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Democrats’ rules come back to bite them in Virginia

By Washington Examiner
Published February 6, 2019 8:25pm ET
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Democrats’ rules come back to bite them in Virginia
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)

Democrats control all three statewide offices in Virginia’s government. By their own rules, all three men occupying those positions should resign immediately.

Ralph Northam in the 1980s, as an adult, smeared on blackface at least once. His medical school yearbook page also includes a picture of a Klansman posing with someone in blackface. One or the other man may be Northam, although he denies it.

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