BBC News: Reports " Meredith Watson alleges Lt Governor Justin Fairfax raped her in 2000 when they were both students at Duke University in North Carolina. "
Lets Get Real:
This commentary is about the politics of the race and sexual scandals in Virginia, it does not give a moral view of either three cases.
The Female Candidates running for the 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination have called on Lt Governor Fairfax to resign. The irony of this call is that should Fairfax resign the Governor with his own race scandal would appoint a new Deputy. One can see the Lt Governor thinking, Bill Clinton was accused of sexual assault and he did not resign. It is now a custom for people caught up in scandal NOT TO RESIGN, they play it out over the long term, rare exception was a recent Democratic Senator who resigned, due to pressure from his Democratic colleagues. African American voters will ask if there is one rule for Bill Clinton but another for the Lt Governor, that would cause problems with the base of the Democratic Party, as the major players are African American voters and women. The Trump Oval must be loving this, as long as the Governor, Lt Governor and the Attorney General stay in OFFICE in Virginia the President can point to the fact that the Democrats are in a glass house, not a wise idea to throw bricks about.
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