photograph on governor northam s personal page, depicting an individual in black face and an individual in kkk robes, we could not determine the identity of either individual depicted in that photograph. harris: the governor releasing a new statement, i know and understand the events of early february and my response have caused hurt for many virginia citizens and i am sorry. rather than providing clarity, i deepened pain and confusion. one of virginia s top democrats embroiled in a scandal. two women have accused fairfax of sexual assault and mark herring has admitted to wearing black face. all three refused calls to step down. again, the media stopped covering this, jason, because again, they realized the gop was going to benefit from this. this scandal, it has come back because of this investigation,
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and i look at that picture and i think, you know, the images of the jim crow days come back to me. you look at that picture and you see a grinning white young man in black face and another in a kkk robes and that s not funny. it s not funny. it s not funny now. it wasn t funny in 1984 certainly, and the, you know, he has not governor northam has not provided any sort of explanation of how that conceivably could have gotten on his yearbook page if that s not him and he seems to have no idea of that. he submitted the other pictures that are on the page, so how did that one get in from. he s convinced himself that it s not him, but he hasn t convinced anybody else. also, his comment that it s hard to get shoe polish off your face. how would he know that?
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he s admitted one of the people in that photo is him. the picture is from a 1984 yearbook, when he was at the eastern virginia medical school. he was an adult. he was somewhere around 25 years old when that picture was taken. here s more of what he said after admitting indeed one of those photos, either the guy in blackface or the person wearing the kkk robes, if indeed is him and here s how he responded to some of that. i accept responsibility for my past actions, and i am ready to do the hard work of regaining your trust. i have spent the past year as your governor fighting for a virginia that works better for all people. i am committed to continuing that fight through the remainder of my term and living up to the