As Twitchy reported earlier, nine classmates of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed a letter in his defense, saying that Northam “is neither of the individuals in those repugnant costumes” pictured on his yearbook page.
That, however, doesn’t square with a man who was a staffer at the time the yearbook was put together and who says students submitted their own photos in sealed envelopes.
Northam yearbook staffer:
1) Each student submitted photos in "a sealed envelope with their name on it."
2) "All of this stuff was kept in a locked room."
3) "Nobody complained that their picture was under the wrong person."Over to you, Ralph. https://t.co/gh7YtcfDbr
— Will Saletan (@saletan) February 5, 2019
As Virginia's governor struggles to explain how a racist photo of a person in blackface and another person in a Ku Klux Klan outfit ended up on his personal yearbook page, a yearbook staff member said each student had control over such pictures https://t.co/DxXx2JR2fA pic.twitter.com/Q127x9RfL9
— CNN (@CNN) February 5, 2019
Yes, it’s weird that we’re still going back through people’s yearbooks from the 1980s, but here we are. CNN reports:
Dr. William Elwood worked with others on the layout for Eastern Virginia Medical School’s 1984 yearbook — the same yearbook that featured a photo of a person in blackface and another person in a Ku Klux Klan outfit on Ralph Northam’s personal page.
Elwood said photos for personal pages “were chosen by the individual student.”
“They were submitted in a sealed envelope with their name on it to the yearbook staff, to be put on their page,” Elwood told CNN.
“The pictures for the personal ones were not just chosen at random from other pictures that might have been available at that time.”
Elwood says there were no complaints about mixed-up photos, although Northam has said he didn’t purchase a yearbook and had never seen it before the latest scandal unfolded.
— Chris (@iheartcarnitas) February 5, 2019
There is no valid explanation. He needs to go
— Petty Pablo (@electricsoul123) February 5, 2019
"each student had control over such pictures"
Anything else need to be said here?— ?? The Ry-Guy ?? (@DeckertRyan) February 5, 2019
He should have just apologized and taken whatever consequences like a man. This was his yearbook page that he laid out himself.
— Joann Confeiteiro Sarcinella ???? (@JoannSarcinella) February 5, 2019
A there's the smoking gun. #ByeRalph
— Brad Gallant (@BradGGallant) February 5, 2019
This guy is blatantly lying. There’s no excuse for that picture being on his yearbook page. He is one of those people in the picture.
— Christopher (@herrvolk) February 5, 2019
We get it. He’s a racist. Maybe it’s time for impeachment. Do the Democrats have the stomach to impeach one of their own?
— Chris Planet (@ChrisPlanet1) February 5, 2019
LOL give it up dude
— UniteWhatsRight (@UniteWhatsRight) February 5, 2019
Like we needed to be told. We all had yearbooks. We know how it works. ?
— HitGirl (@bluesparrowbaby) February 5, 2019
Looks like Coonman will not make it to full term
— Deplorable Strong (@kardoa_rich) February 5, 2019
Maybe he can learn to code
— Deplorable Strong (@kardoa_rich) February 5, 2019
A good point:
#CNN is all over this, but when it came to his support of infanticide they said nothing.
— Jody B. Barden (@jjknrbar) February 5, 2019
Related:
Awkward! How come Ralph Northam's old classmates didn't mention this in their letter defending him? https://t.co/8DBYtMs9dj pic.twitter.com/tlOtYfs9AL
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 5, 2019
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