Wearing blackface wasn't such a big deal after Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax got accused of assaulting a female. It's as if someone unplugged the loudspeaker. Suddenly the target changed from Governor Northam to Lt. Gov. Fairfax. WaPo's Paul Kane explains why in Democrats struggle to answer for Virginia lieutenant governor after unified stand against Kavanaugh:
But then came the assault allegations against Fairfax, followed by state Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) revealing that he had once worn blackface at a party while in college. Suddenly, the prospect of all three statewide officials resigning en masse emerged — with it, the likelihood that the Republican state House speaker would be next in the line of succession to become governor.
Now, Democrats are struggling with a confusing set of questions, trying to separate the three scandals into different baskets. Hanging on to the governor’s mansion, especially heading into the decennial redistricting in 2021, is critical.
Hold them to their own rules, as Saul Alinsky would say.
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2:05 PM 2/9/2019
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