Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said at a news conference Saturday that he wasn't either of the people depicted in racist attire in a picture from his 1984 medical school yearbook. Photo: APDefying Democrats’ calls for his resignation over a racist photograph, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam risks undercutting his party’s effort to take a hard line against members who have been accused of bigotry and sexual misconduct ahead of a showdown with President Trump in 2020 on such issues, Democratic officials and advocates say. Over the weekend, party leaders, including several 2020 presidential hopefuls, said the governor must step down after a photo—of one person in blackface and another wearing a white Ku Klux Klan...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 03, 2019 20:15 UTC