Blackface and a KKK Hood on VA Governor Northam’s Yearbook Page Shocks Twitter

Remember when Republicans pounced over Virginia Governor Ralph Northam defending a bill that would make abortions up until birth legal? Feels like just yesterday. (It was.)
Well suddenly, the entire internet is pouncing, having learned that Northam’s personal yearbook page features a photo of men in blackface and KKK garb. Voices from all sides of the political aisle joined together on Twitter on Friday afternoon to collectively pounce on the Virginia governor. Take a look:
Bye Ralph. Disgusting. Resign, now. https://t.co/eXgELWg32n
— Adam Jentleson
(@AJentleson) February 1, 2019
The Northam thing is what happens when you don't do oppo on yourself and get it out things like this before existential disaster hits.
And NO GOP oppo house had this before? Malpractice.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 1, 2019
Northam knows whether he is one of the people in that photo and should immediately say so publicly.
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) February 1, 2019
This should be easier work than parsing every word and semicolon in the Kavanaugh yearbook. https://t.co/3VA6Ct1NIn
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) February 1, 2019
A few hours ago, a picture of @RalphNortham surfaced donning black face next to his friend in a KKK robe in his school yearbook.
This is no surprise to me.
Democrats have always been racists. They quite literally founded the KKK. pic.twitter.com/44w9Gtqs7d
— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) February 1, 2019
Not that high school would have made it better but being this overtly racist in *medical school* is really something. https://t.co/zpPVJBMV0Z
— Adam Serwer
(@AdamSerwer) February 1, 2019
Northam Governorship to be Aborted in Fifth Trimester
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) February 1, 2019
In fairness to Northam, a lot of dumb kids did offensive things back when they were [checks notes] 25, in medical school
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) February 1, 2019
Finish the following sentence:
It's worse if Ralph Northam turns out to be…
— manny (@mannyfidel) February 1, 2019
NORTHAM: I am proud of including in my yearbook a picture of the two racists I killed with my bare hands.
— Sweet Meteor O'Death (@smod4real) February 1, 2019
The cherry on top of the Northam yearbook is the caption below the outrageously racist photo that says "Interest: Pediatrics"
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) February 1, 2019
Alright it looks like someone finally confirmed that Ralph Northam blackface photo, so now I can safely say
"yikes"https://t.co/XhROyUT2re
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) February 1, 2019
It is worth noting that being pro-infanticide did not kill Ralph Northam's career, a decades-old racist photo from his medical school yearbook did.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 1, 2019
Ralph Northam starring in "After-birth of A Nation" https://t.co/hXQuOGeZVd
— Robert A George (@RobGeorge) February 1, 2019
One Twitter user even pointed out the unanimous call on the Governor to resign because of his blackface photo across the political aisle, calling it a “universal standard.”
Conservatives, I want you to look across your timeline at folks on the left calling on Ralph Northam to step down over that yearbook photo. It's not dying on the sword when its a universal standard.
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) February 1, 2019
Virtually every pundit is talking about Northam’s yearbook photo right now, and his name began trending within an hour after the Virginian-Pilot confirmed the photo is real. Holy moly.
[image via Virginian-Pilot / Eastern Virginia Medical School]
from Mediaite http://bit.ly/2DQ0m7w
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