Virginia Politics and the Dixie Culture

Feb 7, 2019 · 34m 11s
Virginia Politics and the  Dixie Culture
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Virginia’s political crisis showed no immediate sign of let-up on Thursday as Governor Ralph Northam and two fellow high-ranking Democrats faced the prospect of a Republican abruptly ascending to the...

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Virginia’s political crisis showed no immediate sign of let-up on Thursday as Governor Ralph Northam and two fellow high-ranking Democrats faced the prospect of a Republican abruptly ascending to the pinnacle of state government in Richmond. Gary Robertson
A third scandal to hit the Democratic administration of Virginia sent the Capitol reeling on Wednesday.

Attorney General Mark Herring, in a statement he issued late in the morning, said he dressed in "brown makeup" and a wig to imitate rappers as a 19-year-old at the University of Virginia.

Herring is next in line to become governor if both Gov. Ralph Northam and Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax step down. Northam is facing calls to resign over a photo on his medical school yearbook page showing men in a Ku Klux Klan robe and blackface, and Fairfax has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. If all three resign, Republican House Speaker Kirk Cox would be next in line for the Governor's Mansion.pilotonline.com
It's backfiring in Virginia faster than I anticipated. Stop the madness on the Left and the Right, not to mention the middle. Whatever happened to the Golden Rule? Speak now or forever hold your peace. Let the dead past bury its dead, if you don't bring it up during these already costly elections.
Professor Dr Nathan Hare
Vanessa Tyson’s Full Statement on Justin Fairfax https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/us/politics/vanessa-tyson-statement.html
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