Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) is back in hot water.
On Friday, photos surfaced of Northam's page in a 1984 yearbook from Eastern Virginia Medical School. Among photos of Northam in a suit and tie and next to a Corvette, there is a photo of two unidentified men, one in blackface and one in full Ku Klux Klan robes, reports The Washington Post.
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