Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is adding to the slew of calls for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s resignation amid outrage over a racist photo in his medical school yearbook. In a Saturday night post, the freshman congresswoman demanded the Democrat step down, arguing that “those who try to help him stumble past this deserve scrutiny.”“If you can’t understand how painful + eroding this is to American society, let alone the state of Virginia, take some time to read up this weekend,” she added, recommending former Atlantic journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me” as a starting point.

Source: Huffington Post February 03, 2019 05:37 UTC