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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam.
- Virginia Republicans and several members of Congress have urged Gov. Ralph Northam to resign after a photo of him in either blackface or a Ku Klux Klan costume surfaced online.
- Northam apologized on Twitter, saying he was ready to "do the hard work" of regaining the public's trust.
Several Republicans have joined their Democratic colleagues in calling for the resignation of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam after a photo of him in either blackface or a Klu Klux Klan costume surfaced.
The conservative blog Big League Politics first published the photo that shows a man in blackface and a bow tie standing next to another person in a Klan robe and hood.
Northam confirmed he was in the photo, which appeared in the 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook. He did not specify which person he was.
"I cannot change the decisions I made nor can I undo the harm my behavior caused then and today," he said in a video posted Friday on Twitter. "But I accept responsibility for my past actions, and I am ready to do the hard work of regaining your trust."
Several members of the public were protesting on Saturday outside the Virginia Governor's mansion.
Meanwhile, members of Congress and political figures on both sides of the aisle have taken to Twitter and released statements calling for Northam, a Democrat, to step down immediately.
Despite nearly universal calls from Democrats for Northam's resignation, Republicans and independents also chimed in.