Lawmaker Was Editor of Yearbook with Racist Photos

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Lawmaker Was Editor of Yearbook with Racist Photos

February 7, 2019 at 2:13 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 154 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/02/07/lawmaker-was-editor-of-yearbook-with-racist-photos/

"SNIP....

“A Virginia Military Institute yearbook overseen by future state Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment (R) in 1968 features a host of racist photos and slurs, including blackface,” the Virginian Pilotreports.

“The revelation about one of Virginia’s most powerful Republicans comes as the state’s Democratic governor and attorney general are facing calls to resign over their own admissions they wore blackface as young men.”

......SNIP"

I wonder if this will spread outside of Virginia.

[onecaliberal]

1. He should resign.

[guillaumeb]

2. Racism is expected in the GOP.

And no Republican will demand that he resign, or even suggest it.

[underpants]

3. Not at surprised by this at VMI. Oh and here we go with the rights fave

Several years ago, the school changed its process for reviewing The Bomb, MacInnis said, adding layers of review by faculty advisors and himself. But there's always tension for overseeing the student-supported publication, he added, because “they've got their First Amendment rights.”

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Kick