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Article snippet: 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. I am committed to continuing that fight through the remainder of my term and living up to the expectations you set for me when you elected me to serve.” Northam, who entered office last year, defended his public service in the video, saying the “racist and offensive attitudes” the picture represents do “not reflect that person I am today or the way that I have conducted myself as a soldier, a doctor and a public servant.” The video follows a statement Northam released earlier in the evening apologizing for the picture that was published by the Virginia Pilot and other outlets on Friday. The photo came from Northam's 1984 medical school yearbook housed in the Eastern Virginia Medical School library. “I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear as I did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now,” Northam said in the statement. He did not clarify if he was the person in blackface or the KKK robe... Link to the full article to read more