Gov. Northam Is Finding Himself Increasingly Alone In Once-Supportive Virginia

As calls continue for Gov. Ralph Northam to resign over a racist photo on his page in a 1984 yearbook, Virginians who have supported him are wrestling with what to make of the controversy and his insistence on remaining in office.

A few dozen people protested outside the governor’s mansion Monday morning. Many in the crowd were the same people who have been protesting the placement of a pipeline compressor station in a historically black community in Virginia. Northam has supported the pipeline.

At Jerusalem Baptist over the weekend, a predominantly black church in a small town outside the capital of Richmond, attendees expressed shock over the photo and concern and confusion about the governor’s changing statements.