In blistering op-ed, Washington Post editorial board says Ralph Northam's 'time is up'

The Washington Post's editorial board is in agreement: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) must resign.

In an editorial published Wednesday night, the board said there's no way Northam can "effectively serve the people of Virginia who elected him," as his "governorship has been irredeemably wrecked by the self-inflicted, racially callous, and clueless mess he has made in recent days." Northam has given "shifting and credulity-shredding explanations" for a photo on his medical school yearbook page, showing one man in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan robe, and he's been silent since announcing over the weekend he would get a private investigator to clear his name.

There are lots of questions about the photo, the board said — why would Northam admit to being in it if just a day later, he said he wasn't certain? What does this say about his judgment? "The explanations Mr. Northam has proffered are vague and unconvincing," the editorial states. "Virginians deserve better. Mr. Northam's time is up." Read the entire op-ed at The Washington Post.

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