Rev. William J. Barber II, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign weighs in on Gov. Northam in WAPO:

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29. That's a better way forward than undoing an election.

Northam seems to have done some things Barber mentioned, protecting voting rights and healthcare — although his recent press conferences have been dismal embarrassments. Northam did a very stupid and insensitive thing in med school. Seeing evidence of it today reopens old wounds and seems to set back any progress we’ve made. But in office he has governed well, at least before this scandal broke.

Last week I called for Northam to resign, thinking Fairfax ascending would heal the divide. Now that I see the goons are gunning for our top three leaders so they can install the Republican Speaker as Governor, I am hoping at least one of them can ride it out. Big League Politics must never choose our leaders, and Republicans would do well to abandon their strategy of using dirt to overturn elections they don’t like. Seriously, fuck them. Let Northam bear the brunt. Maybe he can handle it.