{"id":115350,"date":"2019-02-02T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T10:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=115350"},"modified":"2019-02-02T06:00:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T10:00:55","slug":"fellow-democrats-demand-resignation-of-va-gov-after-displays-of-naked-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=115350","title":{"rendered":"Fellow Democrats Demand Resignation of VA Gov After Displays of Naked Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Northam Tweets Video Apology For &#8220;Racist And Offensive&#8221; Photo Amid Growing Calls To Resign<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Update 3:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Northam has released an apology, reiterating his earlier apology &#8211; yet still not elaborating on whether he was the guy in blackface or the KKK outfit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That photo and the racist offensive attitudes it represents does not reflect that person I am today, or the way I have conducted myself as a soldier, a doctor and a public servant. I am deeply sorry. I cannot change the decisions I&#8217;ve made, nor can I undo the harm my behavior caused then and today. But I accept responsibility for my past actions, and I am ready to do the hard work to regain your trust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My fellow Virginians, earlier today I released a statement apologizing for behavior in my past that falls far short of the standard you set for me when you elected me to be your governor. I believe you deserve to hear directly from me. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1rSw1oxfrX\">pic.twitter.com\/1rSw1oxfrX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Governor Ralph Northam (@VAGovernor73) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VAGovernor73\/status\/1091510484468146176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, calls for Northam&#8217;s resignation have been mounting among prominent Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-02-01\/media-frenzy-after-democrat-governor-allegedly-pictured-blackfacekkk-robes\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-02-01\/media-frenzy-after-democrat-governor-allegedly-pictured-blackfacekkk-robes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northam Tweets Video Apology For &#8220;Racist And Offensive&#8221; Photo Amid Growing Calls To Resign<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}