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The problem with Democrats’ calls for Ralph Northam’s resignation

By Siraj Hashmi
Published February 4, 2019 9:47pm ET
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The problem with Democrats’ calls for Ralph Northam’s resignation
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, left, accompanied by his wife, Pam, speaks during a news conference in the Governor's Mansion in Richmond, Va., on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. Resisting widespread calls for his resignation, Northam on Saturday vowed to remain in office after disavowing a racist photograph that appeared under his name in his 1984 medical school yearbook. | (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is in quite a pickle after the conservative publication Big League Politics published the page of Northam’s medical school yearbook that included a photo of two individuals, one in a Ku Klux Klan hood and the other in blackface.

After other outlets confirmed the contents of this page, Northam released a statement apologizing for the photo, saying, “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.”

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