Tag: Virginia

Some Democrats see similarities between Clinton and Northam as candidates, while Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie's bare-knuckled television campaign ads have borrowed a page from President Trump's pugilistic playbook. (Daniel Lin/Daily News-Record via AP)

More 2020 Democrats join chorus calling for Ralph Northam to resign for racist photo

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · February 2, 2019 4:32 am

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam attends a meeting.

Ralph Northam not stepping down over racist photo

Caitlin Yilek · February 2, 2019 2:46 am

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam gestures as he delivers his State of the Commonwealth address before a joint session of the Virginia General Assembly as Lt. gov. Justin Fairfax, left, and House Speaker Kirk cox, R-Colonial Heights, right, listen at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.

2020 Democrats urge Ralph Northam to resign over racist photo

Caitlin Yilek · February 2, 2019 2:26 am

"We don't go into the classroom to enforce the law," Gov. Ralph Northam, D-Va., said about President Trump's suggestion to get teachers to carry guns in the classroom. "We go to teach. So, that's not an option that I would find acceptable."

Left pressures Ralph Northam to resign after blackface, KKK picture

Caitlin Yilek · February 2, 2019 12:50 am

Ralph Northam ‘deeply sorry’ for racist photo, dodges whether he wore blackface or KKK costume

Caitlin Yilek · February 1, 2019 11:25 pm

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is pictured.

Virginia GOP calls on Democratic governor to resign over black face, KKK yearbook photo

Caitlin Yilek · February 1, 2019 11:15 pm

Virginia governor’s yearbook page features photo of men in KKK robe, blackface

Caitlin Yilek · February 1, 2019 9:40 pm

In this Jan. 14, 2019, file photo, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam speaks to a crowd during a Women's Rights rally at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. A push by Virginia Democrats to loosen restrictions on late-term abortions is erupting into a fierce partisan clash due to a lawmaker's comments about late-term abortion. Gov. Ralph Northam added gas to the fire Wednesday, Jan. 30, by describing a hypothetical situation where an infant who is severely deformed or unable to survive after birth could be left to die.

Conservatives rip Washington Post take on Virginia abortion bill controversy

Katelyn Caralle · February 1, 2019 6:06 pm

A demonstrator holds a sign as Gov. Ralph Northam, at podium, gives a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. Northam made a statement and answered questions about the late term abortion bill that was killed in committee.

Anti-abortion groups plan Saturday rally against ‘extremism’ of Virginia Democrats

Pete Kasperowicz · February 1, 2019 5:39 pm

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam gestures as he delivers his State of the Commonwealth address before a joint session of the Virginia General Assembly as Lt. gov. Justin Fairfax, left, and House Speaker Kirk cox, R-Colonial Heights, right, listen at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.

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When Democrats support radical and unpopular policy, Washington Post, others think the story is Republicans ‘pouncing’

Becket Adams · February 1, 2019 2:51 pm

Del. Kathy Tran, D-Fairfax, listens to a speech on the floor of the House during session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Tran's abortion bill is erupting into a fierce partisan clash as video of a legislative hearing goes viral.

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Washington Post rushes to rescue Virginia Democrat from her late-term abortion debacle

Becket Adams · January 31, 2019 11:17 pm

FILE - In this June 26, 2018, file photo, Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., walks to a closed-door GOP strategy session at the Capitol in Washington. In Northern Virginia, violent crimes attributed to MS-13 have made the gang a focal point in the hotly contested race in the stateâs 10th Congressional District. But an ad by incumbent Republican Rep. Comstock criticizing her opponent Democratic state Senator Jennifer Wexton for failing to support anti-gang legislation falls short, according to The Associated Press.

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Barbara Comstock returns to the swamp

Philip Wegmann · January 31, 2019 8:07 pm