Posted on 02/10/2019 5:20:53 PM PST by Olog-hai
Eva Siakams choice to campaign for Ralph Northam in 2017 was a simple one: He was a Democrat and endorsed by Barack Obama, Americas first black president.
But sitting in a stylists chair at Supreme Hair Styling Boutique in Richmond on Friday, she shook her head in disgust when asked about revelations that Northam wore blackface 35 years ago.
I really believed in him, said Siakam, a 28-year-old student. To find out that he dressed up in blackface is disappointing. Hes shown his disdain for black people.
Black voters who factored prominently in the 2017 election that helped Northam become Virginia governor are feeling betrayed over the scandals that have engulfed the state over the past week, leaving them with a less-than-ideal set of choices at the top of the Democratic Party: a governor and attorney general who wore blackface and a lieutenant governor who stands accused by two women of sexual assault. The next person in line for governor is a conservative Republican.
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
Maybe not in Virginia, but that was certainly the case in Kentucky.
-PJ
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