Posted on 05/23/2019 9:34:59 AM PDT by SMGFan
Eastern Virginia Medical School released its report into a photo depicting two individuals -- one wearing blackface and the other a KKK robe -- that appeared on the 1984 yearbook page of Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday but said they could not "conclusively determine" the identity of either person shown.
"With respect to the Photograph on Governor Northam's personal page, we could not conclusively determine the identity of either individual depicted in the Photograph. The Governor himself has made inconsistent public statements in this regard. No individual that we interviewed has told us from personal knowledge that the Governor is in the Photograph, and no individual with knowledge has come forward to us to report that the Governor is in the Photograph," according to the report, released to reporters Wednesday morning.
The photo, which came to light in early February, sparked a range of outcry and widespread calls for Northam, a Democrat, to resign his office.
At a press conference the day after the photo controversy erupted, Northam said that he did not believe he is either person in the racist photo, but admitted that he did once darken his face to resemble Michael Jackson during a dance contest in 1984.
"Yesterday I took responsibility for content that appeared on my page that was clearly racist and offensive. I will not excuse the content of the photo. It was offensive, racist and despicable. I was seeing it for the first time. I was unaware of what was on my page. I was appalled that they appeared on my page," Northam said at a lengthy press conference at Virginia's Executive Mansion on Feb. 2.
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I’ll take Northam at his word. He admitted it was him.
If it wasn't him, then WHY DID HE APOLOGIZE FOR IT?
Because he was under the hood! Duh!
The choice of words sounds like Bob Mueller has a new gig writing reports for the medical school.
> they could not “conclusively determine” the identity of either person shown <
LOL! I guess it all depends on what they mean by “conclusively determine”. In this case, it probably means that they are 99% certain the governor was in the photo. But not 100% certain.
So let’s forget about the whole thing, and go back to chasing wild rumors about Republicans.
Superman sat in for my yearbook photos.
Who cares? He wants to allow for the murder of delivered babies.
Regardless, the yearbook editor at the time has stated that northm submitted the photo for his page.
Macaca!
Northam: “yeah - that’s me in the photo”
University: “we can’t prove it’s him from that photo but we can prove Trump is guilty of Russian collusion as soon as we find the photo.”
Since when did Dan Rather logic reign supreme? “The documents are fake - but what they say is true.”
Line him up with all the John Wayne ‘look-alike’s’ in Hollywood
I’ll see your Macaca’s and raise you five Covfefe.
VA Gov cannot run for re election. So that is good.
I’d like to know when he started dating the woman he’s currently married to. If you look at the photo, the person in the Klan robe is noticeably shorter than the person in blackface, almost as if it was a couple on a date.
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