And you probably never thought you’d have to tell the folks of the state that you’d eventually govern that you did this. One’s in a parody of country-club casual (plaid pants, blazer, shades, fedora, bow tie, beer can, megawatt grin). The other’s dressed for a Ku Klux Klan meeting — mask, robe, pointy hat and everything. And that’s why he’s telling this Michael Jackson story — at a news conference on a Saturday. According to him, back when such a photo would have been taken, he would have known what a problem blackface is because of the time he tried to be Michael Jackson.

Source: New York Times February 03, 2019 23:48 UTC