NPR: Virginia politics https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=697112680 Virginia politics en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Mon, 09 Jun 2025 08:24:15 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Virginia politics https://www.npr.org/tags/697112680/virginia-politics Despite His Own Blackface Scandal, Virginia AG Says Governor Has Lost Public Trust In an interview with WAMU, Attorney General Mark Herring says Gov. Northam's "different and contradictory" account of wearing blackface "led to an erosion of public trust." Mon, 04 Mar 2019 14:16:53 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2019/03/04/700084752/despite-his-own-blackface-scandal-virginia-ag-says-governor-has-lost-public-trus https://www.npr.org/2019/03/04/700084752/despite-his-own-blackface-scandal-virginia-ag-says-governor-has-lost-public-trus

In an interview with WAMU, Attorney General Mark Herring says Gov. Northam's "different and contradictory" account of wearing blackface "led to an erosion of public trust."

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]]> Jenny Gathright Virginia's First Lady Criticized For Racially 'Inappropriate' Mansion Tour Pam Northam allegedly handed out cotton to two black Senate pages, asking them to imagine being enslaved cotton-pickers. The first lady says she was telling the "full story of the Executive Mansion." Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:22:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2019/02/28/698947727/virginias-first-lady-criticized-for-racially-inapporpriate-mansion-tour https://www.npr.org/2019/02/28/698947727/virginias-first-lady-criticized-for-racially-inapporpriate-mansion-tour

Pam Northam allegedly handed out cotton to two black Senate pages, asking them to imagine being enslaved cotton-pickers. The first lady says she was telling the "full story of the Executive Mansion."

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]]> Hafsa Quraishi Virginia Republicans Plan Hearings For Lt. Gov. Fairfax's Sexual Assault Accusers GOP members in Virginia's General Assembly plan to hear from women who allege that Justin Fairfax sexually assaulted them years ago. Fairfax denies the allegations. Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:04:33 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2019/02/22/697110369/virginia-republicans-plan-hearings-for-lt-gov-fairfaxs-sexual-assault-accusers https://www.npr.org/2019/02/22/697110369/virginia-republicans-plan-hearings-for-lt-gov-fairfaxs-sexual-assault-accusers GOP members in Virginia's General Assembly plan to hear from women who allege that Justin Fairfax sexually assaulted them years ago. Fairfax denies the allegations.

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