Local Elections

[Niiro]

VA governorship line of succession gonna go all the way down to PTA meetings.

[archibaldcrane]

VA governorship line of succession gonna go all the way down to PTA meetings.

The State Senate Majority leader, who is a Republican and I believe 4th in line for the Governorship, was the editor of his school yearbook at VMI and folks...

https://twitter.com/virginianpilot/s...550500866?s=19

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[Zetanio]

you mean to tell me that people in virginia in the 60's were racists?

i refuse to believe it.

[Salodin]

VA Republicans been quiet as fuck cause they know what their yearbooks look like lol.

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[Byrthnoth]

VMI was a male-only institution that had to be integrated (M/F) by the Supreme Court. You can probably safely add mysogynism to his list of isms as well.

[Fiye]

https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/statu...842116098?s=19

Rip fairfax

[archibaldcrane]

A second woman has come forward alleging that Lt Governor Justin Fairfax raped her back in 2000 at Duke.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/...ssault-1160547

Fucking wild that the two white dudes who have confessed to doing a racism are going to probably stick this out and the black guy is maybe a serial sex criminal...but the two people who should be asking him to resign can't because of, ya know, blackface.

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[Fiye]

At this point we should just make a poltiicans can't help doing blackface thread.

https://twitter.com/brynnaquillin/st...96840221810688

GOP Gubernatorial Front-Runner Tate Reeves

[Niiro]

It's going to come out eventually so I might as well get ahead of it and come clean:

I played a Redguard in Morrowind.

[Deftscythe]

At this point we should just make a poltiicans can't help doing blackface thread.

https://twitter.com/brynnaquillin/st...96840221810688

GOP Gubernatorial Front-Runner Tate Reeves

That just looks like some sports bullshit rather than anything to do with black people.

[Zetanio]

It's going to come out eventually so I might as well get ahead of it and come clean:

I played a Redguard in Morrowind.

Jesus fuck, make a thread.

[Cail]

Northam says he isnt resigning, that he will finish his term and pursue an agenda of racial reconciliation

[Fiye]

Can't wait for the dems to lose in a landslide in 3 years.

[archibaldcrane]

42% of Republicans! and 58% of African Americans!!! don't think Northam should step down.

Overall the state is dead even split.

Wild.

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[Byrthnoth]

He shouldn't step down because it's a 1 year term and there's no uncompromised successor. We're going to vote on who we replace him with in ~8 months.

Blackface is racist and (at best) shows bad-taste edge-pushing 1980s humor. Even if he is/was legit racist, it is kind of hard to argue that he has pursued a racist agenda while accused double-sexual assault offender Lieutenant Governor actually did things that affected people on a personal level (like putting his pener in their mouth.)

I can't see any of his potential successors (rapist or another blackface purveyor) being more effective as governor and the power handoff would take months anyway.

[archibaldcrane]

It's a 4 year term, he'll be replaced in 2021.

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[Byrthnoth]

Doh, one term but not one year

[Salodin]

He shouldn't step down because it's a 1 year term and there's no uncompromised successor. We're going to vote on who we replace him with in ~8 months.

Blackface is racist and (at best) shows bad-taste edge-pushing 1980s humor. Even if he is/was legit racist, it is kind of hard to argue that he has pursued a racist agenda while accused double-sexual assault offender Lieutenant Governor actually did things that affected people on a personal level (like putting his pener in their mouth.)

I can't see any of his potential successors (rapist or another blackface purveyor) being more effective as governor and the power handoff would take months anyway.

Ah, racism isnt as bad as sexual assault. If that's where were at in 2019 than wew.

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[Byrthnoth]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/afr...main-in-office

[Fiye]

Nothing actually matters LOL

https://www.apnews.com/3a2f87a6ec064a2a9f345e1fd2da1eb6

The Associated Press @AP

BREAKING: Virginia lawmaker backs off plans to introduce impeachment bill on Monday seeking ouster of Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax.




Patrick Hope @HopeforVirginia

Yesterday I sent draft language to my colleagues on the first step of an impeachment action regarding the Lt. Governor. There has been an enormous amount of sincere and thoughtful feedback which has led to additional conversations that need to take place before anything is filed.

We owe it to all parties involved- especially the victims- to make sure that we have thought through every option the General Assembly has. That's what these conversations are for- so we can build more consensus on a path forward.

I believe Dr. Vanessa Tyson and Meredith Watson. I promise that my work on this issue will be tireless until we have a process and outcome that treats these women with the respect they deserve going forward.