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jcmaine72

(1,773 posts) Mon Jan 20, 2020, 05:14 AM Jan 2020

Anyone else glad Governor Northam didn't resign?

I know I sure am. I'm not defending what he did in college, but that was a long time ago, and he was, I believe, sincere in his apology. He has obviously grown tremendously as a human being since then, and deserves all the credit in the world for standing up to the NRA and their legion of loathsome sycophants, apologists and toadies, not to mention all the white supremacist gun goons and paranoid prepper nutters currently aligned against him.

What's happening in Virginia needs to happen in every state if we want our nation to be a safer, more humane place. We need more politicians with the courage Governor Northam has. We need more Democrats (and brave ones at that) elected at all levels of government. If Virginia can turn blue and be at the forefront of this great struggle against primitive barbarism then so can every other red state that is currently under the oily boot of the ReThugs.

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Anyone else glad Governor Northam didn't resign? (Original Post) jcmaine72 Jan 2020 OP

I thought he should have stepped down. He probl wouldn't have won his primary if it had been known. NCLefty Jan 2020 #1

Absofuckinglutely. I thought it was another manufactured hit job like with Al Franker tirebiter Jan 2020 #2

this. nt Baltimike Jan 2020 #11

Same with the rape charges against the Lt. Gov. Funny how that faded away too brush Jan 2020 #12

Yes Gothmog Jan 2020 #3

Yes! lanlady Jan 2020 #4

I couldn't agree more. jcmaine72 Jan 2020 #8

Northam also side-stepped the purists. empedocles Jan 2020 #5

The Republican hit squad doesn't use many different tactics DFW Jan 2020 #6

I'm not in Virginia. What anti-racism work has he done in Virginia? WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #7

The sensible gun-control regulations he's trying to enforce will undoubtedly save many Black lives. jcmaine72 Jan 2020 #9

Yeah I couldn't remember if he pledged to do a lot of "work" around his racist photos and anti- WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #10

Saving Black lives with sensible gun control is far better than such a pledge. jcmaine72 Jan 2020 #13

For starters: Virginia still has dozens of racist and discriminatory laws on its books, report says tirebiter Jan 2020 #14

Thanks for sharing that. jcmaine72 Jan 2020 #15

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)

1. I thought he should have stepped down. He probl wouldn't have won his primary if it had been known.

Reply to jcmaine72 (Original post)

Mon Jan 20, 2020, 05:25 AM

Jan 2020

But I saw polls saying most PoC didn't want him to, so... /shrug

tirebiter

(2,538 posts)

2. Absofuckinglutely. I thought it was another manufactured hit job like with Al Franker

Reply to jcmaine72 (Original post)

Mon Jan 20, 2020, 05:57 AM

Jan 2020

Been around long enough to see 9 versions of this before.

Baltimike

(4,146 posts)

11. this. nt

Reply to tirebiter (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 20, 2020, 10:47 AM

Jan 2020

brush

(53,801 posts)

12. Same with the rape charges against the Lt. Gov. Funny how that faded away too

Reply to tirebiter (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 20, 2020, 11:02 AM

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Gothmog

(145,427 posts)

3. Yes

Reply to jcmaine72 (Original post)

Mon Jan 20, 2020, 06:17 AM

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lanlady

(7,135 posts)

4. Yes!

Reply to jcmaine72 (Original post)

Mon Jan 20, 2020, 06:42 AM

Jan 2020

He has re-earned the respect of Democrats in this state, many times over.

jcmaine72

(1,773 posts)

8. I couldn't agree more.

Reply to lanlady (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 20, 2020, 10:15 AM

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empedocles

(15,751 posts)

5. Northam also side-stepped the purists.

Reply to jcmaine72 (Original post)

Mon Jan 20, 2020, 07:01 AM

Jan 2020

DFW

(54,417 posts)

6. The Republican hit squad doesn't use many different tactics

Reply to jcmaine72 (Original post)

Mon Jan 20, 2020, 09:24 AM

Jan 2020

This time, we saw it coming and from whom.

Notice that when it didn‘t work, the Republicans just shrugged, said, „oh, well,“ and it faded from the headlines like a drop of water in the desert.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,374 posts)

7. I'm not in Virginia. What anti-racism work has he done in Virginia?

Reply to jcmaine72 (Original post)

Mon Jan 20, 2020, 09:32 AM

Jan 2020

jcmaine72

(1,773 posts)

9. The sensible gun-control regulations he's trying to enforce will undoubtedly save many Black lives.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #7)

Mon Jan 20, 2020, 10:25 AM

Jan 2020

As well as many other lives across all racial lines. That's about as noble an endeavor as I can think of.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,374 posts)

10. Yeah I couldn't remember if he pledged to do a lot of "work" around his racist photos and anti-

Reply to jcmaine72 (Reply #9)

Mon Jan 20, 2020, 10:46 AM

Jan 2020

racism efforts in general or not.

jcmaine72

(1,773 posts)

13. Saving Black lives with sensible gun control is far better than such a pledge.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #10)

Mon Jan 20, 2020, 11:32 AM

Jan 2020

Pledges are nothing but words. He's taking real action to save lives.

tirebiter

(2,538 posts)

14. For starters: Virginia still has dozens of racist and discriminatory laws on its books, report says

Reply to jcmaine72 (Original post)

Mon Jan 20, 2020, 06:33 PM

Jan 2020

McLEAN, Va. – Virginia still has dozens of racist laws on its books that enforced segregation and racial inequality, a commission to study the state's legislation found in an interim report released Thursday.

Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, who created the commission in June, vowed to work with the Democrat-controlled legislature taking office in January to strike the laws as official status from Virginia's code, following the commission's recommendation...

Among the discriminatory laws the report cites: the state's "Massive Resistance" strategy to block federal mandates to integrate schools, a poll tax aimed at black voters, the prohibition of interracial marriage and segregation of transportation, health care and housing.

When looking at the effects of these many laws, the report states that it is "painfully clear that Virginia is a long way from true racial equity."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/12/05/virginia-racism-laws-report-northam-vows-to-remove/2618497001/

jcmaine72

(1,773 posts)

15. Thanks for sharing that.

Reply to tirebiter (Reply #14)

Mon Jan 20, 2020, 08:10 PM

Jan 2020

I had no idea Virginia still had such barbaric laws on the books. I'm glad Governor Northam is committed to striking them from the books forever. All the more reason to be appreciative of his leadership as governor.

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