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Jonathan Martin and Alan Blinder

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World
6 Aug 2024
RICHMOND, Va. — Attorney General Mark R. Herring of Virginia acknowledged Wednesday that he put on blackface and wore a wig while an undergraduate of the University of Virginia in 1980, becoming the second statewide official here in the last week to admit to imitating an African-American person and sending an already-stunned Capitol reeling.
Crisis Spirals in Virginia as Attorney General Admits to Wearing Blackface
World
6 Aug 2024
RICHMOND, Va. — Attorney General Mark R. Herring of Virginia acknowledged Wednesday he put on blackface and wore a wig while an undergraduate of the University of Virginia in 1980, becoming the second statewide official here in the last week to admit to imitating an African-American person.
Virginia Attorney General Says He Also Dressed in Blackface
World
6 Aug 2024
RICHMOND, Va. — Attorney General Mark R. Herring of Virginia acknowledged Wednesday that he put on blackface and wore a wig while an undergraduate of the University of Virginia in 1980, becoming the second statewide official here in the last week to admit to imitating an African-American person and sending an already-stunned Capitol reeling.
Virginia Attorney General Says He Also Dressed in Blackface
World
6 Aug 2024
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia plunged deeper into political turmoil Monday as Gov. Ralph Northam told aides he was not planning to step down, and his own lieutenant governor suggested Northam’s supporters were behind an effort to smear him with claims of sexual assault to block his ascent if the governor resigned.
Virginia Capitol Thrown Into Chaos as Pressure on Northam Intensifies
World
6 Aug 2024
RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia, abandoned by allies in the Democratic Party and besieged by demands that he resign, met with his Cabinet on Monday morning as state legislators returned to a Capitol thrown into chaos by the governor’s insistence on staying in office despite revelations that a photograph showing people in blackface and Ku Klux Klan robes was displayed on his medical school yearbook page.
Virginia Capitol Thrown Into Chaos as Pressure on Northam Intensifies
World
6 Aug 2024
RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia, abandoned by allies in the Democratic Party and besieged by demands that he resign, met with his Cabinet on Monday morning as state legislators returned to a Capitol thrown into chaos by the governor’s insistence on staying in office despite revelations that a photograph showing people in blackface and Ku Klux Klan robes was displayed on his medical school yearbook page.
World
6 Aug 2024
RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia, abandoned by allies in the Democratic Party and besieged by demands that he resign, met with his Cabinet on Monday morning as state legislators returned to a Capitol thrown into chaos by the governor’s insistence on staying in office despite revelations that a photograph showing people in blackface and Ku Klux Klan robes was displayed on his medical school yearbook page.
Virginia Capitol Thrown Into Chaos as Pressure on Northam Intensifies
World
6 Aug 2024
RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia, abandoned by allies in the Democratic Party and besieged by demands that he resign, met with his Cabinet on Monday morning as state legislators returned to a Capitol thrown into chaos by the governor’s insistence on staying in office despite revelations that he may have appeared in blackface or in Ku Klux Klan robes in a yearbook photo.
World
6 Aug 2024
RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia, abandoned by allies in the Democratic Party and besieged by demands that he resign, met with his Cabinet on Monday morning as state legislators returned to a Capitol thrown into chaos by the governor’s insistence on staying in office despite revelations that he may have appeared in blackface or in Ku Klux Klan robes in a yearbook photo.
Virginia Capitol in Chaos as Pressure on Northam Intensifies