racist photo from his medical school yearbook in 1984. the photo shows one person in black face and the other in a ku klux klan robe. northam is taking responsibility for the photo but didn t specify whether he s the guy in black face or wearing kkk garb. so far northam has apologized but said he will remain in office. calls for his resignation are coming from all corners, not just republicans but long-time allies like his predecessor terry mcauliffe, state house and senate democrats and the legislative black caucus. several 2020 democratic hopefuls tweeted calls for northam to resign. if northam does step down lieutenant governor justin fairfax would become governor. this racist photo was placed in a medical school yearbook not a high school yearbook in 1984, the year that jesse jackson first ran for president. joining me is mark thompson host of sirius xm radio, jean-pierre
thank you for watching. am joy with joy reid starts right now. that photo and the racist and offensive attitudes that it represents, does not reflect that person i am today or the way that i have conducted myself as a soldier, a doctor, and a public servant. i am deeply sorry. i cannot change the decisions i made nor can i undo the harm my behavior caused then and today but i accept responsibility for my past actions an ready to do the hard work of refwang your trust. good morning. welcome to am joy. 24 hours in pressure is mounting on democratic virginia governor ralph northam to resign over a
i don t think he fully understand what is at stake and what he actually did and what that picture means. it s interesting, mark, this is a guy who says he voted for george w. bush twice, he wasn t exactly like a progressive democrat, voted for republicans in the past, but to karine s point, black voters rallied to his side even though he didn t really run alongside justin fairfax. is this a bigger picture? you see so much weight put on pushing him to resign because the afternoon community essentially is in a position now to say to the democratic party, you know, this is your base, this is your core voter base and if there s not a reaction like from the democratic party i would think there would be something of a revolt. absolutely. and the democratic party is i mean the african-american base has kept the democratic party in business all these years. not to mention the fact where we ve had black lieutenant governors before, they ve not always been supported when it was their turn
black governors. last night, you know, twitter corrected me and added pbs the first. mass it s not like there have been that many. the fact that northam in could in a sense clear the way for the fifth one and clear the way for the justin fairfax which a lot of people would applaud him for. it s interesting to see how long he will be able to not do than i will get the panel back in. let me bring in julian castro one of many declared and pre-declared presidential candidates the former secretary of hud for one of the declared candidates for president. mr. castro, thank you for being here. let me get your thoughts. a lot of your fellow candidates and people who we think will be candidates have weighed in on this. what do you think the consequences for the democratic party would be if northam remains in office in 2020 when
climb i got you babe and just like he kept reliving that one day over and over again, here we are, on groundhog day, donald trump still no closer to getting his super special awesome see through wall, miss nancy is not giving you that wall. another shutdown is looming in just two weeks. now to be fair, things are a little bit different this time around. the washington post reports that mitch mcconnell who typically retreats into a kind of shell when donald trump is around, is privately warning the president against declaring a national emergency to try to force his wall too being. cautioning that even senate republicans, even they might revolt. of course this isn t stopping donald trump from acting out. we re getting nowhere with the democrats. we re not going to get anywhere with them. it s going to be a part of their campaign but i don t think it s good politically. i think nancy pelosi should be ashamed of herself because she s hurting a lot of people.