Ralph Northam, Virginia Governor, Admits He Was in Racist Photo
I'm guessing this story must have some people feeling torn.
Virginia's governor acknowledged on Friday that he was photographed more than 30 years ago in a costume that was "clearly racist and offensive" — admitting that he had dressed either as a member of the Ku Klux Klan or in blackface — but resisted a flood of calls for his resignation from national and state Democrats.
"I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear as I did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now," Ralph Northam, the Democratic governor, said in a statement on Friday evening.
I'm guessing this story must have some people feeling torn.