Terry McAuliffe: Ralph Northam 'will do the right thing' for Virginia 'soon'
by Naomi Lim
| February 03, 2019 10:19 AM
Former Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe predicted Sunday his lieutenant governor and successor, Gov. Ralph Northam, will soon step down due to the controversy over a racist photo.
“Once that picture with the blackface and the klansman came out, there is no way you can continue to be the governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia," McAuliffe said Sunday during an interview with CNN. “We all have made mistakes. Ralph will do the right thing for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He will put Virginia first, and I think that will happen relatively soon."
Northam faces increasing pressure to resign after a racist photo from his 1984 medical school yearbook page emerged late last week, depicting a man in blackface and another wearing Ku Klux Klan robes and hood. The first-term governor and former pediatric neurologist originally apologized for the image, but later backtracked and said he doesn't believe he is in the photograph. He did, however, admit he wore blackface when he dressed up as Michael Jackson for a dance competition during that same year. He has reiterated his intention to serve the remainder of his term.
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