It may be tough to believe it’s been just a week and a half since a racist photograph in a decades-old medical school yearbook knocked Virginia’s leadership into disarray.
Consider: In just 10 days, Gov. Ralph Northam has admitted to being in to being in the racist photo — then denied it, then admitted to wearing blackface on a separate occasion. Attorney General Mark Herring said he, too, had donned blackface. And two sexual assault allegations have surfaced against Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax.
But amid all this turmoil, there is at least one thing that has not happened: Not one of the three men has bowed to public pressure and resigned.
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