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====Brad Schneider====
====Brad Schneider====
The office of Illinois Democrat Rep. [[Brad Schneider]] was sued by a Black staffer for a hostile work environment and retaliation when the staffer complained. A supervisor made jokes about lynching directed toward a Black staffer during a video conference meeting of staff. The suit alleges the lynching jokes were directed at hthe Black staffer because of her race and that the office did not properly discipline the supervisor after being made aware of those actions. In addition, the staffer was retaliated against for reporting her white supervisor's behavior and subsequently was assigned a smaller work portfolio. The suit alleges the staffer was instructed to "“get a rope and put it around your neck.”<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/2021/07/15/rep-brad-schneiders-office-sued-for-hostile-work-environment-retaliation-against-black-employee/</ref>
The office of Illinois Democrat Rep. [[Brad Schneider]] was sued by a Black staffer for a hostile work environment and retaliation when the staffer complained. A supervisor made jokes about lynching directed toward a Black staffer during a video conference meeting of staff. The suit alleges the lynching jokes were directed at hthe Black staffer because of her race and that the office did not properly discipline the supervisor after being made aware of those actions. In addition, the staffer was retaliated against for reporting her white supervisor's behavior and subsequently was assigned a smaller work portfolio. The suit alleges the staffer was instructed to "“get a rope and put it around your neck.”<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/2021/07/15/rep-brad-schneiders-office-sued-for-hostile-work-environment-retaliation-against-black-employee/</ref>
====Ralph Northam====
In early February 2019, it was discovered that Northam included a photo on his medical yearbook page of two people posing together, one wearing [[blackface]] and another dressed as a [[KKK]] member, although Northam implausibly denied that he was one of the two after he admitted to being one of them.<ref>Chretien, Claire (February 1, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/yearbook-page-of-virginia-gov.-who-defended-infanticide-shows-kkk-costume Yearbook photo of Virginia gov. who defended infanticide shows KKK costume]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved February 1, 2019.<br>See also:
*Nolte, John (February 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/02/02/nolte-ralph-coonman-northam-medias-governor/ Nolte: Ralph ‘The Coonman’ Northam Is the Media’s Governor]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 2, 2019.</ref> Northam tried to excuse his conduct by claiming he dressed up for a [[Michael Jackson]] contest, although the clothing in the photograph was well out of style in the 1980s.
When the news broke, [[CNN]] ran a [[fake news]] chyron claiming Northam was a "Republican".<ref>https://www.thewrap.com/cnn-misidentifies-virginia-gov-ralph-northam-as-a-republican-during-coverage-of-racist-old-photo/</ref> 50% of Democrats continued to support Northam.<ref>Nolte, John (February 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/05/nolte-50-of-virginia-democrats-still-back-baby-killing-blackface-northam/ Nolte: 50% Of Virginia Democrats Still Back Baby-Killing, Blackface Northam]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 5, 2019.</ref>
In response, [[racist]] Democrats then tried to prevent Northam's resignation by exploiting [[sexual assault]] allegations against the [[African American]] Lt. Governor.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-party-of-virginia-says-sex-assault-claim-against-lt-gov-fairfax-of-profound-gravity</ref> Then, the [[Attorney General]] who would be third in line of succession revealed that he, too, had also appeared in blackface at a college party in the 1980s.<ref>https://www.vox.com/2019/2/6/18213902/ralph-northam-justin-fairfax-mark-herring-blackface-virginia-governor-line-of-succession</ref>
First Lady Pam Northam handed the [[African-American]] daughter of a state employee a piece of [[cotton]]. According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', Leah Dozier Walker—an employee at Virginia's Department of Education—wrote a letter to lawmakers and Gov. Ralph Northam's office describing Mrs. Northam's behavior during a tour her daughter took at the Governor's mansion. Northam asked Walker's daughter and two other African American students “if they could imagine what it must have been like to pick cotton all day” after passing a cotton sample to them inside a historic kitchen on the property. “I can not for the life of me understand why the first lady would single out the African American pages for this—or—why she would ask them such an insensitive question,” Walker wrote, referring to students who had served as pages during the state Senate.<ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/wapo-gov-northams-wife-handed-cotton-to-black-kids-told-them-to-imagine-being-slaves</ref>
====Mazie Hirono and Tammy Duckworth====
====Mazie Hirono and Tammy Duckworth====