He'll be gone by 2.35pm - Press Conference at 2.30pm n/t

[malaise]

[brooklynite]

1. New message is that he'll say he won't be stepping down

[cwydro]

2. I'm hoping. He's doing damage to our party.

But I’m doubtful.

[dhill926]

3. I hope so...

dude has got to go...

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. Would be the right move for Virginians.

He should announce at 2:40 that he is going to work as a full time volunteer with his state’s race relations advocacy groups immediately.

He walk himself right back into that governor mansion six years from now, when the new governor of Virginia leaves to assume higher office.

Easy peasy.

[HipChick]

5. He's my gov...

but he better me gone before my chicken, rice and peas finish cooking... in about 40mins...

[garagedoor]

6. You owe me

another hot chocolate. I just spewed it out through my nose while reading your post.

[malaise]

7. He says he did not know what was on his page

because he never purchased the year book

[oberliner]

8. He is saying it was not him in the photos right now

[malaise]

9. Who has an original copy of the yearbook?

Was the picture altered?

Whose pictures are on the page

[oberliner]

10. He did admit to "darkening his face" during a Michael Jackson dance

[lunatica]

11. Shit!

Pure as the driven snow!

Didn’t know. Innocent. Not him. But needs to be forgiven anyway. Whitesplaining. Good Christian. Has prayed. Not him though. Never saw the picture before. Not him. Previous apology was hasty because he’s so sympathetic and empathetic to other people’s pain. Nevertheless it was not him. Likes Michael Jackson. Dressed up as him and used shoe polish on his face. Needed someone else to explain why blackface is racist. In 2019! Not him. Not him. Not him.

I notice his face seems to be getting redder and redder.

Blather, blah, blah, blather, blather.

[malaise]

12. I can't believe that he is stupid enough to lie about this if those pics are his

The religious bit was rubbish.

[0rganism]

13. the sooner he resigns, the better for everyone

or he could simply go back to being a Republican. then he could wear his prior racist antics with pride and claim they were perfectly appropriate in context, while riding the wave of implicit forgiveness allocated to any Republican officeholder.

the media's on a Democratic impurity feeding frenzy. they won't stop until he steps down or a bigger Democratic purity scandal comes along. this is not simply going away with handwaving and apologies. the longer he holds onto the governorship, the worse it will get.

the standards are unequal, to be sure, but they didn't get like that overnight. the Republicans spent decades and billions of dollars "working the refs" while Democrats took stands on racial and sexual equality. both situations are coming into play now, he's going to get worked from both sides and poison the news cycle until he's gone.

time to go, governor.