Governor Northam: Stop Digging! Although, On Second Thought...

'Virginia needs someone that can heal': Blackface Gov. Ralph Northam explains why he's not resigning as Gayle King lectures him on slavery after he describes them as 'indentured servants from Africa'

And you know if you look at Virginia's history we are now at the 400 year anniversary, just 90 miles from here in 1619. The first indentured servants from Africa landed on our shores in Old Point Comfort what we call now Fort Monroe and while-'

'Also known as slavery,' interviewer Gayle King interrupted

An indentured servant, as everyone with a brain and capable of reading knows, is a person who is bound to a particular employer for a set period of time. That servitude is contractual, and it ends, unlike the servitude of the slaves brought here from Africa.

That's a really big difference, and if Northam doesn't understand it then he is unfit to hold public office.

Well, his glee at murdering babies should disqualify him too, but being dumber than a rock is a big no-no for governors of American states.

Although...NJ, NY and CT might have an argument about that.

posted by CBD at 06:30 PM

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