Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax, who only one week ago was poised to ascend to the top executive position in the commonwealth, is now facing the loudest calls for resignation put upon Virginia’s top three elected Democrats after a second woman accused him of sexual assault on Friday. Remarkably, it is becoming increasingly likely that the first person to lose his job in an uproar set off by a KKK/blackface scandal is an African-American.
More members of Fairfax’s own party called for his resignation on Friday after a second woman came forward with allegations that she was sexually assaulted by the embattled lieutenant governor.
On Monday, I will be introducing articles of impeachment for Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax if he has not resigned before then.
— Patrick Hope (@HopeforVirginia) February 8, 2019
The multiple detailed allegations against the Lt. Gov. of Virginia are deeply troubling. They are serious, credible, and corroborated by others. It is no longer appropriate for him to serve. He should resign.
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) February 8, 2019
These credible and troubling allegations from Dr. Vanessa Tyson and Meredith Watson make it clear that Lt. Gov Fairfax should resign. My heart goes out to these brave women and their families.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) February 8, 2019
New allegations from a woman named Meredith Watson, who claims Fairfax raped her in 2000 while the two were students at Duke University, prompted Democratic Virginia House of Delegates Member Patrick Hope to announce he plans to introduce articles of impeachment for Fairfax unless the Democratic lieutenant governor resigns by Monday.
39-year-old Fairfax has denied the allegations, calling them “unsubstantiated” and “demonstrably false.”
