Statement by Ralph Northam on voting for George W Bush

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https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_58b48eb9e4b0780bac2c68d5/amp

Is not who I am.


Statement by Ralph Northam as Democratic Candidate For Virginia Governor
Feb 28, 2016

Ever since I first ran for public office, I have fought for my values: commonsense gun reforms, protecting our environment, defending women’s access to reproductive health care, fighting for equal rights for the LGBT community, and economic opportunity for all Virginians.

At the time, I didn’t pay much attention to politics. Knowing what I know now, I was wrong and would have voted differently. I became politically engaged after becoming fed up with insurance companies affecting my patients and learning my Republican senator said a child with disabilities was possessed by “demons,” which deeply offended me as a father and a doctor.

So, I decided to run for office on the issues I cared about: fixing our healthcare system and cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay. I stood up for implementing commonsense gun reforms, ensuring the LGBT community was given equal rights, and defending women’s access to reproductive health care.

If there is a lesson Democrats should take away from 2016, it’s that voters sometimes vote against their values. Usually, they are doing it because they aren’t aware that they actually share the same values as the Democratic party. As someone who made that realization when I became engaged, there is no better person to reach these people than me.

What’s missing in this statement? Any reference to Civil Rights. Q: How could be vote for the GOP in 2000, 2004 A: Their racism did not “deeply offend” him.

Justin Fairfax, the Lt. Governor is a lifelong Democrat, an African American and entitled to seek re-election.

What’s the point of defending an ex Goper on racism. Ralph Northam no Al Franken.

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1. Then threre's his record of governance

He's pro-choice, ran on pulling down Confederate statues, Condemned the right wing at Charlottesville and Roy Moore's campaign chief put out the picture.

Doesn't sound Republican to me

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2. It doesn't matter who put out the picture

It was there to put out.

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4. Northam should have disclosed it as a candidate.

Case closed IMO.

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3. Republicans condemned Charlottesville, Roy Moore

and the overwhelming majority of Democrats favored pulling down conderate statues. If you voted GOP in 2000, 2004, racism was not that important to you at the time. It’s not worth defending this guy on racism. The guy’s yearbook nickname was ‘Coonman’