2019 Virginia political crisis
The Virginia political crisis of 2019 occurred when all three of Virginia's statewide elected executive officials (all members of the Democratic Party) became engulfed in scandal over the course of one week in February 2019. All three (Governor Ralph Northam, Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, and Attorney General Mark Herring) were consequently the subjects of nation-wide bipartisan calls for resignation or removal from office. The crisis started when a photo of Governor Ralph Northam's page in his 1984 medical school yearbook depicted an individual in blackface and an individual in a Ku Klux Klan outfit. Northam had sparked a national outcry two days earlier over comments interpreted by conservatives and pro-life groups as supporting infanticide. Amid widespread calls for Northam's resi
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2019 Virginia political crisis
The Virginia political crisis of 2019 occurred when all three of Virginia's statewide elected executive officials (all members of the Democratic Party) became engulfed in scandal over the course of one week in February 2019. All three (Governor Ralph Northam, Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, and Attorney General Mark Herring) were consequently the subjects of nation-wide bipartisan calls for resignation or removal from office. The crisis started when a photo of Governor Ralph Northam's page in his 1984 medical school yearbook depicted an individual in blackface and an individual in a Ku Klux Klan outfit. Northam had sparked a national outcry two days earlier over comments interpreted by conservatives and pro-life groups as supporting infanticide. Amid widespread calls for Northam's resi
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The Virginia political crisis ...... andals within their own party.
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Attorney General Mark Herring
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Governor Ralph Northam
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Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax
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The Virginia political crisis ...... pread calls for Northam's resi
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