An investigation into yearbook photo sheds light on chaos in the governor’s office.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam , left, gestures as his wife, Pam, listens during a Feb. 2 news conference in the Executive Mansion at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. By Gregory S. Schneider and Laura Vozzella May 25 at 9:05 AM RICHMOND — A governor who waffled. Staffers who pushed him to act. Panic under pressure. A wife who was left out.
Republicans have feasted on the racial component of the controversy - they’ve dubbed Northam “Governor Blackface” and some critics have circulated doctored images of him in blackface on social media. Now they have a new line of attack in a year when all 140 seats in the legislature are on the November ballot.
If Democrats do manage to take over the legislature, Northam could chalk up big wins in policy areas such as gun control, gay rights and access to abortion. That would come on top of the accomplishments of his first year - expanding Medicaid and landing the Amazon HQ2 headquarters.BURKE, VA - APRIL 14: A protester holds up a sign outside of a fundraiser for a Democratic state senator, where Va. Gov. Ralph Northam was scheduled to appear.
RICHMOND, VA- Virginia Ralph S. Northam with his Chief of Staff Clark Mercer in Richmond in 2014, when Northam was lieutenant governor and Mercer performed the same role. Northam initially said he had no memory of the photo and wondered if it was a hoax. He asked someone to go to the medical school to see if it was in the yearbook, and then left on a state helicopter for the memorial event.
Mercer, Coy and other advisers gathered around a single computer and began writing a statement for Northam. The governor stayed in his office, taking calls and meeting with lawmakers and confidants who wanted answers. People who spoke with him came away with different impressions. Northam kept saying he had no memory of it, didn’t think it was him. But he said the worst possible outcome would be to deny it and then have someone come forward to say it was him in the photo. That, Northam said, would ruin his credibility.
“No question that he [Northam] was in a state of shock that evening,” Mercer said, according to the EVMS report. “Things could have been handled differently. I wish we had listened a little more intently.”
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