The state’s black voters might forgive racist conduct by Gov. Ralph Northam simply because he is a Democrat, said Gregory McLemore, vice chairman of the Virginia Democratic Black Caucus.
“We need to support our fellow Democrats. United you stand, divided you fall,” said Mr. McLemore, a city council member in Franklin, Virginia. “I can’t [forsake] Gov. Northam for acting white in America.” The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts has offered to hear from one of the women accusing Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault, saying in a statement that office “resources” are available to her and underscoring that victims can come forward without being compelled to testify at trial. District Attorney Rachael Rollins explained in a statement Wednesday that her office is “a safe, survivor-centered environment for anyone to disclose a sexual assault.”
