HRC Calls for Northam Resignation

by HRC Staff

HRC released the following statement in the wake of a news report that revealed Virginia Governor Ralph Northam appearing in a deeply racist and offensive photograph.

Today, HRC released the following statement in the wake of a news report that revealed Virginia Governor Ralph Northam appearing in a deeply racist and offensive photograph showing a man in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan robe.

HRC President Chad Griffin said, “Northam must resign immediately. The right path forward is for Justin Fairfax to become the next Governor of Virginia.”