Ralph Northam’s Anticipatory Tribute to Ed Gillespie’s 2017 Campaign
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A photo from Gov. Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook shows him and another person in racist costumes — one wearing blackface and one a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood, though it was not clear which person was the future governor.
The photo, which The Virginian-Pilot obtained a copy of Friday from the Eastern Virginia Medical School library, comes from the 1984 yearbook, the year Northam graduated.
On the half-page set aside for Northam, there is a headshot of him in a jacket and tie, a photo of him in a cowboy hat and boots and a third of him sitting casually on the ground, leaning against a convertible.
The fourth photo on the half-page has two people, one wearing white Ku Klux Klan robes and a hood, the other with his face painted black. The person with the black face is also wearing a white hat, black jacket, white shirt with a bow tie and plaid pants. Both are holding canned drinks.
Perhaps it was a reference to flatulence or a drinking game? https://t.co/F5NJpYTHcE
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) February 2, 2019
He really should fall on his sword here. Someone call Kirsten Gillibrand.