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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) on Friday night dismissed mounting calls for his resignation after admitting that he appeared in a picture showing a man wearing blackface and another dressed in a Ku Klux Klan robe. “I accept responsibility for my past actions, and I am ready to do the hard work of regaining your trust,” Northam said in a video posted to Twitter after multiple Democratic lawmakers and liberal groups called for him to step down. “I have spent the past year as your governor fight for a Virginia that works better for all people.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) is facing mounting calls to resign after he acknowledged appearing in a picture showing a man wearing blackface and another dressed in a Ku Klux Klan robe. Multiple Democratic lawmakers and 2020 White House hopefuls have joined the Virginia Republican Party in calling for Northam to step down Friday night after the governor confirmed that he was in the photo that emerged hours earlier. Democratic members of Congress from Virginia began calling Northam on Friday night and privately urged him to resign, a source familiar with the phone calls told The Hill.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) saw his support within the Commonwealth wither Friday night with mounting calls from members of his own party for him to resign after he admitted to appearing in a racist picture from medical school. Members of Virginia’s congressional delegation began calling Northam on Friday night and privately urged him to resign, a source familiar with the calls told The Hill.

Northam released a statement on Friday admitting to having the photo included in his medical school yearbook. The Virginia Democrat Gov.

Warren on Thursday phoned Bill John Baker, who serves as the Cherokee Nation’s principal chief, to apologize for her decision to take the test in what was a “brief and private” discussion, according to Julie Hubbard, a press representative for the tribe. “I understand that she apologized for causing confusion on tribal sovereignty and tribal citizenship and the harm that has resulted,” said Hubbard.

The chyron aired at 9:00 p.m. EST during a CNN broadcast of Anderson Cooper 360, which showed a video of Northam addressing the inflammatory yearbook photo in a video posted to his Twitter account. “A few minutes ago, Gov.

Deray Mckesson, an influential African American activist and podcaster, tweeted Friday, “Northam should resign.” Derrick Johnson, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), also called for Northam to resign: Progressive activist groups also called on Northam to resign: Progressive groups MoveOn and DemocracyforAmerica began circulating a petition calling for his resignation. The incoming head of the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) and New Jersey Gov.

WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren apologized to Cherokee Nation tribal leaders this week for the hurt her much-publicized DNA test caused them, marking a sharp contrast to her public defense of the results thus far on the campaign trail.

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