are Italians of Color? no
Are Indians of Color? no
Are Asians of Color? no
Are Whites of Color? no

So why do people insist on referring to whomever they might be talking about as ; OF COLOR
Why does a ''of color'' group, need a new tag every 12 years, and if you use the previous
tag you must be a racist.........

[euphemia]

LOL - Just got done reading the online lynch mob on this.

What goes around comes around.

Live by the sword and die by the sword.

For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged. Matthew 7:1

[Champ]

He's going to get run off for all the wrong reasons.

He should be shunned and ostracized not over some goofy frat pictures from 35 years ago, but rather for embracing infanticide as a political measure.

Especially when that infanticide will be directed mostly at the very people now whipped in an outraged frenzy over said goofy photos.


These are exactly my thoughts. They are trying their best now to associate him with this photo, rather than his aggressive push for the murder of innocent babies. And the Trump base/GOP are aiding the Dems/msm in this endeavor.

It seems they (his own political allies/the media) had this photo queued up as political blackmail for when the time was right, and enough variables seemed to have made the time right. He may have been in on it for all we know.

[euphemia]

He's going to get run off for all the wrong reasons.

He should be shunned and ostracized not over some goofy frat pictures from 35 years ago, but rather for embracing infanticide as a political measure.

Especially when that infanticide will be directed mostly at the very people now whipped in an outraged frenzy over said goofy photos.

This. ^^^^^. A thousand times this.

[brushfire]

I used to go to Halloween parties. 1 year we had friend of ours, black, show up in a kkk robe/hat - which is funny in and of itself until you find out that he purchased directly from the kkk, via their website. Funny as sh!t.

We had white, middle aged men dress up as wh0res (women) and whatnot - not too novel, but still funny. Trannys seem to always be funny (at least to the non-trannys)

There was also an East Indian friend that came with a sombrero and poncho - that was the funniest of them all. He really did look Mexican.

A priest and a nun - the nun was really pregnant. Hey, it happens, and it was funny.

These people need to lighten the fk up over the black face sh!t. They'll praise a racist mother fker like lincoln, and call him the great emancipator, but they're so hyper sensitive that they attack anyone and everyone. People vary in every way with the exception of the fact that each and every person is flawed. Maybe some of this sh!t is not funny, go look for something that is.

[Stratovarious]

Liberals have duplicated 9 holocausts since '73 , they are the 'compassionate, caring' ones.

[Mach]

The double-standards are sickening.






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjuNTBuE9qE

[Stratovarious]

The double-standards are sickening.






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjuNTBuE9qE
Hillary's mentor was Senator Byrd KKK.

[Stratovarious]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZIHevZZGk0

[donnay]

Hillary's mentor was Senator Byrd KKK.


Ku Klux Klan
In the early 1940s, Byrd recruited 150 of his friends and associates to create a new chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in Sophia, West Virginia.[10][11]

According to Byrd, a Klan official told him, "You have a talent for leadership, Bob ... The country needs young men like you in the leadership of the nation." Byrd later recalled, "Suddenly lights flashed in my mind! Someone important had recognized my abilities! I was only 23 or 24 years old, and the thought of a political career had never really hit me. But strike me that night, it did."[17] Byrd became a recruiter and leader of his chapter.[11] When it came time to elect the top officer (Exalted Cyclops) in the local Klan unit, Byrd won unanimously.[11]

In December 1944, Byrd wrote to segregationist Mississippi Senator Theodore G. Bilbo:

I shall never fight in the armed forces with a negro by my side ... Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.

— Robert C. Byrd, in a letter to Sen. Theodore Bilbo (D-MS), 1944[11][18]
In 1946, Byrd wrote a letter to a Grand Wizard stating, "The Klan is needed today as never before, and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia and in every state in the nation."[19] However, when running for the United States House of Representatives in 1952, he announced "After about a year, I became disinterested, quit paying my dues, and dropped my membership in the organization. During the nine years that have followed, I have never been interested in the Klan." He said he had joined the Klan because he felt it offered excitement and was anti-communist.[11]

Byrd later called joining the KKK "the greatest mistake I ever made."[20] In 1997, he told an interviewer he would encourage young people to become involved in politics but also warned, "Be sure you avoid the Ku Klux Klan. Don't get that albatross around your neck. Once you've made that mistake, you inhibit your operations in the political arena."[21] In his last autobiography, Byrd explained that he was a KKK member because he "was sorely afflicted with tunnel vision—a jejune and immature outlook—seeing only what I wanted to see because I thought the Klan could provide an outlet for my talents and ambitions."[22] Byrd also said in 2005, "I know now I was wrong. Intolerance had no place in America. I apologized a thousand times ... and I don't mind apologizing over and over again. I can't erase what happened."[11]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryweuBVJMEA

[PursuePeace]

He's going to get run off for all the wrong reasons.

He should be shunned and ostracized not over some goofy frat pictures from 35 years ago, but rather for embracing infanticide as a political measure.

Especially when that infanticide will be directed mostly at the very people now whipped in an outraged frenzy over said goofy photos.


Exactly. They saw how much bad press their infanticide stance was getting and they had to throw him under the bus with these idiotic pictures. "Oh no... Northam didn't get ousted because he promoted the actual killing of newborn babies.... heh heh... no...uh...it was because...RACIST! don't look here! Look there!!"

[Stratovarious]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryweuBVJMEA

Byrd later called joining the KKK "the greatest mistake I ever made."

LOL, Who doesn't say that when their the biggest gravy train of a lucrative
career is at stake.
Funny though isn't it, not one ounce of truth or indication that Trump is
racist, quite the opposite, yet Hillary gets a pass on everything up to and probably
including complicity in murder.
Benghazi and ''the Clinton Chronicles'' the body bag trail.

[donnay]

Byrd later called joining the KKK "the greatest mistake I ever made."

LOL, Who doesn't say that when their the biggest gravy train of a lucrative
career is at stake.
Funny though isn't it, not one ounce of truth or indication that Trump is
racist, quite the opposite, yet Hillary gets a pass on everything up to and probably
including complicity in murder.
Benghazi and ''the Clinton Chronicles'' the body bag trail.

Exactly. However, this whole fiasco with this Virginia Governor in blackface or Klan suit is really about distractions (which is what the Liberals do best). The Liberals were not expecting the backlashes they were getting from pushing infanticide.

Hillary was also instrumental in pushing Cuomo to pass that infanticide in NY.


Flashback:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfdRmnT0Weo

[Anti Globalist]

I hear hes refusing to step down.

[donnay]

I hear hes refusing to step down.

I am sure he is getting paid to drag this out as long as he can. When Planned Parenthood is vocally calling for his resignation the slight of hand is in play.

Meanwhile, where is Ruth?

[Stratovarious]

Exactly. However, this whole fiasco with this Virginia Governor in blackface or Klan suit is really about distractions (which is what the Liberals do best). The Liberals were not expecting the backlashes they were getting from pushing infanticide.

Hillary was also instrumental in pushing Cuomo to pass that infanticide in NY.


Flashback:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfdRmnT0Weo
Right, I saw that from earlier comments, it honestly didn't occur to me before hand.
I just through Hillary up as an example of hatred that comes from liberals when they
lose, they have no scruples, if it isn't Trumps Tax record, its Russia, if not that then he
must be racist, his attorney must be a criminal , then we investigate his gardeners.
Meanwhile we have a real criminal; Hillary that is untouchable and protected by ever fed
agency in town.

[Anti Federalist]

Report: Virginia Governor Ralph Northam Will Not Resign

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/02/report-virginia-governor-ralph-northam-will-not-resign/

2 Feb 2019
4:17
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia Democrat who has spoken with Gov. Ralph Northam has told The Associated Press that the governor now does not believe he was in a racist picture in his 1984 medical yearbook and has no immediate plans to resign.
The official was not authorized to speak on the record to detail a private conversation. The official told the AP on Saturday that Northam plans to address the issue with the public in the afternoon.

Northam is calling Virginia Democrats to try and gain support. Nearly his entire political base has called for him to resign.

Northam’s 1984 yearbook page shows a picture of a person in blackface and another wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood next to different pictures of the governor.

After the picture went public Friday, Northam issued a statement saying he was “sorry for the decision I made to appear as I did in this photo.”

But the Democrat who spoke to Northam said that after further reflection the governor said he has no memory of wearing either of the racist costumes and doesn’t not believe he is in the picture.

The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, the state House Democratic Caucus and the state Senate Democratic Caucus all called on Northam to resign late Friday, along with several key progressive groups that have been some of the governor’s closest political allies.

The yearbook images were first published Friday afternoon by the conservative news outlet Big League Politics. The Virginian-Pilot later obtained a copy from Eastern Virginia Medical School, which Northam attended. The photo shows two people looking at the camera — one in blackface wearing a hat, bow tie and plaid pants; the other in a full Ku Klux Klan robe.

An Associated Press reporter saw the yearbook page and confirmed its authenticity at the medical school.

In his first apology, issued in a written statement, Northam called the costume he wore “clearly racist and offensive,” but he didn’t say which one he had worn.

He later issued a video statement saying he was “deeply sorry” but still committed to serving the “remainder of my term.”

“I accept responsibility for my past actions and I am ready to do the hard work of regaining your trust,” Northam said.

A small number of protesters stood outside the governor’s mansion Saturday to demand his resignation.

Northam’s departure would mean current Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, a Democrat who is only the second African-American to win statewide office in Virginia, would be the next governor. Northam’s term was set to end in 2022.

Black lawmakers said they met with Northam Friday evening, and said in a statement they appreciate his service.

“But given what was revealed today, it is clear that he can no longer effectively serve as governor,” the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus said.

State Sen. Louise Lucas of Portsmouth, a close ally of Northam and longtime African-American lawmaker, said black leaders felt “mortally wounded” by the photo and that he has no option but to resign.

“He betrayed us,” she told The Associated Press on Saturday.

Others said there was no question he should step down. Among them: Democratic presidential hopefuls Cory Booker, Julian Castro, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren; newly elected Democratic U.S. Reps. Elaine Luria and Abigail Spanberger of Virginia; the NAACP and Planned Parenthood.

Northam spent years actively courting the black community in the lead up to his 2017 gubernatorial run, building relationships that helped him win both the primary and the general election. He’s a member of a predominantly black church on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, where he grew up.

“It’s a matter of relationships and trust. That’s not something that you build overnight,” Northam told the AP during a 2017 campaign stop while describing his relationship with the black community. Northam, a folksy pediatric neurologist who is personal friends with many GOP lawmakers, has recently come under fire from Republicans who have accused him of backing infanticide after he said he supported a bill loosening restrictions on late-term abortions.

Last week, Florida’s secretary of state resigned after photos from a 2005 Halloween party showed him in blackface while dressed as a Hurricane Katrina victim.

[Anti Globalist]

Lol now hes saying the images aren't him and that the yearbook mixed up his pics with someone else even though he already came out and apologized.

[Swordsmyth]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1091858686371344384

1091858686371344384

[Brian4Liberty]

Don't. His opposition had $15m. Are you telling me they wouldn't have found this before the election. He went off the reservation. Went full infanticide, before the official roll out. . Something needed to be done to shut him down. And distract from infanticide.


Bing fucking go.

I was wondering why this hadn't come out before.

Now I know...makes perfect sense.

+rep

You're right, fuck 'em...hoisted by his own petard...very fitting.

I know it only makes it easier for the Jacobinites to get whipped up into a lather the next time however.

But sooner or later this nonsense is going to have to come to a head, so lets push it along.


Exactly. They saw how much bad press their infanticide stance was getting and they had to throw him under the bus with these idiotic pictures. "Oh no... Northam didn't get ousted because he promoted the actual killing of newborn babies.... heh heh... no...uh...it was because...RACIST! don't look here! Look there!!"

It only makes sense that this has been held in reserve to use against him at the right time. The whole late-term abortion, infanticide, Margaret Sanger thing, can be taken as a racist position, so it would also make sense that it fits together with the photo, and it was time to take him out. That’s the most probable hypothesis.

But there should be an alternative hypothesis considered that it was something not related to that issue at all. He was recently elected. Did he refuse some completely unrelated accommodation or concession? A deep digging investigation might turn up something interesting, but don’t hold your breath. Did Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson make a call on him after he was elected? Maybe a union leader or known mobster? Maybe Nancy Pelosi or Hillary Clinton?

[Indy Vidual]

The weeks not over yet. We could have a third controversy tomorrow. Maybe some transgender hooker will come forward and say they had a sexual relationship with the governor.

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Maybe some transgender hooker will come forward...
How does one stand up for the rights of "transgender hookers" without suggesting one is waiting in my nice soft bed?

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/06/06/article-0-1E4711EA00000578-638_964x641.jpg



yes or no? Freedom is for everyone?

[timosman]

F*cken RINOs :tears:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1091864144071020544
1091864144071020544

[timosman]

https://twitter.com/AsteadWesley/status/1091791872853491712

1091791872853491712




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmesMkrx0t4

[Swordsmyth]

https://twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee/status/1091738538381586433
1091738538381586433

[timosman]

Doesn't seem like Lt. Gov. will be replacing him anytime soon. :cool:

Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax denies 2004 sexual assault allegation - http://www.nbc12.com/2019/02/04/lt-gov-fairfax-slams-defamatory-false-sexual-assault-allegation/

[EBounding]

1092147864963371011

[Anti Federalist]

weary =/= "wary"

Jesus, save me from the illiterate mob.

[enhanced_deficit]

Won't be surprised if he survived this scandal in current political climate. Recently GOP-Jarvanka leadership had survived following scandal and outcries lasted only few days and soon afterwards it was ancient history no one cared about.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTkUcXVgpFJvQNlSqtfiBEaxtSs7VW_q Mqj04amOa4p2HDu95hMZQ
(http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?522264-Ivanka-Trump-and-Kushner-blessed-by-top-Israeli-rabbi-who-compared-black-people-to-monkeys&)
Ivanka Trump and Kushner 'blessed' by top Israeli rabbi who compared black people to 'monkeys' (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?522264-Ivanka-Trump-and-Kushner-blessed-by-top-Israeli-rabbi-who-compared-black-people-to-monkeys&)

[Occam's Banana]

weary =/= "wary"

Jesus, save me from the illiterate mob.

It's also cute how they are encouraging weariness (not wariness) of something that hasn't even happened yet - i.e., of "impending, factless lies".

But I'm pretty sure "The Collective" doesn't really give a damn about making rhetorical sense - not as long as they can get the public donors to fall for their attempt to preemptively identify any future (i.e., as yet unknown but "impending") criticisms of Fairfax as "factless lies" ...

[ThePaleoLibertarian]

I still think he'll resign at some point soon, but him dragging it out like this has been fantastic.

If you really look at it though, resigning doesn't make any sense from his perspective. If he resigns, his political career is over, so why not keep power? Maybe he redeems himself in the last years of his term; he couldn't run again anyway. If it was up to me, I'd say keep fighting the good fight, Governor Northam!

[Cleaner44]

https://i.redd.it/803azr5gp1e21.png

Turns out Northam was the dude driving the truck.

[Anti Federalist]

LOL - Looks like he'll weather the storm.

A week or two of internet outrage and he's back in business.

Gutless, worthless GOP politicos ought to take a lesson.

[phill4paul]

LOL - Looks like he'll weather the storm.

A week or two of internet outrage and he's back in business.

Gutless, worthless GOP politicos ought to take a lesson.

Absolutely, you don't back down, you don't surrender. Fuck, double down if you want to.

[Swordsmyth]

Absolutely, you don't back down, you don't surrender. $#@!, double down if you want to.
If something actually deserves an apology then it deserves a resignation.

Usually a resignation is ridiculous and so is an apology.

+Rep

[Swordsmyth]

https://www.infowars.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/246944_image.jpg

[gaazn]

So they all gonna pretend Northam didnt go to a black high school and that the black students in those photos with him were paid actors.

[AuH20]

1092500464338460674

[Valli6]

Wonder who's up after AG Mark Herring? :D (OMG! See update below! :astonished: )
https://www.baltimoresun.com/g00/news/nation-world/ct-virginia-attorney-general-blackface-20190206-story.html?i10c.ua=4&i10c.encReferrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLzFmOHM1TmQ4OUk%3 d&i10c.dv=20

2/6/19

...With Gov. Ralph Northam's career in extreme peril over a racist photo in his 1984 medical school yearbook, Herring issued a statement saying he wore brown makeup and a wig in 1980 to look like a rapper during a party as a 19-year-old at the University of Virginia.

Herring, 57, said he was "deeply, deeply sorry for the pain that I cause with this revelation."

The attorney general issued the statement after rumors of a blackface photo of Herring had circulated at the Capitol for a day or more. But in his statement, he said nothing about the existence of such a photo.

The disclosure further roils the top levels of Virginia government. Democratic Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, who would be next in line if Northam resigned, was confronted with uncorroborated allegations of sexual misconduct earlier this week. He denied the accusations, calling them a political smear.

Herring would be next in line to be governor after Fairfax.

In his statement, Herring said he and two friends dressed up to look like rappers they listened to, including Kurtis Blow, admitting: "It sounds ridiculous even now writing it."

"That conduct clearly shows that, as a young man, I had a callous and inexcusable lack of awareness and insensitivity to the pain my behavior could inflict on others," he said.

But he also said: "This conduct is in no way reflective of the man I have become in the nearly 40 years since.

Herring, who plans to run for governor in 2021, is among those who have urged Northam to resign after the discovery of a photo on Northam's yearbook profile page of someone in blackface standing next to a person in a Ku Klux Klan hood and robe.

Last Friday, Herring condemned that photo as "indefensible" and said it is "no longer possible" for Northam to lead the state...

https://www.baltimoresun.com/g00/news/nation-world/ct-virginia-attorney-general-blackface-20190206-story.html?i10c.ua=4&i10c.encReferrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLzFmOHM1TmQ4OUk%3 d&i10c.dv=20

UPDATE next in line is the speaker of the house, Kirk Cox - a Republican! Was this planned?!
https://twitter.com/ArthurSchwartz/status/1093191065526517760
1093191065526517760

[Valli6]

Hilarious!
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/ken-cuccinelli-got-gov-trouble-heres-how-virginias-succession-law-works

Ken Cuccinelli: Got governor trouble? Here's how Virginia's succession law works
by Ken Cuccinelli
February 06, 2019 02:30 PM

Citizens from all over America suddenly have a keen interest in the order of succession for the Virginia governorship.

This began with Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s statement last Wednesday indicating his support for deciding whether a child born alive would get to live or die after birth. That appears to have led to the Friday revelation of then-medical-school-student Northam’s 1984 yearbook in which he appears to be in either a Ku Klux Klan outfit or in blackface.

Northam immediately apologized for the offense, but then on the next day (Saturday) came out and said that he didn’t think he was in the offensive photo … but, oh by the way, he did dress up in blackface once anyway as part of a dance contest. (He said he won the contest, by the way, and he nearly showed off his moonwalk during the presser before his wife intervened).

Needless to say, Northam’s infanticide comments did not stir Democrats at all, but once the racist photo came out, they (along with Republicans) were calling on the governor to resign. And not just within Virginia — the Democratic 2020 candidates were racing one another to call for Northam’s resignation.

If the governor were to resign, the lieutenant governor — Justin Fairfax — would assume the office of governor for the duration of the governor’s term. That is what people thought would happen … until Sunday.

On Sunday, allegations surfaced that Justin Fairfax had sexually assaulted a woman at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Justin Fairfax immediately denied the allegations but said the Washington Post knew about the allegations and refused to print a story because they found numerous inconsistencies and "red flags" in the accuser’s story.

With surprising speed, the Washington Post called Justin Fairfax a liar. The Post said they didn’t run the story because they could not get past the "he said/she said" nature of the story. That is a far cry from LG Fairfax’s initial public denial.

First as a college student, later as a prosecutor, I spent years working to prevent sexual assault. From that background, I don’t mind saying that it ticks me off to see Fairfax’s first reaction is to attack the person accusing him instead of offering facts that might corroborate his denial of the allegations. But in any case, if the situation cannot be moved from the "he said/she said" category, how is that to be handled? Only time will tell.

If the lieutenant governor were elevated to the governorship or if the lieutenant governor resigned — now a genuine possibility — then the current president pro tempore of the State Senate “assumes the duties” of the lieutenant governor. Note that the president pro tempore does not assume the office of lieutenant governor. It is a subtle difference, but the office of lieutenant governor would be left open until the next statewide election in 2021.

The current president pro tempore of the Virginia Senate is Sen. Steve Newman of the Lynchburg area. Newman is a Republican — a mild-mannered conservative who is well-liked on both sides of the aisle.

Interestingly, he would not have to give up his Senate seat as he assumed the duties of the lieutenant governor. That means that he would get his vote as a state senator, and he would also get to vote to break any ties that arise in the chamber.

It is worth noting that the entire General Assembly is up for election this year and the state senate is currently 21-19 in favor of the Republicans. If the Democrats take control, they can elect their own president pro tempore of the Senate, who would then have his or her own senate vote and also be able to break ties.

That gets us up to Sunday of this incredible week. Since then, things have become even more strange.

Among those who were calling on Gov. Northam to resign was the third person in the line of succession behind the lieutenant governor, namely Virginia’s attorney general, Mark Herring. On Saturday, Herring said: “It is no longer possible for Gov. Northam to lead our Commonwealth, and it is time for him to step down.”

But after all that — after calling for Gov. Northam’s resignation for his blackface/Klan photo — Herring today admitted to wearing blackface himself when he was a young adult in college.

Suddenly, Democrats like Sen. Mark Warner, who were calling for Northam to resign are pointedly not calling for Herring to resign. Why? Because he is the last of the three Democrats in the order of succession of to the governor’s office. Next in line would be the Republican speaker of the House, Kirk Cox.

You may recall in December 2017 when one of Virginia’s House of Delegates races ended in an exact tie, and so was determined by drawing a name out of a bowl. That name was a Republican, giving the GOP a meager 51-49 majority — the majority that elected Kirk Cox as speaker.

If for some reason Cox couldn’t ascend to the governorship, the final element in the Virginia succession is for the House of Delegates to elect a new governor.

Aside from whatever Northam decides to do, there is a very real (now expected) possibility that Herring will have to resign as attorney general. If he does so while the General Assembly is in session, they elect a replacement for the duration of the term. If the attorney general resigns while the General Assembly is not in session, then whoever is governor at that time appoints a temporary replacement to serve until the next General Assembly session, at which time the General Assembly elects a replacement to fill that term.

The logical selection to fill the position is Republican State Sen. Mark Obenshain. Obenshain lost the race to then-state-senator Mark Herring by only a few hundred votes out of more than 2 million cast. Surely, had the people of Virginia known of Herring’s blackface antics, it would have cost him tens (hundreds?) of thousands of votes, and Obenshain would have won anyway.

In a year when the entire General Assembly is up for election, with both houses divided by one seat each, this set of disasters for the Democrats is truly unprecedented. And every last bit of it is self-inflicted.

Ken Cuccinelli, a Republican and the president of the Senate Conservatives' Fund, served as Virginia's 46th attorney general from 2010 until 2014.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/ken-cuccinelli-got-gov-trouble-heres-how-virginias-succession-law-works

[Swordsmyth]

A Buzzfeed reporter says that the Reverend Al Sharpton is calling on Virginia Democrat attorney general Mark Herring to resign after Herring admitted to wearing blackface in college. The New York Times backtracked (https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1093234573058678785) after initially referring to blackface as “dark makeup.”

NEW: I'm on the phone with Sharpton right now and he has just called for Herring to resign. https://t.co/GadmEVEGSv
— Darren Sands (@darrensands) February 6, 2019 (https://twitter.com/darrensands/status/1093195240159281153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)




More at: https://bigleaguepolitics.com/reporter-al-sharpton-calls-for-mark-herring-to-resign-for-wearing-blackface/

[Swordsmyth]

As the nation continues to focus on Virginia, Attorney General Mark Herring stepped down from his position as co-chair of the Democratic Attorneys General Association after admitting to wearing blackface at a college party in 1980 earlier today.
Herring will step down from his position as co-chair of DAGA immediately, after admitting to reporters that he wore blackface in 1980.
According to DAGA’s press release, quoting Executive Director Sean Rankin, “AG Herring offered to step aside as co-chair this morning and the committee accepted.” The organization pledges to “continue to support our Democratic Attorneys General in their ongoing work protecting civil rights, keeping our communities and families safe, and serving as the People’s Lawyers.”

More at: https://bigleaguepolitics.com/virginia-attorney-general-steps-down-from-co-chair-position-after-blackface-admission/

[Anti Federalist]

BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[Swordsmyth]

https://www.anonymousconservative.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/caller.png

[phill4paul]

BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Retards hoisted on their own petards!

Here's an interesting theory I've heard.

Fairfax will hold on to the bitter end. There is no #Ibelieveher media excoriation of him like there was with Kavanaugh. But, there is always that chance. So to hedge against his possible resignation the A.G. will step down first. Then the Gov. will appoint a new A.G. So that if the Gov., the Lt. Gov and the A.G. all have to resign the A.G. will be replaced so that the Governorship won't pass to the 4th in line Republican.
Truth is, I don't think any will resign. MSM is just waiting to bite on a Republican scandal so that all of this will pass over.

[Swordsmyth]

Democrat Virginia governor Ralph Northam appointed a convicted domestic abuser to an important medical board in the state of Virginia.
FOIA records show that Northam’s office was warned about Richard Orndorff’s past.
Richard Orndorff, currently the mayor of Strasburg, Virginia, pleaded guilty (https://www.nvdaily.com/news/courts/orndorff-pleads-guilty-to-drunk-driving/article_5f343dc7-8ddb-5dbb-88d4-b4dccdccb869.html) to “assault and battery on a family member” on two different occasions over a several-month span in 2004, in addition to being convicted (https://www.nvdaily.com/news/courts/council-member-appealing-convictions/article_f076738a-d418-5f6b-9132-f30b88fc3c55.html) of drunk driving in 2015.
That didn’t stop Northam from appointing Orndorff to the Virginia Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board (https://theriver953.com/strasburg-mayor-appointed-advisory-board-governor/) just a few months ago in September 2018.

More at: https://bigleaguepolitics.com/ralph-northam-appointed-a-domestic-abuser-despite-being-warned/

[euphemia]

LOL - Looks like he'll weather the storm.

You know why? The Lt Gov has problems and the next guy in line has also done blackface. They guy behind them is a Republican. Dems are choosing own the hypocrisy rather than lose the governorship to Republicans.

[Valli6]

02/08/19 04:49 PM EST

A second woman has come forward to accuse Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) of sexual assault.

A lawyer for Meredith Watson said in a statement Friday that Fairfax raped her in 2000 when they were both students at Duke University.

The alleged attack was "premeditated and aggressive," the statement said. It added that Watson and Fairfax were friends but did not have a romantic relationship.

According to her attorney, Nancy Erika Smith, Watson told several friends her account of sexual assault immediately after it happened.

A spokesperson for Fairfax did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill on Friday.

Fairfax spokeswoman Lauren Burke told The Washington Post that “we’re calling for an investigation on all of these matters.”

more https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/429198-second-woman-accuses-va-lt-gov-of-sexual-assault

UPDATE: Fox news just reported that Cory Booker now says that Fairfax should step down.

[Dr.3D]

Oh my, this clown needs to stop going around in 'white face.'
https://s17-us2.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http:%2F%2Fmedia1.s-nbcnews.com%2Fj%2Fmsnbc%2FComponents%2FPhotos%2F04 0527%2F040527_bozo_ccol.grid-4x2.jpg&sp=07bd4eb049006bd8c1056bc32caa5b94

[Dr.3D]

This one too....
https://s16-us2.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https:%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fpo lopoly_fs%2F1.2826966.1476279703%21%2Fimage%2Fimag e.jpg_gen%2Fderivatives%2Fbox_620_330%2Fimage.jpg&sp=54224dd3305b2ecc8388c36be0578d69

[Swordsmyth]

Fairfax Given Until Monday To Resign Or Face Impeachment After Second Sex-Assault Claim (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-08/democrats-ignore-forcible-sodomy-allegation-against-fairfax-despite-accuser-telling)

[Occam's Banana]

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[PursuePeace]

Hello there, leftist Virginians. Especially you all in NOVA...

:waving:

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/08DB/production/_98576220_gettyimages-621811656.jpg

[Swordsmyth]

https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/1094020693614882816

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[Swordsmyth]

Weakened by scandal, VA governor Northam surrenders to GOP on tax cuts. (https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/amid-scandal-northam-surrenders-to-virginias-gop-on-tax-cuts/)

[Swordsmyth]

Virginia Governor Reeling From Blackface Scandal Refers To Slaves As "Indentured Servants" (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-10/virginia-governor-reeling-blackface-scandal-refers-slaves-indentured-servants)

[Swordsmyth]

Northam vows to stay in office to help Virginia ‘heal,’ but says Fairfax, Herring may need to resign (https://truepundit.com/northam-vows-to-stay-in-office-to-help-virginia-heal-but-says-fairfax-herring-may-need-to-resign/)

[Suzanimal]

Is Congressman Al Green the Dumbest Man in Washington? In Texas? America?
Thomas DiLorenzo

Apparently so. Rep. Al Green (D-TX) announced today that the reason why Virginia Governor Ralph Northam was photographed in blackface in his 1984 medical school yearbook is Donald Trump’s “bigotry.” The governor is apparently clairvoyant enough to have known in 1984 that Donald Trump would be elected thirty-two years later, and so he must have thought he should board the bigotry train early.

Reminds me of how some critics of my book, The Real Lincoln accused me of veiled “racism” by writing the book as a response to the election of Obama. The Real Lincoln was published in 2002; Obama was elected in 2008. I apparently share Governor Northam’s clairvoyance.

https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/is-congressman-al-green-the-dumbest-man-in-washington-in-texas-america/

[RJB]

This whole thing is really stupid.

[Occam's Banana]

Is Congressman Al Green the Dumbest Man in Washington? In Texas? America?
Thomas DiLorenzo

Apparently so. Rep. Al Green (D-TX) announced today that the reason why Virginia Governor Ralph Northam was photographed in blackface in his 1984 medical school yearbook is Donald Trump’s “bigotry.” The governor is apparently clairvoyant enough to have known in 1984 that Donald Trump would be elected thirty-two years later, and so he must have thought he should board the bigotry train early.

Reminds me of how some critics of my book, The Real Lincoln accused me of veiled “racism” by writing the book as a response to the election of Obama. The Real Lincoln was published in 2002; Obama was elected in 2008. I apparently share Governor Northam’s clairvoyance.

https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/is-congressman-al-green-the-dumbest-man-in-washington-in-texas-america/

I really hate to disagree with DiLo (especially if it makes me look like I'm defending an asshole like Green), but according to the story Tom linked to (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/08/democrat-al-green-ralph-northam-blackface-scandal-symptom-of-trumps-bigotry/) in his post at LRC (https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/is-congressman-al-green-the-dumbest-man-in-washington-in-texas-america/), Green is not saying that Northam wore blackface back in the '80s because of the bigotry that has supposedly been fostered by Trump and Trump's presidency today. Rather, Green is saying that Northam is refusing to resign today over what he did back then because he has been emboldened and enabled by the bigotry that has supposedly been fostered by Trump and Trump's presidency today. Now, that may be a dumb thing to say, but it doesn't involve any time-spanning clairvoyance - and it doesn't make Green any dumber than all the many other people in Washington (or in Texas, or in America) who are saying exactly the same (kind of) thing ...

[Swordsmyth]

“Blackface” Governor Northam’s wife handed cotton to a black student visiting the Governor’s Mansion, asked her to imagine being a slave. (https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/27/ralph-northam-pam-northam-virginia-racism/d)

[Swordsmyth]

The Virginia Democrats, plagued by racism scandals, offered vitriol for the conservative Blexit activists who held a rally Sunday in Richmond urging African-Americans and other racial minorities to exit the Democrat Party.
“Dinesh D’Souza and the rest of that group are an embarrassment to America. We can`t wait for them to exit our Commonwealth,” an unidentified Virginia Democrat spokesperson said, according to WTVR. (https://wtvr.com/2019/03/03/blexit-richmond-national-theater/)
Blexit is led by Candace Owens, the Turning Point USA icon who is trying to lead a national shift in voter demographics that would benefit the Republican Party.
A Big League Politics source who spoke with a WTVR reporter has identified the spokesman as Jake Rubenstein, the Virginia Democrats’ communications director. That means the top communications official in the state party called black activists an “embarrassment.”


Big League Politics reached out to Rubenstein to see if he would like to clarify his remark disparaging black Americans. Rubenstein replied, “Not to you.”

More at: https://bigleaguepolitics.com/exclusive-virginia-democrat-party-communications-director-calls-black-conservatives-an-embarrassment-to-america-urges-them-to-leave-virginia/