Northam backtracks on whether he is in racist photo

Published February 2, 2019 4:21pm ET



Embattled Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has said privately he does not think he is in the racist photo from his 1984 medical school yearbook, according to a new report.

A fellow Virginia Democrat told the Associated Press Northam said he doesn’t believe he is in the photo — a departure from his initial statement apologizing for being the photo, which shows a man in blackface and a man wearing Ku Klux Klan robes and hood — and will not resign.

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