Ah. Now I get it. Two state representatives have called for him to resign. Virginia's Senators still haven't. Deceptive headlines.
February 1, 2019
2 Virginia freshman Democrats lead call for Northam to resign
Commonwealth’s senators have so far stopped short of resignation calls
by Simone Pathé
rollcall.com
Virginian Gov. Ralph S. Northam admitted to having posed in racist photos in his yearbook.
Two Virginia freshman Democrats called on the commonwealth’s Democratic governor, Ralph S. Northam, to resign Friday night, following his own admission that he appeared in a “racist and offensive” photo.
Rep. Elaine Luria, who flipped the 2nd District last fall, was among the first Democratic lawmakers from the Old Dominion to stake out a strong stance.
“We need leaders who will bring us together instead of driving us apart. While it was proper for Governor Northam to apologize, there is no excuse for this type of photograph then or now. Unfortunately, the existence of this photograph does not bring us together,” Luria tweeted around 9 p.m. Friday night.
“I ask Governor Northam to resign. This isn’t about politics, this is about what is right and wrong,” she added.
Rep. Abigail Spanberger, who flipped the 7th District last fall, followed Luria’s statement with her own about an hour later calling on the governor to call it quits.
“The bigotry depicted in this photograph is appalling. There should always be serious consequences for actions that demean, intimidate, or threaten our African-American communities. Such conduct is unacceptable for any Virginian — whether occurring in the past, present, or future,” Spanberger said in a statement.
“Governor Northam must resign and fully acknowledge the painful past these images evoke. Bigotry has no place in Virginia,” she continued.
Northam has been under fire for the image, first reported by the conservative website Big League Politics, of two people — one dressed in Ku Klux Klan robes and the other in blackface — taken from his 1984 medical school yearbook. He apologized, saying he was “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.”
http://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/2-virginia-freshman-democrats-lead-call-northam-resign
Gold is $1,581/oz today. When it hits $2,000, it will be up 26.5%. Let's see how long that takes. - De 3/11/2013 - ANSWER: 7 Years, 5 Months
| 
