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Why his nickname in school was coon man. it doesn't make sense. i'm betting it won't hold up for very long. in fact, while he was speaking today the virginia legislative black caucus renewed call for his resignation saying the damage that has been done is irreparable. here is the deal. governor northam has his own democratic colleagues calling for his resignation as well as the naacp, the dnc and almost all of the democratic presidential contenders. making this worse though, the map who would replace him, justin fairfax, the lieutenant governor, is black himself. when he was sworn in, he had t...

Terrorist symbol. we're not talking about somebody talking street talk here or locker room talk. we're talking about symbols of terrorism. that's what the kkk robe means, we're talking about defacing us and demoralizing us. it doesn't even seem like he understands the gravity of what this represents. >> that's alarming. again, yesterday we were having a conversation solely about the picture, and then later on we found out about coonman. today he shared additional information with virginia that his michael jackson pictures out there, i will straillustrates t doesn't understand the gravity of it...

Blackface to a michael jackson costume, the same mentality that you would stand with a ku klux klan robed person or wear blackface yourself, or have it on your yearbook page. he also admitted that his nickname in school was coon man. maybe they felt it was appropriate for you to be remembered that way because year books are your statement going into how your life will be as you prepare to go on with your life. governor, you should resign. and as i said earlier, since you brought up michael jackson, i repeat, you should listen to a michael jackson song in the governor's mansion tonight and star...

The costume are. it is on his page in addition the democratic's governor 1981 yearbook lists one of his nicknames as coon man a derogatory term. reactions is you can imagine online was swift and controversy is actually getting a lot more attention than his defense of the description of the late term abortion bill did earlier this week. the governor's office has not responded to the new reports. northam defended his late term abortion descriptions today hours before the yearbook photos surfaced. correspondent peter doocy is following this breaking story really minutes before we got on set here....