• 3 days ago
Ralph Northam's political career is on life support, with the Virginia governor again in hot water after making racially-insensitive remarks to CBS. But he's far from the first politician to make controversial remarks pertaining to race.
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00:00The first indentured servants from Africa landed on our shores in Old Point Comfort,
00:06what we call now Fort Monroe, and while...
00:08Also known as slavery.
00:21Our state director is Indian American, but he does an amazing job.
00:28Our director of all constituent services, she's African American,
00:33but she does an even more incredible job than you could ever imagine.
00:37Who, Pocahontas? Pocahontas? Well, no, she's...
00:41Look, look, she is... Is it offensive? You tell me. Oh.
00:45When you're white, you don't know what it's like to be living in a ghetto.
00:54Am I going to include who?
00:55Are you going to include the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus?
00:58Well, I would. I tell you what, do you want to set up the meeting?
01:00Do you want to set up the meeting?
01:02No, no, no. I'm just a reporter.
01:03Are they friends of yours?
01:04No, get a... Set up the meeting.
01:05I know some of them, but I'm sure...
01:06Let's go set up a meeting. I would love to meet with the Black Caucus.
01:09I think it's great, the Congressional Black Caucus. I think it's great.
01:12The last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda.
01:18Thanks for the endorsement, Bill.
01:21Took you long enough.
01:23Oh, snap!
01:25Sorry, Hillary.
01:27I was running on CP time.
01:30That's not... I don't like jokes like that, Bill. That's not...
01:33On the campaign trail, you called yourself a nationalist.
01:36Some people saw that as emboldening white nationalists.
01:39Now people are also saying...
01:40I don't know why you'd say that.
01:41That's such a racist question.
01:42There are some people that say...
01:43That's such a racist question.
01:45Honestly, I mean, I know you have it written down.
01:47Honestly, I mean, I know you have it written down.
01:50Let me tell you, that's a racist question.