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BREAKING: A Virginia Democrat who has spokenwith Gov. Ralph Northam tells The Associated Press that thegovernor now does not believe he was in a racist picture in his1984 medical yearbook and has no immediate plans to resign.https://t.co/Mf1w7Vi9dr
― The Associated Press (@AP) February 2, 2019</blockquote>
美国一州长因被媒体曝出曾身穿涉嫌种族主义的服装而身陷争议。民主党内不少人要求他下台。
据路透社报道,当地时间2日,美国弗吉尼亚州州长,民主党人拉尔夫?诺沙姆(RalphNortham)为自己曾身穿带有种族主义色彩的戏服并出镜拍照一事道歉。照片拍摄于1984年,照片中,一名男子身穿西服礼貌,脸部全黑,只微笑着露出白色的牙齿;隔壁站着身穿3K党戏服的同伴。该名州长承认他就是两人中的其中一个,但他并没有具体说明是哪一个。
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A medical school yearbook page of VirginiaDemocratic Gov. Ralph Northam shows a photograph of two people, onein blackface and one in a KKK hood https://t.co/QBSho1N15Opic.twitter.com/C56AEEhfmV
― CNN (@CNN) February 1, 2019</blockquote>
诺沙姆在声明中表示,自己曾经做过的事情对过去和现在的一些人造成伤害,他对此深感抱歉。但他说曾经的行为不能代表现在的自己以及现在他所为之奋斗的价值理念。