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Hav

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8. The article itself already had to concede

Reply to lowkell (Original post)

Fri Nov 12, 2021, 02:36 PM

Nov 2021

that the claim that this wasn't vetted was wrong. The McAuliffe campaign was aware of it and apparently didn't regard this as bad enough to make a big deal out of it. For good reasons. They would have looked like idiots. This was dressing up for a theme, it didn't look racist or offensive at all.

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Youngkin's Racist Yearbook Imagery ("An Oriental Occasion") Shows He Was Not Vetted [View all] lowkell Nov 2021 OP

McAuliffe dismissed Northam yearbook photo as youthful mistake at 2019 event WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2021 #1

I couldn't read the print on the yearbook pages Yarnie Nov 2021 #2

No different than Northam. Drunken Irishman Nov 2021 #3

Not seeing that he is a racist by this example. Doodley Nov 2021 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author luv2fly Nov 2021 #5

This why Democrats lose TheFarseer Nov 2021 #6

+1 jalan48 Nov 2021 #7

The article itself already had to concede Hav Nov 2021 #8

I'm not seeing it hardluck Nov 2021 #9

Yeah, if that had gotten out during the campaign, lagomorph777 Nov 2021 #10

That's A Plus Deep State Witch Nov 2021 #11