Good news, Rajvik! The rest of us, maybe not so good…
For those of your who have been living under a rock, you may not have heard that the governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Ralph Northam, is in a bit of hot water for wearing blackface back when I was like two years old. The photo in his medical school yearbook he apologized for being in, then he said he wasn't in the photo because he wore blackface somewhere else. And his wife had to tell him not to moonwalk at the press conference. So, things are not looking up for him, and the resignation seems like it should be coming soon.
But his successor, Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, he has an accuser suing him for sexual harassment. If this goes on too long, the Democratic party will start asking him to resign, so as to live up to our MeToo cred.
Which leads us to the next in line, Attorney General Mark Herring, also a Democrat. Looks like he'll be moving up, and oops, today he also admitted to wearing blackface to a party back in 1980. People are already calling on him to resign.
Which leads us to the next in line, the Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. Who is that? Well funny story, back in the 2017 election, the 94th delegate district was very close, and was ruled to be an exact tie. So a lots were drawn, and the seat went to Republican David Yancey. This was enough to give the Republican party a bare majority in the House of 51-49, rather than a 50-50 split with a Democratic tiebreaker. Because of this, Republican Kirk Cox was elected Speaker, and may find himself in the Governor's chair. In fact, all three statewide offices could go to Republicans, now.
Statewide control of the entire government could flip because of scandal, and because of one single voter in the 94th district. You know who you are, Scott.
It's the little things which make a difference sometimes.
For those of your who have been living under a rock, you may not have heard that the governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Ralph Northam, is in a bit of hot water for wearing blackface back when I was like two years old. The photo in his medical school yearbook he apologized for being in, then he said he wasn't in the photo because he wore blackface somewhere else. And his wife had to tell him not to moonwalk at the press conference. So, things are not looking up for him, and the resignation seems like it should be coming soon.
But his successor, Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, he has an accuser suing him for sexual harassment. If this goes on too long, the Democratic party will start asking him to resign, so as to live up to our MeToo cred.
Which leads us to the next in line, Attorney General Mark Herring, also a Democrat. Looks like he'll be moving up, and oops, today he also admitted to wearing blackface to a party back in 1980. People are already calling on him to resign.
Which leads us to the next in line, the Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. Who is that? Well funny story, back in the 2017 election, the 94th delegate district was very close, and was ruled to be an exact tie. So a lots were drawn, and the seat went to Republican David Yancey. This was enough to give the Republican party a bare majority in the House of 51-49, rather than a 50-50 split with a Democratic tiebreaker. Because of this, Republican Kirk Cox was elected Speaker, and may find himself in the Governor's chair. In fact, all three statewide offices could go to Republicans, now.
Statewide control of the entire government could flip because of scandal, and because of one single voter in the 94th district. You know who you are, Scott.
It's the little things which make a difference sometimes.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto