years old, african-american, has a lot of respect, it sounds like, within the state and within the democratic party as well. if he were to take over, what would he need to do in order to heal the state and move past this? i know lieutenant-governor fairfax. he is a very good man, a great leader and a rising star in the democratic party. he knows how to bring people together, virginians and many americans, troubled by all of this, would benefit from the kind of leadership that the lieutenant-governor would bring, lieutenant-governor fairfax. this is a bizarre situation. i think as terry mcauliffe said. you know whether you painted your face black or you had a hood on. that s a memorable circumstance. a, he s badly handle this, and b, he does need to resign, no question about it. we can talk about redemption and second chance, all of that. his own statement by the cnn
another in a ku klux klan outfit, but during yesterday s news conference, the governor doubled down, saying he did not believe he was either person in the picture. northam is defiant and refusing to step down, even ignoring calls from his old boss, former virginia governor terry mcauliffe. here is what mcauliffe told cnn s jake tapper. let me ask you i can t. if it s not him in the photo, which is what he s saying, why do you think he still should resign? well, first he said it was friday night. and if it wasn t him in the photo, he should have said that on friday. i have no idea what was going on in the governor s office on friday. i just if you re not instinctively you know if you put black paint on your face. you know if you put a hood on. and so if it isn t you, you come out immediately and say, this is not me. ralph will do the right thing for the commonwealth of virginia.
believes governor northam will put virginia first and step down. so far he has resisted and has more criticism next to this racist photo in a 1987 school yearbook. northam backtracked saying it wasn t him. the reason he knows that is he actually did darken his face on a different occasion, he say, to dress up as michael jackson. here was the reaction this morning from northam s predecessor and fellow democrat, terry mcauliffe. first, he said it was friday night. if it wasn t him in the photo, he should have said that on friday. i have no idea what was going on in this governor s office on friday. if you re not instinctively, you know if you put black paint on your face or if you put a hood on. if it isn t you, you come out immediately and say, this is not
friday night. and if it wasn t him in the photo, he should have said that on friday. i have no idea what was going on in the governor s office on friday. i just if you aren t instinctively, you know if you put black paint on your face. you know if you put a hood on. and so if it isn t you, you come out with immediately and say this is not me. so i can t understand what s going on. but i do know this. ralph is a good, moral, decent man. and may have made some mistakes in his past. 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. he s worked hard. thanks to ralph s efforts we got medicaid expannion done but we have to move on. you cannot be the leader. the legislation goes from the house and senate back and forth. i remember as governor, this is
look at it. he said he was getting a lot of calls and people were upset. today his predecessors say that explanation does not add up and he hopes northam will resign. first he said it was friday night. if it wasn t him in the photo he should have said that friday. i have no idea what was going none the governor s office friday. if you are not i stinkively you know if you put black paint on your face. you know if you put a hood on. if it isn t you, you come out immediately saying this is not me. reporter: members of virginia s legislative black caucus are warning northam if he doesn t step aside they will move to impeachment and remove him from office. eric: the 40th anniversary of