OH MY QUETZALCOATL I cannot believe this story is getting more convoluted!! Northam first said it was him, then apologized, but NOW HE’S SAYING IT’S NOT HIM!!!
NEWS: Northam is calling Va Dems and telling them that’s *not* him in the yearbook photo and he will make a statement this afternoon to say the same. In other words, he is NOT quitting as of right now.
— Jonathan Martin (@jmart) February 2, 2019
Story TK
The governor has also been calling his former med school classmates to jog their memories. He does NOT think he is the man in Klan hood or blackface and doesn’t want to resign before trying to determine who is in that photo.
— Jonathan Martin (@jmart) February 2, 2019
LOLOLOLOL!!
BREAKING: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has told a source he now believes it is not him in a racist yearbook photo and that he has no recollection of taking the photo, according a top Virginia Democratic source who spoke to the governor. https://t.co/zxdsCQ8Fr1 pic.twitter.com/7UKMTNiDpW
— CNN News Central (@NewsCentralCNN) February 2, 2019
Oh man this is so awesome. How could this guy possibly have posted this photo in his medical school yearbook and NOT KNOWN IT?!?! Did he not notice at the time? Was he just like, “oh wow look at that, that’s definitely not gonna bite me in the Obama later.” WOW. Seriously. WOW.
AND OH BY THE WAY THE GUY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PAGE IN HIS YEARBOOK ALSO HAD A BLACKFACE PHOTO:
Maybe they just posted them on every page for no reason? Yeah yeah thats’s the ticket! LOL!
UPDATE!!!
IT ACTUALLY GETS BETTER!!!!
From the New York Times:
“The Democrat familiar with Mr. Northam’s calls said the governor was determined to prove it was not him in the photograph and was even considering using facial recognition software.”
So the presumption here is that the best possible outcome for the governor is that he and/or a yearbook editor were like "let's put an insanely racist picture of two randos being racist on your yearbook page?"
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) February 2, 2019
WOW!! I support Governor Northam in his endeavour to drag this out as long as possible and continue damaging the Democratic party! LOL!