Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax (D) declined to say that Gov. Ralph Northam (D) should resign despite criticizing a picture in Northam’s medical school…
Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax (D) declined to say that Gov. Ralph Northam (D) should resign despite criticizing a picture in Northam’s medical school yearbook showing men in blackface and in a Ku Klux Klan robe.
“The Governor needed to apologize, and I am glad that he did so. He also reached out to me personally to express his sincere regrets and to apologize. I have worked closely with Ralph Northam over many years. He has been a friend to me and has treated my family and me with hospitality and respect,” he said in a statement after Northam held a press conference.
“At this critical and defining moment in the history of Virginia and this nation, we need leaders with the ability to unite and help us rise to the better angels of our nature. I remain committed to serving and helping to heal the Commonwealth moving forward. Now more than ever, we must make decisions in the best interests of the people of the Commonwealth of Virginia.”
But Fairfax said he was “shocked and saddened” after The Virginia Pilot released the photo from the 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook on Northam’s page.
