{"id":394966,"date":"2019-02-02T15:46:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T14:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-northam-tweets-video-apology-for-racist-and-offensive-photo-amid-growing-calls-to-resign\/"},"modified":"2019-02-02T15:46:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T14:46:16","slug":"prison-planet-com-northam-tweets-video-apology-for-racist-and-offensive-photo-amid-growing-calls-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-northam-tweets-video-apology-for-racist-and-offensive-photo-amid-growing-calls-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Northam Tweets Video Apology For \u201cRacist And Offensive\u201d Photo Amid Growing Calls To Resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-02-01\/media-frenzy-after-democrat-governor-allegedly-pictured-blackfacekkk-robes\"><strong>Zero Hedge<\/strong><\/a><br \/>February 2, 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Update 3:\u00a0<\/em>Northam has released an apology, reiterating his earlier apology \u2013 yet still not elaborating on whether he was the guy in blackface or the KKK outfit.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat photo and the racist offensive attitudes it represents does not reflect that person I am today, or the way I have conducted myself as a soldier, a doctor and a public servant. I am deeply sorry. I cannot change the decisions I\u2019ve made, nor can I undo the harm my behavior caused then and today. But I accept responsibility for my past actions, and I am ready to do the hard work to regain your trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My fellow Virginians, earlier today I released a statement apologizing for behavior in my past that falls far short of the standard you set for me when you elected me to be your governor. I believe you deserve to hear directly from me. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1rSw1oxfrX\">pic.twitter.com\/1rSw1oxfrX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ralph Northam (@GovernorVA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovernorVA\/status\/1091510484468146176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, calls for Northam\u2019s resignation have been mounting among prominent Democrats.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Governor Ralph Northam must resign. There is no excuse for the shockingly racist picture. I note that Florida Republican Secretary of State Michael Ertel resigned last month for being in blackface. This picture is even worse. It&#8217;s blackface next to a KKK figure. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Ujze6odGW\">https:\/\/t.co\/0Ujze6odGW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedlieu\/status\/1091497173471002625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Update 2: It appears Northam\u2019s apology \u2013 in which he did not elaborate if he was dressed in the KKK outfit or wore the blackface \u2013 was not accepted by his fellow democrats, and first Kamala Harris then the NAACP have both called on him to resign. And Trump has yet to tweet even once on the topic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Black face in any manner is always racist and never okay. No matter the party affiliation, we can not stand for such behavior, which is why the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NAACP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NAACP<\/a> is calling for the resignation of Virginia Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RalphNortham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RalphNortham<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Derrick Johnson (@DerrickNAACP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerrickNAACP\/status\/1091490711986466817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\"...<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/northam-tweets-video-apology-for-racist-and-offensive-photo-amid-growing-calls-to-resign.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zero HedgeFebruary 2, 2019 Update 3:\u00a0Northam has released an apology, reiterating his earlier apology \u2013 yet still not elaborating on whether he was the guy in blackface or the KKK outfit.\u00a0 \u201cThat photo and the racist offensive attitudes it represents does not reflect that person I am today, or the way I have conducted myself [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-394966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}