Virginia
Governor Ralph Northam in a Saturday press conference denied appearing in a
racist 1984 photograph that he on Friday apologized for admitting he did wear
blackface for a Michael Jackson dance context the same year wearing similar
shoes, a glittery glove and shoe black on his face.
Video of when Ralph Northam gets asked by a reporter if he can still moonwalk. He looks around as if for space – only to be cut off by his wife who says, "inappropriate circumstances." pic.twitter.com/jcV2VJCtoD— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) February 2, 2019
Northam
said he had prematurely apologized for appearing in what he called a
"horrific" picture of a person in blackface and another wearing a Ku
Klux Klan outfit. The photo appeared on Northam's profile page in his 1984
medical school yearbook.
The Democratic governor said he had
never even seen the yearbook before Friday and that he was blindsided by what
was on his page.
"That is not my picture. That
is not my person in that picture," Northam told reporters at the Executive
Mansion in Richmond.
Northam said he had no actual
recollection of wearing such racist garb. He said he was in the process of
obtaining a yearbook so that he could try to determine how the photo even got
on his profile page.
Presumably he still remembers how to be a doctor.
Before he
spoke, the Virginia Democratic Party
issued a statement demanding
Northam's immediate resignation. The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, the
state House Democratic Caucus and the state Senate Democratic Caucus all called
on Northam to resign late Friday, along with several key progressive groups
that have been some of the governor's closest political allies.
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