Ralph Northam Under Pressure to Resign as Virginia Governor Over Racist Yearbook Photo
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Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia faced intense pressure to resign on Saturday after losing the support of leading Virginia Democrats, including black lawmakers in the Legislature, after admitting that he posed in a racist costume as a medical student more than 30 years ago.
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