Northam Not The 1st To Make Racially-Insensitive Remarks

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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.

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