Earlier, photos from Democratic Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s 1984 medical school yearbook page showing a person in blackface and another in a KKK robe prompted him to apologize amid calls for his resignation.
Governor Northam has questioned whether one of the two individuals wearing racist costumes in an old yearbook photo was really him.
Speaking to the Washington Post, Democratic Virginia state senator Louise Lucas said that Northam had called her on Saturday morning to say that he now didn’t believe the picture had him in it, with Lucas reportedly responding that « he should have said that yesterday, then. »
A Virginia Democrat Source told NBC News that Northam had planned to resign after issuing his apology and meeting with the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, but that he later had a change of heart.
The New York Times reported Saturday that Northam was calling former classmates to try to find out more information on the photo, with CNN citing a source who said that Northam believed the yearbook pictures may have been mixed up.
