Article snippet: 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. Multiple Virginia lawmakers, as well as the Congressional Black Caucus and Virginia Legislative Black Caucus, have said he should step aside. “I don’t see the governor’s got any other choice other than to step aside,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D), the vice chair of the Democratic Governors Association who is set to lead the national group in 2020, said on MSNBC. “I say it with a heavy heart because I know him and I believe he’s a good man, but this is…disqualifying. Particularly at this moment in time and with the division in our country.” Northam's predecessor, Terry McAuliffe (D), also called on him to step down, along with the NAACP, Democratic super PAC Priorities USA, the progressive group MoveOn and the liberal website the Daily Kos, among others. “This has been a heartbreaking day. Ralph Northam is my friend and he served well as my Lt. Governor and as Governor. His actio... Link to the full article to read more