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This is extraordinarily racist, and @RalphNortham and his defenders should not use youth to excuse it. Ironically, the conservatives who dug this up may replace him with his black lieutenant, a man who sat out when Virginia paid tribute to Robert E. Lee. wapo.st/2SosKpe
“Racism has no place in Virginia,” said Jack Wilson, chairman of the @VA_GOP. Wilson endorsed Corey Stewart, an actual neo-Confederate for U.S. Senate. “A Senator Stewart would be much better for Virginia and Republicans than a Senator Kaine,” Wilson was quoted saying last July.
If “racism has no place in Virginia,” per the chairman of the state GOP, then why are Republicans in the Virginia Senate continuing to honor Robert E. Lee on his birthday? Why is there only one black statewide official, and why is he alone in his protest? wapo.st/2FJEWu1
We should not forget why @RalphNortham became such a target of conservatives of late, and @annanorthtweets explains it well here. It wasn’t because they awoke on the first day of Black History Month and had a sudden opposition to racism. Not in the least. bit.ly/2DLWTGY
Northam needs to explain “Coonman,” too. 
