that was a grown man in medical school who if he was in the photo, if, he made a decision to dress up in blackface or klan hood. that s number one. number two, and i know i keep harping this point but i want to emphasize it, it is not about the personal, it is about the position of public trust he is in. if he was in that photo, his friends and neighbors don t have to shun him. medical patients can make their own decisions whether they want him to treat them. but when you talk about being the governor of a state, a state that just this month honored in the legislature robert e. lee, a problem with separating personal views with people in a position of public trust, that s the problem i think that governor northam faces. can he be seen by all of the people of virginia to be an honest broker on issues, particularly when it comes to race and all the things that effects in the administration of his government. and i would like us to cue up the apology from last night.
resign either. this is the photo. take a look. it shows one person dressed in blackface and another in a klu klux klan robe and hood. the photo is on his page in his 1984 eastern virginia medical school yearbook. a state lawmaker says northam told the legislative black caucus he can t recall which person he was in the photo. as the backlash mounted, the governor is now issuing this apology last night. that photo and the racist and offensive attitudes it represents does not reflect that person i am today or the way that i have conducted myself as a soldier, a doctor, and public servant. i am deeply sorry. outrage is mounting by the minute. these are just a few of the people and organizations calling on northam to resign, including key support from his own party,
governor ralph northam of virginia has just released a video statement on twitter. in the video, the governor makes it clear he will not resign from his office as a number from democrats have called on him to do and is determined to serve out the full four your term. as we said, many on twitter has said he will resign immediately over the newly released yearbook photo in which he is either dressed in black face or a klan hood. this is the candidate who calls his opponent in last year s race a racist. elizabeth warren now apologizing to the cherokee tribe are taking a dna test. a sign that identity politics is the politics of the moment. is that good for the country? after the break, we ll explain.
of ed gillespie in blackface or a klan hood. i m just saying, if the guy in the klan hood is calling you a racist, maybe you deserve an apology. that s all i m saying. do you think? or no? i don t think he deserves an apology. i think his campaign did a lot of race baiting. not just the robert e. lee statue the people in the hood is coming to get you it is what it is. that is politics. that is a campaign. ed gillespie, who is not even from virginia, not from the south tucker: as a separate argument. appealing to a type of order that would have been in that picture in 1984. tucker: i will say his campaign did not find this picture but neither to the washington post . s the washington post is not a serious newspaper, it s a joke. nor his primary opponent brady tucker: i agree. but the post got this newsletter run by the richest men in the world, jeff bezos, really a shameful publication, but it got pretty forensic with ed gillespie, i remember, quite. they couldn t
released a video statement on twitter. in the video he makes it clear he will not resign from the office as a number of prominent democrats called on him to do and is determined to term out the full four-year term. many said he should resign over the nearbook photo yearbook photo where he is either dressed in the blackface or the klan hood. this candidate called his opponent in last year s race a racist. well, with more now apologizing for the cherokee tribe for taking a d.n.a. test. the latest on politics is the politics of the moment. is that good for the country? after the break. we ll explain. is