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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2019 12:18:16 GMT -6
1. Try to apologize see if that works 2. Deny it see if that works
Nothing is going to work. We see you. Resign.
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Post by dc2london on Feb 2, 2019 12:19:35 GMT -6
I can't imagine what Justin Fairfax is feeling right now
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2019 12:23:31 GMT -6
Not sure if this has been mentioned but politico has the press conference at 2:30. He’s not expected to resign. Can’t even imagine how he intends to respond to questions or spin this insanity.
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Post by sctiger on Feb 2, 2019 12:26:10 GMT -6
I can't imagine what Justin Fairfax is feeling right now Especially after he was the lone one out during the Robert E. Lee thing a few weeks ago.
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Post by dc2london on Feb 2, 2019 12:31:22 GMT -6
WHAT.
In a Saturday news release, Trump says he will name Ronny Jackson, the nixed VA Secretary nominee, as his chief medical adviser. And he is pushing for him to get a promotion in the military.
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Post by RajahMD on Feb 2, 2019 12:31:30 GMT -6
Not sure if this has been mentioned but politico has the press conference at 2:30. He’s not expected to resign. Can’t even imagine how he intends to respond to questions or spin this insanity. I saw someone online point out that it was scheduled after UVA's big basketball game is set to start at 2pm. So purposely during a time when a large portion of the populace will be distracted.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2019 12:32:15 GMT -6
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Post by jaygee on Feb 2, 2019 12:38:00 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2019 13:10:05 GMT -6
So I think there's a chance that photo could have been picked without him submitting it but it's the actions after the fact that make me believe that is not what happened. Definitely a chance but not how we did things. When I was yearbook editor and everyone got a half page they submitted their own photos and their own text. We just did the layout. There was way too much else going on that we had to worry about so we really didn’t have the time to choose everyone’s photos. If for whatever reason a friend did this for him it really doesn’t make any difference. He clearly wasn’t outraged enough to remember that this was the case. How does he not realize how full of it and weak this argument sounds?
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Post by cakewench on Feb 2, 2019 13:34:27 GMT -6
WHAT. In a Saturday news release, Trump says he will name Ronny Jackson, the nixed VA Secretary nominee, as his chief medical adviser. And he is pushing for him to get a promotion in the military. Gotta pay for that “he’s the healthiest president ever” report somehow.
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Post by cakewench on Feb 2, 2019 13:35:36 GMT -6
I want to say more on Northam but you guys have pretty much covered it. 🤬🤬🤬
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Post by maybe on Feb 2, 2019 13:37:39 GMT -6
There are some serious FBI investigations of the last mayor of Atlanta. That combined with this makes me think that there isn’t much vetting of state/local officials at all now that print journalism is on the decline. How was Northam in office for so long with Coonman as a nickname in his VMI yearbook?
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Post by dc2london on Feb 2, 2019 14:03:49 GMT -6
MY BOO IS ON LOVETT OR LEAVE IT
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Post by crunch on Feb 2, 2019 14:40:55 GMT -6
I’m shocked he didn’t resign. I don’t understand how he plans to move forward in a positive way for Virginia. He’s ducking us all over.
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Post by maybe on Feb 2, 2019 14:53:44 GMT -6
I have moved from hurt and disappointment to rage. WTF was that press conference????
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Post by maybe on Feb 2, 2019 14:54:50 GMT -6
Justin Fairfax needs to be sworn in as the new Governor of Virginia by next Friday at the latest.
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Post by jkjacq on Feb 2, 2019 14:56:13 GMT -6
Can the legislators remove him from office?
Ultimately it would be better if he stepped down but that doesn’t seem to be happening
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Post by crunch on Feb 2, 2019 14:59:03 GMT -6
I have moved from hurt and disappointment to rage. WTF was that press conference???? Right? Of course the black face and racist nickname changed my opinion of him. But digging in like this? Being the typical white male politician that uses whiteness to get away with things and stay in power when EVERYONE is telling him to resign? He isn’t the person we thought he was. Even if someone tries to excuse the photo as a lapse in judgement, his behaviors after show he is very much the person in that photo.
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Post by crunch on Feb 2, 2019 14:59:30 GMT -6
Tim Kaine needs to speak up. Where the fuck is he.
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Post by maybe on Feb 2, 2019 15:03:18 GMT -6
Tim Kaine needs to speak up. Where the fuck is he. Kaine and Warner have been beyond useless during this debacle. We won’t forget!
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Post by crunch on Feb 2, 2019 15:04:37 GMT -6
Tim Kaine needs to speak up. Where the fuck is he. Kaine and Warner have been beyond useless during this debacle. We won’t forget! And this is another shitty thing. If Northam just would have resigned he wouldn’t have put other people in such shitty position. Everyone is dissecting how each person is responding and putting Northams behavior on their shoulders. It’s bullshit.
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Post by jkjacq on Feb 2, 2019 15:09:43 GMT -6
Kaine and Warner have been beyond useless during this debacle. We won’t forget! And this is another shitty thing. If Northam just would have resigned he wouldn’t have put other people in such shitty position. Everyone is dissecting how each person is responding and putting Northams behavior on their shoulders. It’s bullshit. A talking head on cnn just said they may have held back to be able to give nudging after the press conference I just.....
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Post by notblanche on Feb 2, 2019 15:11:36 GMT -6
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Post by notblanche on Feb 2, 2019 15:12:35 GMT -6
I didn’t watch but I see Fairfax wasn’t there.
That says a lot.
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Post by enchanted on Feb 2, 2019 15:13:05 GMT -6
I am probably going to mess up how I say this, but beyond his fuckery, the thing that is making me rage the most is the people defending him as "just a kid who made a dumb choice."
1) Mid-twenties is not "just a kid"
2) Children of color have been gunned down and "should have known better" and don't get the benefit of being "just kids" when they are quite literally kids.
This country is so broken and always has been.
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Post by notblanche on Feb 2, 2019 15:15:58 GMT -6
Tom Perez spoke up.
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Post by maybe on Feb 2, 2019 15:27:01 GMT -6
And this is another shitty thing. If Northam just would have resigned he wouldn’t have put other people in such shitty position. Everyone is dissecting how each person is responding and putting Northams behavior on their shoulders. It’s bullshit. A talking head on cnn just said they may have held back to be able to give nudging after the press conference I just..... Excuses, excuses...
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Post by notblanche on Feb 2, 2019 15:29:23 GMT -6
Statement from Justin Fairfax
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Post by maybe on Feb 2, 2019 15:34:24 GMT -6
Justin clearly has better people than Ralph. That statement was a class act through and through.
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Post by mb3 on Feb 2, 2019 15:35:03 GMT -6
I know I am way late but I don’t care if he’s not either of the people in the photo. He still chose to put it on his yearbook page. I don’t think he put a random photo there so it obviously meant something to him. Not being in the photo physically doesn’t make this ok.
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