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Infanticidal virtue-signaling sparked Virginia Democrats’ self-immolation

By Tiana Lowe Doescher

Published February 7, 2019 1:43pm ET

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Infanticidal virtue-signaling sparked Virginia Democrats’ self-immolation — Virginia Gov.-elect, Lt. Gov Ralph Northam, center, walks down the reviewing stand with Lt. Gov-elect, Justin Fairfax, right, and Attorney General Mark Herring, as they participate in a walk through for their Saturday Inauguration at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. | (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam faces hundreds of calls from the nation’s top Democratic leaders to resign. It’s all because of a photo supposedly depicting him in either blackface or a Ku Klux Klan hood.

His second in command, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, now stands credibly accused of raping a woman at the Democratic National Convention in 2004. His reaction to the allegation on Monday was, and I quote, “Fuck that bitch.”

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